Following a record Covid-19 outbreak during the Omicron variant wave, about 58% of the general US population and about 75% of children have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to a published national US survey. It’s Tuesday.
The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), marks the first time that more than half of the US population has been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus at least once, providing a detailed look at its impact. Omicron wave in the United States
Prior to the arrival of Omni in December 2021, there was evidence that a third of the US population had a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Omicron increased infections in all age groups, according to the new data, but children and adolescents, most of whom were unvaccinated, had the highest rates of infection, while people over the age of 65 – the highly vaccinated population group – had the highest infection rates. smallest.
Between December and February, when Omicron cases swept the United States, 75.2% of children aged 11 years and younger had antibodies related to the infection in their blood, compared to 44.2% in the previous trimester. Among people aged 12 to 17 years, 74.2% had antibodies, up from 45.6% between September and December.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters at a news conference that Covid-19 infections in the US are on the rise, rising 22.7% to 44,000 cases per day last week. Hospital admissions increased by 6.6% for the second week in a row, thanks to Omicron’s subvariables.
With deaths falling 13.2% week-on-week, the US is fast approaching the unfortunate milestone of 1 million Covid-19-related deaths.
source: Noticias
