In the US, Omicron detected 95% of new cases of COVID-19 infection in a week

The omicron strain of CORONAVIRUS in the United States accounts for more than 95% of all new infections in the country. This is evidenced by data on the website of the US Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) .

According to the CDC, 95.4% of new infections in the week ending January 1 were due to the omicron variant. The delta option accounted for the remaining 4.6%.

At the same time, a week before, in the period up to December 25, omicron accounted for 77% of infections, delta - 22.8%

The Omicron strain was identified in South Africa in mid-November. On November 24, WHO announced it and a large number of mutations, recognizing it as a global threat. Experts noted that it is more contagious than the "delta". According to the organization at the end of December, the new strain had already been detected in at least 106 countries.

Earlier, WHO confirmed that Omicron is spreading faster than other options. “There is now strong evidence that omicron is spreading much faster than the delta variant,” said Tedros Ghebreyesus, CEO of the organization.