90 new cases of Omicron variant in UK in 24 hours, community spread starts

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90 new cases of Omicron variant in UK

London: The Omicron variant of Coronavirus, which started from South Africa, has now started spreading rapidly all over the world. UK Health Minister Sajid Javid has admitted in Parliament that the community spread of Omicron variants has started in England. In the UK, 90 new cases of Omicron Corona variants have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking its total number to 336.

In Britain, 64 new cases of Omicron variants have been reported in England, 23 in Scotland, and 3 in Wales. No Omicron cases have yet been confirmed in Northern Ireland. Professor Paul Hunter, an expert in infectious diseases at the University of East Anglia, told the BBC that the Omicron variant could spread faster than the dominant delta variant within weeks. He said the new variant is spreading more rapidly than the ‘delta variant’, while officials in South Africa, where the variant was first detected, said there was a rapid increase in cases.

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41 deaths due to coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours
According to official data released on Monday, 51,459 new cases of the corona were reported in Britain in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,515,239. There were 41 deaths due to coronavirus in the country in the last 24 hours, due to which the total number of deaths has increased to 145,646. These figures only include those who died within 28 days of their first positive test.

According to new figures, about 89 percent of people aged 12 years and older in the UK have received their first dose of vaccine. About 81 percent have received both doses. More than 35 percent of people have received a booster dose or a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

90 new cases of Omicron variant in UK

26.63 crore cases of coronavirus worldwide
Meanwhile, global coronavirus cases have increased to 26.63 crores. So far, more than 52.6 lakh people have died due to this epidemic, while more than 8.21 billion have been vaccinated. These figures have been shared by Johns Hopkins University. He said that the total number of current global cases, deaths, and vaccinations have increased to 266,396,192, 5,261,867, and 8,217,801,359 respectively. According to the CSSE, the US remains the most affected country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 49,278,240 and 789,742.

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