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Thursday, November 14
Ómicron claims the first death in the United States
After it was announced that the variant of the Omicron coronavirus is already the most contagious in the United States, now adds the death of a man in Texas, becoming the first fatality of this strain.
The announcement was given to be known by Lina María Hidalgo, the judge of Harris County, Texas, who was in charge of detailing this first death caused by Ómicron
“It is sad to report the first local death from the Omicron variant of Covid – 19 ”, he announced Hidalgo through his official Twitter profile.
Sad to report the first local fatality from the Omicron variant of COVID – 20. A man in his 50 ‘s from the eastern portion of Harris County who was not vaccinated. Please – get vaccinated and boosted.
– Lina Hidalgo (@LinaHidalgoTX) December 17, 2021
Hidalgo reported that the victim is “ a man of about 50 years from eastern Harris County that was not vaccinated. Please get vaccinated and take booster shots ”, he advised.
The death of the patient comes just two weeks after the first positive case of the new Omicron variant in the state of Texas , at that time it was a woman of 21 years in Northwest Harris County in the Houston area.
It is worth mentioning that this death comes in the context of the recent announcement of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from the United States, which reported that Omicron became the dominant variant of the coronavirus and that it represents the 73% of cases in the country .
Even, it is estimated that the new variant is responsible for the 90% of new infections in the New York region.
Currently the United States is the country with the highest number of fatalities in the world, with more than 807 thousand deaths from Covid – 19.
Hence, this Tuesday, the White House announced the president’s strategy against the advance of Ómicron as free tests, reinforcing the vaccination campaign and additional equipment for hospitals, although without restrictions for the population before Christmas.
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