Omicron variant dominates in the southwest
Created: 01/04/2022, 6:15 PM
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Omikron has become the dominant variant of the coronavirus in the southwest.
A current query at the laboratories in Baden-Württemberg shows that the Omikron variant is already detected in over 50 percent of all SARS-CoV-2 diagnoses, a spokesman for the Ministry of Social Affairs in Stuttgart announced on Tuesday.
Stuttgart - It can therefore be expected in 7 to 14 days at the latest that the vast majority of infections in the country will be due to Omikron.
The number of Omikron cases transmitted to the State Health Office rose on Tuesday (as of 4:00 p.m.) to 5283. That is 1003 cases more than the day before.
The authority includes both cases that have been reliably detected by a complete genetic analysis and infections in which a variant-specific PCR test has revealed a suspicion of Omikron.
The "Südkurier" and the SWR had previously reported.
dpa