Omicron hotspots: These countries have the most cases

Created: 12/17/2021, 3:41 PM

From: Franziska Kaindl

Great Britain is also badly hit by Omikron again.

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The Omikron variant is spreading more and more in Europe and the world.

You can find out in which countries the most cases are known so far.

The delta variant of the coronavirus caused a lot of uncertainty among travelers in the summer and led to numerous countries tightening their entry measures.

A similar picture emerges with Omikron * - only that this variant is said to be even more contagious and vaccinated people are more often affected by it.

Some countries have already been classified by the federal government as virus variant areas due to the high proportion of the variant in the infection rate.

In Europe in particular, however, there are many hotspots.

We will show you in which countries the most Omikron cases have currently been counted.

Omikron cases worldwide: These countries have the most cases so far (as of December 17)

Current figures were compiled on the website

from the data of the respective state governments and the global science initiative GISAID.

A distinction must be made between

.

According to the RKI's last weekly situation report (December 16), there are

currently 112 confirmed Omikron cases and 213 suspected cases

in

.

Also interesting

GISAID also shows the

in the reported corona cases in the last four weeks.

Accordingly, with 91.9 percent, it is already the dominant variant in South Africa.

In Norway it is said to be responsible for 24.9 percent of the cases, in Finland for 33.5 percent.

In Germany, on the other hand, according to GISAID data, so far only 0.9 percent of the cases have been due to the Omikron variant.