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New Omicron variant discovered as COVID cases go down

by Renae Stampp
February 11, 2022
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(CMR) This week’s COVID-19 Situational Report (SitRep) shows a downward trend in new COVID-19 positives over the last three weeks. However, the new Omicron variant BA.2 of COVID-19 was discovered in the Cayman Islands on 3 February.

The new variant was first identified in the Philippines in November 2021 and has since shown to be highly transmissible. Despite its level of transmissibility, BA.2 seems to present with less severe infection than the original Omicron variant, Public Health officials explain.

Meantime, from 30 January to 5 February (Epi. Week 5), 1671 new cases of COVID-19 were reported. This was 475 less than Epi. Week 4 and 1068 less than Epi. Week 3. Six thousand, eight hundred and ten PCR tests were conducted in Epidemiological Week 5. In Epi. Week 4, there were 7930 PCR tests and 6810 in week 3.

Hospital admissions remained stable throughout Epi. Week 5; however, there was one previously reported death in an elderly patient with multiple severe comorbidities on 2 February. There have been 16 COVID-related deaths in the Cayman Islands since the beginning of the pandemic.

Since 11 December 2021, there have been 18 patients admitted to hospital who were Omicron positive. Eight of these patients were fully vaccinated. There were no deaths among the eighteen patients admitted with Omicron. Their average length of hospital stay was 5 days, while those testing positive for the Delta variant remained in hospital for just under nine days.

Between 11 November 2021 and 5 February, there have been 15 children admitted to the hospital for COVID-19. Genomic sequencing isolated four cases of the Delta variant and one case of Omicron among the pediatric cases. Three out of 15 children had severe complications.

Campaigns for booster and children’s vaccination are in the final planning stages. The pediatric vaccine is expected to arrive from the United Kingdom in the next few weeks.

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A regional writer with almost 10 years of experience working in various news media including two major media houses in Bermuda and Jamaica. Renae provides professional content for our regional and international audience.

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