These countries have found cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant so far

[Jeffr2]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/29/world/covid-omicron-variant-countries-list-cmd-intl/index.html

 

Australia: 2 cases

Austria: 1 case

Belgium: 1 case

Botswana: 19 cases

Canada: 3 cases

Czech Republic: 1 case

Denmark: 2 cases

Germany: 3 cases

Hong Kong: 3 cases

Israel: 1 case

Italy: 1 case

Netherlands: 13 cases

Portugal: 13 cases

South Africa: 77 cases

Spain: 1 case

United Kingdom: 9 cases

Edited November 30, 2021 by Jeffr2

[Virt]

We're up to 4 confirmed cases in DK today, and a few other positive tests still being sequenced to determine which variant it is.

So far all of the 4 confirmed cases were related to travels in south Africa. Edit.. 3 travelers and 1 close contact.

 

1 suspected case of omicron attended a concert this weekend, so if it's the omicron variant and it's easier transmissible, the next week could show an increase.

None from the concert are being quarantined, but only adviced to get tested.

 

Other than that, a few countries has released data that shows omicron was present in their countries before south Africa published their first case, so who knows how many countries it has actually spread to by now.

 

Oh well, life move on.

 

Edited November 30, 2021 by Virt

[GrandPapillon]

it's all over Europe already, this is the tip of the iceberg, and apparently it has been there for weeks

[Meat Pie 47]

no Australia  5 cases

[Jeffr2]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/30/europe/omicron-netherlands-local-transmission-intl/index.html

Netherlands says Omicron variant was already in country earlier than previously thought

[Virt]

They confirmed the case in Denmark, which was found in a person that attended an inside concert with 2000 people,

so time will tell how transmissible it really is.

 

An inside concert with no facemasks and a lot of partying on the dance floor has to be a somewhat ideal place to test how transmissible the virus really is?

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CW0gCGUIU8I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Scott]

It has now been identified in California.

 

[champers]

1 hour ago, Scott said:

It has now been identified in California.

 

One case in San Francisco who has already recovered from mild symptoms.

 

[Scott]

California confirms nation’s first Omicron variant coronavirus case

“The person recently traveled to South Africa and developed symptoms upon their return,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco’s director of health. “And they did the right thing and got tested and reported their travel history."

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/california-confirms-first-omicron-variant-covid-19-case

 

 

[Jeffr2]

33 minutes ago, Scott said:

California confirms nation’s first Omicron variant coronavirus case

“The person recently traveled to South Africa and developed symptoms upon their return,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, San Francisco’s director of health. “And they did the right thing and got tested and reported their travel history."

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-01/california-confirms-first-omicron-variant-covid-19-case

 

 

It's global now.  Especially since many countries don't test much and for sure don't do much sequencing.  Like countries in Africa.

 

It's now the dominant variant in Africa.  And spreading fast.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-tightens-covid-19-travel-rules-countries-race-quell-omicron-threat-2021-12-01/

 

It said 74% of all the virus genomes it had sequenced last month had been of the new variant, which was first found in a sample taken on Nov. 8 in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous province.

 

The number of new cases reported in South Africa doubled from Tuesday to Wednesday.

[Bkk Brian]

NEW: updated chart showing today’s numbers from Gauteng in South Africa: • Now with test positivity, for those who have asked whether this is driven by increased testing • And stating in the title that hospital admissions are a lagging indicator, as many have requested

[Bkk Brian]

Worldwide the largest share of Omicron confirmed cases are in the 30 - 39 year age group.

 

Its possible to filter each countries statistics:

https://newsnodes.com/nu_tracker

[Virt]

In Denmark we just hit 183 cases of omicron, which is quite an increase in 2 days.

Friday we had 18 confirmed cases.

 

We're testing like crazy so of course more cases will be found if not testing, but it's still a huge increase in a short time.

 

Testing 200,000 pcr tests pr day and we're one of the countries that sequence the largest % of the positive cases.

 

A lot of the new cases did not have any relation to travelers from south Africa or close contacts.

 

So looks like it's out of the box, and time will tell which way out goes.