Category: Deaths
France: BA.5 now dominant, Covid cases up by more than 50% in one week
BA.5 at 59%, sharp increase in Covid cases in all regions and age groups, hospital admission rate rising. More...
Denmark: Covid cases up 27% in one week, hospitalizations up by 45%
New COVID-19 cases increased by 27%, hospitalizations increased by 45%, and the incidence has risen to 178 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. More...
Germany: Covid cases up by 38% in one week
The nationwide 7-day incidence increased in week 25 compared to the previous week by almost 155,000 cases (+38%). More...
WHO: BA.5 now dominant globally
As of epidemiological week 24, BA.5 represents 43% of global sequences at Gisaid, BA.2 represents 25%, BA.4 represents 12%, and BA.2.12.1 represents 11%. More...
Preprint: BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 substantially escape neutralizing antibodies
These data show that the BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 subvariants substantially escape neutralizing antibodies induced by both vaccination and infection. More...
France: BA.5 at 41% of sequences in week 24, 2022
“Progressive replacement of BA.2 by BA.5 with a strong increase in detection (41%), increased presence of the mutation at position L452 in screening (64% in week 24 vs 47% in week 23), linked to the increase of certain Omicron sub-lineages including BA.4 and BA.5.” More...
Denmark: BA.5 now dominant with nearly 60% of sequences
Denmark’s latest Covid-19 report is out, and it shows another big increase in the BA.5 variant, which is now dominant in the country with nearly 60% of all sequences. More...
Preprint: Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
“Reinfection contributes additional risks of all-cause mortality, hospitalization, and adverse health outcomes in the pulmonary and several extrapulmonary organ systems.” More...
Denmark: BA.5 set to outcompete BA.2 this week
Denmark’s latest Covid-19 weekly trends report has just been published, and it shows a big increase in BA.5 infections over the past week. More...
France: BA.5 at 18% of sequences in week 22, 2022
Detection of BA.4 (1.1%) and BA.5 (18.0%) on the rise according to the week 21 Flash Survey in France. More...