NYT: Two Million New COVID Cases Per Day Globally

The New York Times reports:

The pace of daily new infections of the coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past week, surpassing two million known cases a day, underscoring just how quickly the Omicron variant has spread around the world.

On April 25 last year, the global average hit a high of more than 827,000 cases, a level that has been surpassed on each of the last 12 days as the world’s case curve charts a nearly vertical rise.

Health authorities around the world reported 2.1 million cases on average in the past seven days, nearly three times the amount two weeks ago, according to a New York Times database. The latest wave of cases has been driven by outbreaks in the United States and Europe, where the Omicron variant has become dominant.

Read the full article.

“The pace of daily new infections of the #Coronavirus has nearly doubled in the past week, surpassing two million known cases a day, underscoring just how quickly the #Omicron variant has spread around the world.” https://t.co/ZkrNnpEQva @nytimes #COVID19 #Vaccinate #GetBoosted

— Christina Ayiotis (@christinayiotis) January 8, 2022