Worldometer, a website reporting the latest data compiled by public health agencies around the world, said the United States had 102,668,952 cumulative cases of COVID-19, while the cumulative death toll was 1,118. 376.
The United States ranks first in the world in terms of the total number of COVID-19 cases. and the deceased
The state with more than 11 million cases is California.
The state with more than 8 million cases is Texas.
The state with more than 7 million cases is Florida.
The state with more than 6 million cases is New York.
The states with more than 3 million cases are Illinois, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Ohio.
The states with more than 2 million cases are Michigan, Georgia, New Jersey, Tennessee, Arizona, Virginia, Massachusetts, Indiana.
Additionally, California is the state with the highest number of deaths in the United States with 98,656 deaths.
Experts revealed that XBB.1.5 omikron virus is becoming a COVID-19 virus. Main species in the United States Because the virus can bypass the immune system. and adheres to human cells better than other strains
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the omikron strain XBB.1.5 accounts for 41% of the total spread of COVID-19. All new cases detected in the US It is almost double the 21.7% detected last week.
Public health officials around the world have been keeping a close eye on the XBB family of viruses because they are easily mutable. make the least defensively effective COVID-19 vaccine
XBB virus was first detected in India in August 2022. before spreading to become the main strain of the virus in the country and later an epidemic spread to Singapore which subsequently mutated into several subspecies including XBB .1 and XBB.1.5.
