Covid-19 is rapidly increasing in hospital in a populous South African province where a new Omicron version of the coronavirus has been detected.
The number of hospitalizations nationwide has increased by 63 percent since the beginning of the month Data from the nation’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases, In Gauteng, a province that includes the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, hospitalizations have risen nearly 400 percent since the start of the month, from 120 for the week ending November 6 for the week ending Saturday. up to 580.
The South Africa Institute of Disease, part of the group of researchers and government institutions that first reported the edition to the World Health Organization, said in a statement that Omicron cases were found at “relatively high frequency” in Gauteng.
In a statement on Sunday, WHO cautions against drawing conclusions about a link between omicron version and an increase in hospitals.
South Africa has vaccinated nearly 28 percent of its 60 million residents with at least one dose, according to data collected by the science publication Our World in Data. As a whole, African countries have vaccinated about 10 percent of their population, compared to 64 percent in North America.
WHO, which O’Micron called Friday the “Worry Type”, said on Monday It poses “too much” risk to the world, In the wake of the news, several countries have banned travel from southern African countries, Which has been criticized by WHO,
The variant was first detected in Botswana. Since then, it has been identified in Israel, Canada and other countries.
According to the data, hospitalizations have barely increased in any of South Africa’s nine provinces this month, with just two provinces posting an increase in recent weeks.
South Africa has reported 29,373 cases and 219 deaths in the last seven days, according to data analysis. Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, There has been an increase in deaths compared to the previous seven-day period, and cases are also increasing. Adjusted for population, South Africa’s recent case rate ranks it among the half of the countries with the highest rates.
Since the start of the pandemic, South Africa has reported 2,963,679 cases and 89,822 deaths.
Monica Hersher Contribution,