Il y a eu 93000 cas de Covid hier en Grande Bretagne, un record. Mais Boris Johnson a tendance à les mettre sur le dos du variant Omicron, alors que le Delta représente toujours 98% des cas dans la pays. C'est toujours le Delta qui drive la 5eme vague en Grande Bretagne, comme en France.
Il y a d'ailleurs, d'après ourwordindata, voir ci-dessous, plus de cas de d'Omicron en France qu'en Grande Bretagne, environ 4%. Et en Afrique du Sud, où il représente 98%, il y a toujours beaucoup moins de morts qu'en France ou en Grande Bretagne.
Covid cases surge again to new record as Johnson warns Omicron now a ‘very serious threat’
Infections across UK surpass 93,000 as London borough sees tally more than double in just a week.
Tom Batchelor Grace Almond 6 hours ago
The number of Covid cases in the UK broke records for a third consecutive day on Friday after infections crept above 90,000 for the first time since March 2020, with the fast-spreading Omicron variant intensifying concerns over the trajectory of the pandemic.
Surging cases prompted Boris Johnson to warn that the highly infectious variant was “a very serious threat to us now”.
“We are seeing a considerable wave coming through and people have got to be prepared and they have got to understand what it entails,” the prime minister said during a visit to a vaccination centre in Hillingdon, in his west London constituency.
Of the 93,045 new infections over the last 24 hours – and 111 more deaths – the UK Health Security Agency said an additional 3,201 Omicron variant cases had been detected, taking the total number to 14,909.
Omicron is now the dominant variant among new cases of coronavirus in England, which also has the most relaxed rules out of all UK nations, analysis has found.