US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Omi kerong became the main epidemic strain in the United States

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The epidemic model data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on the 20th shows that in the week ended December 18, the infection cases of the mutated new coronavirus Olmicoren strain accounted for 73.2% of the total number of cases. Omicron has replaced Delta strain as the main popular strain in the United States.

Passengers wearing masks walk inside a station in Los Angeles, U.S., on Dec. 15. (Xinhua News Agency)

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of cases of infection with the Omiljung strain is growing rapidly. The United States reported its first case of infection with the Omiljun strain on 1 December. In the week ended 4 December, the number of cases of the Omiljun strain was only 0.7% of the total number of cases; in the week ended 11 December, the proportion of Omiljun strain infections rose to 12.6%, and in the week ended 18 December, the proportion rose to 73.2%.

According to data from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as of the 20th, at least 48 states in the United States have reported cases of Infection with the Omikejong strain.

Recently, the epidemic indicators in the United States have rebounded seriously, and the number of confirmed cases, hospitalized cases and deaths of the new crown has continued to rise. At present, the average daily increase in the number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the United States in 7 days is about 130,000, of which nearly 200,000 new confirmed cases are confirmed on the 13th.

There has also been a recent surge in covid-19 cases in children in the United States. The latest report released by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Association of Children's Hospitals on the 20th shows that as of the 16th, there were nearly 170,000 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus in children in the United States, an increase of nearly 28% over the previous two weeks; the United States has reported nearly 7.4 million confirmed cases of children since the outbreak of the epidemic. The number of new childhood infections in the United States has exceeded 100,000 for 19 consecutive weeks. Since the first week of September, the United States has added more than 2.3 million new confirmed cases of children.