According to a tally by Reuters news agency, Europe has exceeded 75 million coronavirus cases as the region prepares for the new Omicron variant, while hospitals in some countries have already been hit by the flood.
The UK has been driven by the dominant Delta variant rather than Omicron last week, the UK Bureau of National Statistics said.
Meanwhile, the death toll from COVID19 in Russia has reached at least 578,020, the third worst in the world, according to Reuters calculations based on official statistics from October, the country’s deadliest month to date. South Africa tested positive for COVID19 on arrival last week, despite having been vaccinated and tested negative before departure.
In South Africa, the country is hit by a fourth wave of infections, fueled by the new variant discovered in seven of the country’s nine provinces, the health minister said.
At least nine states, including Utah, Missouri, and Nebraska, that have reported at least six cases. But almost all of the 157,000+ active cases are still linked to the Delta variant.
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At least 15 cases of Omicron have been reported in Canada, including the first three cases in the city of Toronto.
The Canadian metropolis of Toronto has pronounced its first 3 instances of the Omicron COVID-19 variation overdue on Friday, neighborhood fitness officers said, bringing to as a minimum 15 the variety of instances nationwide.
Two of these people having currently lower back from Nigeria, whilst some other man or woman had lower back from Switzerland, in line with the Toronto Public Health (TPH).
