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1/ @PPI_Insights #Omicron Situation Report Dec 27: A daily look at what’s known, unknown & what we're watching with our many global partners & collaborators.
The #Omicron variant has been detected in 118 countries and @GISAID has 60k submitted genomes recorded from 89 countries.
2/ On Friday, the 7-day average for COVID-19 cases in the US was over 197k–a 65% increase over 2 weeks. The national daily record, dating back to Jan 2020 was 251k cases during the post-holiday surge. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/27/world/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests/us-covid-cases-omicron …
3/ 3 counties in Florida (Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward) have seen over a 1000% increase in COVID-19 cases per 100k.https://twitter.com/JasonSalemi/status/1474900890934906880?s=20 …
4/ A Maryland hospital has implemented crisis-standards-of-care protocols due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. We expect this will happen across many US jurisdictions.https://wtop.com/maryland/2021/12/covid-spike-prompts-disaster-declaration-at-md-hospital/ …
5/ Pediatric hospitalizations have quadrupled in NYC, with similar trends reported in Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania. We will be following these trends closely.https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/striking-increase-ny-urgent-advisory-to-pediatricians-as-child-covid-hospitalizations-quadruple/3467510/ …
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