The current wave of COVID-19 linked to the Omicron variant continues to spread worldwide, exceeding two million infections in the past 24 hours, said the World Health Organization on Jan. 6.
The WHO’s COVID Tracker data reported 2.29 million cases as of January 5, bringing up the total number of cases to one million as a daily record for the first time since December 29.
This is double or triple the previous waves.
Yet, the number of deaths remained stable, with 7,000 global deaths recorded on January 5, at similar rates to deaths recorded in the last three months.
The total number of cases recorded due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is now entering its third year has reached 293 million cases worldwide, including 5.4 million people who have died, or 1.8% of the total number.
Recently on Tuesday, WHO’s Senior Emergency Officer, Catherine Smallwood warned in an interview with AFP that the growing number of cases of the fast-spreading Omicron around the world may increase the risk of generating newer and more dangerous COVID-19 variants.
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