Germany announced on Thursday, December 23, the first death due to the Omicron variant, confirmed the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious diseases, a German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention.
The individual who passed away from the virus was aged between 60 and 79 years old, according to the same source.
German authorities detected the new variant on November 27, in a person returning from South Africa.
For now, 810 new Omicron cases are being recorded, increasing Germany’s total Omicron cases to 3,198.
As for COVID-19, the average daily number of new cases reaches 37,211, representing 62% of the peak, according to the latest Reuters’ COVID Tracker, released on Friday, December 24.
Recently, the UK’s Health Ministry announced on Wednesday, December 22, that country recorded 14 deaths and 129 hospitalized cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant.
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