The cases of omicron variant are on the rise in various parts of the country surpassing more than 265,000 cases on Tuesday as stated by the US CDC officials.
The Total Number Of Cases Of Covid 19 In California Surpassed 5 Million
Now as per the latest research which showed that the United States may have more than 140 million new infections between January and March 2022, with a maximum of 2 million regular reported cases in January after analyzing the statistics and it will be a combination of both omicron and delta variant of coronavirus.
The medical researchers in the United States are predicting a massive spike in covid outbreaks and thus an immense propagation of omicron. It has been expected by the health care agencies in the state that the overall infections in the United States will increase by more than 50 percent in the next three months and these cases will be massively affected by the omicron version.
While the mutant species in the omicron variant is bound to generate a surge in infectious diseases due to its high transmissibility, this is also presumed that this current variant is less severe than the delta subtype of covid 19. As a result, omicron will most likely be less intense than flu but far more contagious.
The winter holidays and festival celebrations have led to a tremendous increase in the cases in the State of California where the first-ever US Omicron case was detected in a fully vaccinated citizen.
As per the state health officials, the cases of covid 19 infection in California have crossed 5 million. Also, California is the first state in the US to achieve the feat of recording over 5 million confirmed coronavirus infectious cases.
The other major states like Texas, Florida are left behind in a number of covid 19 infections.
According to the Statistics available with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of cases in the United States has surpassed more than 52 million.
The total population of California state is around 40 million and the rising cases in the state have become a major concern for the state health officials. Although President Biden has asked the state authorities to start working on building new testing facilities in order to pump up the testing amongst the population.
The Christmas Parties and vacations are being blamed for a massive outbreak of the omicron variant in the State and now hospital admissions are also increasing and giving a push to the hospital admissions too.
As per the official reports, more than 75,000 confirmed deaths have been recorded in California as a result of COVID-19 and it is still increasing at an awkward rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that the pace at which the cases in California are increasing will surpass 6 million in a few days.ṣ
