Original title: CDC: Omi Keron has become the main source of infection in the United States, 73% of new cases are infected
Overseas Network, December 21st Based on reports from US media such as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal on the 20th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated that the Omi Kiron strain infection accounted for 73% of new cases in the United States, an increase of nearly 6 times within a week. US health officials said on the 20th that Omi Keron has now become the main strain of the virus circulating in the United States.
According to reports, in the southeastern, midwest, northwest and other regions of the United States, the infection rate of Ome Keron is even as high as 90% of the new infections. Since the end of June, the delta strain has been the main strain circulating in the United States. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as recently as the end of November, more than 99.5% of the new coronavirus in the United States was still a Delta strain. As the Omi Keron strain spread in the United States, the number of new confirmed cases in the United States has surged again.
A month ago, the average number of new cases per day in the United States was about 90,000. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, for most of December, the number of daily cases in the United States was about 120,000, and the number of new cases per day has jumped to more than 130,000 recently. Compared with a month ago, the growth rate of confirmed cases in the United States has increased by 41%. (Overseas Net Zhang Min)
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