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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by cpncrunch on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:23PM (#29654608)
Similar situation in Denmark as well. Huge number of omicron infections, but deaths haven't budged and number of covid patients in hospitals are actually decreasing.
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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by tome on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:37PM (#29654814)
This comment links to Reuters, which says "Denmark reports its largest number of coronavirus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic: 57". Where are you getting your data?

https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-m...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29654645

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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by cpncrunch on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:26PM (#29655485)
From google's covid data. It doesn't seem to have today's update yet.
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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by richarme on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @03:47PM (#29654956)
Your comment is factually untrue. 17 people died yesterday. Didn't have this high number of deaths since last winter before vaccines, and from the chart deaths seems to have increased 10-fold compared to a month or two ago. I'd like to see a source for your claim that numbers in hospitals are decreasing.
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Re:South Africa’s omicron coronavirus outbreak subsides as f... by cpncrunch on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:25PM (#29655474)
No, my comment wasn't "factually untrue". The 7-day rolling average is steady at 9 or 10 according to the covid data on google. It hasn't changed (at least, up until yesterday's data). Things may change now, as there were 57 deaths just announced today.

> I'd like to see a source for your claim that numbers in hospitals are decreasing.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29644613

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