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Omicron behind nearly all infections in Italy, health body says

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The highly contagious Omicron coronavirus now accounts for nearly all new infections in Italy, the National Health Institute said on Friday, accounting for almost 96% of cases in a flash January 17 survey.

A member of parliament casts his ballot in a special drive-thru voting area set up outside Montecitorio palace for electors positive to coronavirus disease or in quarantine, over a voting session for the election of Italy’s 13th president in Rome, Italy, January 26, 2022.The highly contagious Omicron coronavirus now accounts for nearly all new infections in Italy, the National Health Institute said on Friday, accounting for almost 96% of cases in a flash January 17 survey.

Worldwide, according to this week's World Health Organisation report, the Omicron variant accounts for 89.1% of cases, while Delta accounts for 10.7%. Italy, the first Western country to be hit by the Covid-19 pandemic early in 2020, has seen new infections flattening in recent days. Italy reported 155,697 Covid-19 related cases on Thursday, down from 167,206 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 389 from 426.

 

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