People's Daily health client Zhou Xuejin
"The death toll caused by the Omiljung strain epidemic is higher than the death toll caused by the Delta strain epidemic in the same period, which is a re-analysis of foreign publicly available data." On April 6, Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a press conference held by the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, from January to July 2021, the number of confirmed cases in the United Kingdom and the United States was generally stable, and the number of deaths gradually decreased during the period. After August, the overall number of confirmed cases has slowly increased; in 2022, the number of confirmed cases has surged significantly, and the number of deaths has also shown an upward trend.
As of 16:20 on April 7, according to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the United Kingdom has 2109983 confirmed cases of new crown in the past 28 days, with 6639 deaths, and a mortality rate of 0.31% in the past 28 days. In the United States, 837363 confirmed cases of new crown in the past 28 days, with 19,138 deaths, and a mortality rate of 2.29% in the past 28 days.
According to Wu Zunyou, the United Kingdom was mainly endemic to delta strains from August to October 2021, with a mortality rate of 16 people per 100,000 people dying of the new crown, and from November 2021 to January 2022, that is, the Epidemic of the Aumechjong strain was the mainstay, with a mortality rate of 22 people per 100,000 people to die of the new crown. The U.S. mortality rate was 40 deaths per 100,000 population in August-October 2021 and 42 deaths per 100,000 population in November 2021-January 2022.
According to the World Health Organization, the risk of hospitalization in Aumechjong is reduced compared to the Delta variant, but it should not be considered "mild". In many countries, particularly those with low levels of vaccination among susceptible populations, there has been an increase in the number of deaths associated with COVID-19 due to the Omiljung variant. UNICEF also said the COVID-19 Olmikron strain is by far the most transmissible variant of COVID-19.
Uk's epidemic statistics, according to the official website of Hopkins University in the United States
Statistics of the epidemic situation in the United States, according to the official website of Hopkins University in the United States
In the past 28 days, the world's top ten countries for confirmed cases are from the official website of Hopkins University in the United States
From January to March this year, the mainland reported a cumulative total of more than 100,000 cases, including 197 severe and critical cases. Wu Zunyou introduced that the reason for the low case fatality rate of new crown pneumonia in our country is that a number of measures have been taken to prevent or reduce deaths. First, early detection of the epidemic, the control of the epidemic to a minimum, completely avoiding the death of a large number of cases caused by the run on medical resources. Second, all infected people are managed so that cases of mild illness to severe illness can be detected and medical services provided in a timely manner, avoiding the occurrence of their critical illness or death. Third, for severe cases, especially critical cases, the use of convalescent plasma or specific neutralizing antibodies effectively reduces possible deaths. Fourth, widespread vaccination against COVID-19.