U.S. Daily Omicron Death Tolls Rises Above Delta Deaths

While 60 million households have already ordered 240 million home-test kits and governments have been asked to stop conducting widespread contact tracing, other news shows that U.S. deaths rates are now higher than with the Delta variant. 

Deaths Likely To Rise For More Weeks, Possibly Months

While news reports^[1] reveal U.S. death tolls rising higher than last fall’s Delta wave, the situation is not yet calming down. The situation will worsen over the next few days and weeks, and death tolls are likely to rise considerably.

According to The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention^[2], the death rate in the U.S. is currently at 879,971. Since mid-November, daily death tolls^[1] have continued to rise, far surpassing Delta death tolls recently.  

“During the coming weeks, almost every U.S. state will see a faster increase in deaths, although deaths have peaked in a few states, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Maryland, Alaska, and Georgia, according to the COVID-19 Forecast Hub.”

With Omicron now accounting for most of the virus circulating in the U.S., this highly contagious variant continues to see individuals fall victim to its symptoms.

Could Deaths Have Been Preventable?

It is expected by those featured on news reports^[1] that discussions will be had regarding preventative measures that could, or should, have been put in place to minimize the death tolls in the country. Health experts, too, foresee these discussions coming to light, with Omicron expecting to push the death over one million.

This is also due to citizens, now fatigued by the virus, who are returning to the same level of normality with hopes that prior infections and vaccinations will protect them.

However, all U.S. citizens need to continue taking precautionary measures to prevent the daily death toll from rising above its current rate of more than 3,300 per day. These measures include mask-wearing, boosters and vaccinations, social distancing, the use of sanitizers, and other health and safety guidelines recommended by health authorities. 

Omicron’s Mild Symptoms May Still Cause Death 

Omicron’s symptoms are often milder, as it is known in public knowledge; however, it is important to stress that symptoms can be severe and can still lead to death. According to news sources, morgues have been at or above capacity almost every day in January, thanks to Omicron symptoms causing fatalities.  

The Largest Death Toll In The World 

Now, with staggeringly-high deaths in the country, the U.S. has the largest COVID-19 death toll of any nation in the world. This gloomy picture is further worsened by expectations that see COVID deaths on the same level per week as that of flu seasons. “In a pre-pandemic world, during some flu seasons^[1], we see 10,000 or 15,000 deaths. We see that in the course of a week sometimes with COVID. The toll and the sadness and suffering are staggering and very humbling.”

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