Omikron is now the dominant corona variant in the United States. Of all corona infections in the country last week. Omikron was involved in 73 percent of the cases, the CDC reported. A week earlier, that was still about 12 percent.
In some parts of the country, such as New York State, the percentage of omikron is even higher. At the end of last month, 99.5 percent of the corona cases still concerned the delta variant.
An unvaccinated man in his fifties who contracted the omikron variant has died in Texas. As far as is known, this makes him the first omi round death in the US. The man had underlying health problems and had previously been infected with the corona virus.
The American virologist Anthony Fauci warned last weekend about the rapid advance of omikron in the country. There is also a fear of an explosive increase in the number of infections after the holidays. President Biden will give a speech today in which he will probably again call on the population to be vaccinated and tested.
