Rampant Omicron sets new COVID-19 records in US, UK, France

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Hungary's daily Covid cases could reach 30,000, says minister​

Hungary's daily tally of new Covid-19 cases could reach 30,000 in the next one to two weeks, up from about 20,000 this week, a government minister has said. according to Reuters.

Miklos Kasler, minister for human resources, blamed the Omicron variant for the rise.

In a Facebook video, he said the variant was causing less severe illness, but the third of Hungarians not vaccinated were at higher risk.

 

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ANKARA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Turkey has recorded 94,783 new COVID-19 cases in the space of 24 hours, its highest daily figure of the pandemic, health ministry data showed on Saturday, but Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the worst of the pandemic was over.

Daily cases have surged to record levels in recent weeks with the spread of the Omicron variant, but Koca has said the new variant would reduce the impact of the pandemic because the illness it causes is less severe. read more


"The rise we see in case numbers should not be seen as disheartening. The virus is not at its old strength. The worrying part of the pandemic is over," Koca said on Twitter.

The day's COVID-19 death total was 174. In late December, daily cases stood at about 20,000, before a surge in infections due to Omicron.

 

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Britain reports 62,399 Covid-19 cases, 85 deaths​

Britain reported a further 62,399 cases of Covid-19 and 85 more deaths within 28 days of a positive test, government statistics showed..

That compared with 72,727 cases and 296 deaths reported on Saturday, according to Reuters.

 

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Czechs hit virus record but see significantly fewer deaths....​

The Czech Republic has recorded a significant decline in people dying of Covid-19 despite facing a record number of new cases in January, reports AP.

Over 560,000 new coronavirus cases were registered in January, by far the most in one month since the beginning of the pandemic amid a record surge of infections driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

It was over 150,000 more than the previous record set in November and 250,000 more than in December.

Yet, 978 people died of Covid-19 in January, compared to almost 3,000 in December and 2,500 in November, when the Delta variant was dominant in the European Union country...

 

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Italy reports 51,959 coronavirus cases, 191 deaths.​

Italy has reported 51,959 Covid-19 related cases, against 62,231 the day before, the health ministry said, while the number of deaths fell to 191 from 269.

Italy has registered 151,015 deaths linked to Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged in February 2020, the second highest toll in Europe after Britain and the eighth highest in the world.

The country has reported 12.1 million cases to date, according to Reuters.

People walk at a street a year after the peak of Italy's coronavirus outbreak in Bergamo on March 3, 2021. — Reuters.

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France sees highest daily jump in Covid-19 hospitalisations since Feb 1​

French health authorities have said the number of patients hospitalised for Covid-19 over the past 24 hours has jumped from 467 to 21,073, the highest daily rise since Feb 1, reports Reuters.

On a week-on-week basis, the hospitalisations figure is up 1.8 per cent and it has been now increasing for the fifth day running, after a steady decline since early February.

Covid-19 infections have been rising again since early March, with the seven-day moving average of new cases at a six-week high of 127,488. Generally, such a trend inversion translates into hospital figures with a two-week delay.
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UK hits record Covid-19 levels; nearly 5m infected​

The prevalence of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom (UK) has reached record levels, with about one in 13 people estimated to be infected with the virus in the past week, reports AP, citing the latest figures from Britain's official statistics agency.

Some 4.9 million people were estimated to have the coronavirus in the week ending March 26, up from 4.3 million recorded in the previous week, the Office for National Statistics said.

The latest surge is driven by the more transmissible omicron variant BA.2, which is the dominant variant across the UK.

Hospitalisations and death rates are again rising, although the number of people dying with Covid-19 is still relatively low compared with earlier this year.
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