Director of the National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases of the United States Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the peak incidence of the Omicron coronavirus in the country is likely to be observed at the end of January 2022.
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“Given the size of the territory of our country and the heterogeneous situation with vaccinations, I would assume that this process will most likely take more than a couple of weeks, probably by the end of January, I think “, – said Fauci.
We add that in the US the growth in the number of cases of COVID-19 has accelerated: this week the average number of diseases per week was 280 thousand, and last week – 150 thousand. 61.9% of the US population are fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
Now the US is in first place in the world both in the total number of COVID-19 cases detected during the pandemic and in the number of deaths from coronavirus. More than 54.7 million cases of coronavirus infection have been identified in the United States, and over 844 thousand of them were fatal. More than 41 million people have already recovered.
Recall that in Europe after Christmas, the number of new cases of coronavirus is growing at a frantic pace . In France, over the past day, a record 208 thousand patients were found.
