COVID-19: 10K New Omicron Cases Reported in UK

On Saturday, the UK reported 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant, taking the total number of confirmed omicron variant cases in the country to 25,000,according to British health authorities.

The total number of reported deaths reached 7 cases.

It is worth mentioning that, the new Omicron version, which was discovered initially in South Africa, has heightened global anxieties because it is thought to be more deadly than the delta variant.

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) designated it as a ‘variant of concern’ on Friday.