On 27 December 2021, the world’s daily COVID-19 cases reached a record high of more than 1.44 million cases. This is the world’s highest daily case record during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quoted from Bloomberg, this daily spike in cases is likely due to holidays and the emergence of a wave of infections of the Omicron variant. It is the most infectious variant and is able to avoid antibodies, both those formed from the vaccine and previous infections.
The seven-day average on Monday stood at around 841,000. This number is up 49 percent from last month, when the Omicron variant was first identified in South Africa.
The government has also warned that cases of infection and hospitalization due to COVID-19 could spike after the holidays. This is a bad prediction as the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stable death cases
Although the world daily cases broke new records and new variants emerged, the death rate did not show a significant increase. The seven-day average has only reached about 7,000 since mid-October after dropping from the peak due to the Delta variant.
Seeing this possibility, the development of the pandemic in 2022 depends on the number of infection cases and deaths in the days ahead. In addition, it could also happen if the Omicron variant proves to be lighter.
“More infections are discovered during this Omicron wave thanks to improved contact tracing and testing capabilities in the worldwide fight against pathogens,” wrote Bloomberg which is seen detik.com, Wednesday (12/29/2021).
With this world record daily case, it is pressuring public health officials around the world to revisit COVID-19 control policies in their respective countries.
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