Omicron Deaths in US: Omicron wave toll 176% higher than Delta’s in the US | World News – Times of India
WASHINGTON: The Omicron wave is breaking, but deaths, which lag cases by as much as several weeks, have surpassed the numbers from the Delta wave and are still increasing in much of the US. In 14 states, the average daily death toll is higher now than it was two weeks ago.
They are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
Since November 24, when South Africa reported the Omicron variant to WHO, the US has confirmed more than 30,163,600 new infections and over 154,750 new deaths. (While US did not initially identify any Omicron cases within its borders until December 1, CDC has since confirmed the variant was in the country at least a week earlier. ) By comparison, from August 1 to October 31, a similar duration covering the worst of the Delta surge in the US, the country confirmed 10,917,590 new infections and 132,616 new deaths. That makes the official case count about 176% higher during the Omicron wave than in the equivalent-length Delta period.
(The true case count is higher still, because more so than during the Delta wave, many people have been using at-home tests whose results aren’t included in government statistics. ) The death toll during Omicron is about 17% higher so far than thedeath toll in the Delta wave.
Deaths also remain lower than in last winter’s surge, before vaccines were widely available: 233,102 deaths were reported from November 24, 2020, to February 18, 2021, compared with 154,757 from November 24, 2021, to February 18, 2022.
They are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
Since November 24, when South Africa reported the Omicron variant to WHO, the US has confirmed more than 30,163,600 new infections and over 154,750 new deaths. (While US did not initially identify any Omicron cases within its borders until December 1, CDC has since confirmed the variant was in the country at least a week earlier. ) By comparison, from August 1 to October 31, a similar duration covering the worst of the Delta surge in the US, the country confirmed 10,917,590 new infections and 132,616 new deaths. That makes the official case count about 176% higher during the Omicron wave than in the equivalent-length Delta period.
(The true case count is higher still, because more so than during the Delta wave, many people have been using at-home tests whose results aren’t included in government statistics. ) The death toll during Omicron is about 17% higher so far than thedeath toll in the Delta wave.
Deaths also remain lower than in last winter’s surge, before vaccines were widely available: 233,102 deaths were reported from November 24, 2020, to February 18, 2021, compared with 154,757 from November 24, 2021, to February 18, 2022.
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