Omicron BA.2 cases surge, UK has pandemic record high infections. Free download of my 2 textbooks
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Week ending March 11th
BA.2 is 23.1% of all COVID cases in the U.S
Week ending Feb. 26th
7.1% of all COVID cases in the U.S
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-classifications.html
COVID cases rocket to new high
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/covid-cases-rocket-to-new-high
March 18, 2022
New daily symptomatic cases,
+ 258,155
Increase of 47% from 175,189 reported last week
UK R-value, 1.2
England, 1.2
Wales, 1.2
Scotland, 1.1
Prevalence
One in 24, UK currently have symptomatic COVID
New daily symptomatic cases
Rising in all regions of England
Rising across all the age groups
Rising in older, more vulnerable age groups
N = 840,000 newly symptomatic users
N = 54,409 recent swab tests done on symptomatic cases
Professor Tim Spector
COVID cases are now at the highest levels the ZOE COVID Study has ever recorded.
Rise in new cases in people aged over 75.
The data shows this pandemic is definitely not over yet and is more unpredictable than ever,
despite government messages to the contrary and a lack of public health advice.
ONS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights
W/E 12th March
4.87% in England (1 in 20 people)
4.13% in Wales (1 in 25 people)
7.12% in Northern Ireland (1 in 14 people)
7.15% in Scotland (1 in 14 people)
Deaths
Risk of death involving Omicron variant was 67% lower than the Delta variant of COVID-19
UK official data
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
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