{"id":1147258,"date":"2021-12-23T17:04:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147258"},"modified":"2021-12-23T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T22:04:10","slug":"fact-check-has-there-only-been-one-omicron-variant-death-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-has-there-only-been-one-omicron-variant-death-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Has There Only Been One Omicron Variant Death Worldwide?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-has-there-only-been-one-omicron-variant-death-worldwide%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1147258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chicago1Ray\/status\/1473100344926343168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chicago1Ray\/status\/1473100344926343168&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640291558784000&amp;usg=AOvVaw17uB5mZEAEB652fesQUFYf\">shared on Twitter<\/a> claims only one person in the world has died from the omicron variant of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Only one person has died worldwide (with) Omicron\u2026 in case you were wondering<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago1Ray \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Chicago1Ray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chicago1Ray\/status\/1473100344926343168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There has been more than one death from the omicron variant worldwide. For instance, the U.K. has recorded at least 14 deaths attributed to omicron, while the U.S. and Germany have also respectively reported at least one death due to the variant.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Dec. 20 tweet, which has garnered over 600 likes, reads, \u201cOnly one person has died worldwide (with) Omicron\u2026 in case you were wondering.\u201d The omicron variant, which the World Health Organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/28-11-2021-update-on-omicron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designated<\/a> a \u201cvariant of concern\u201d in late November, has been detected in over 90 countries, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/health\/coronavirus-variant-tracker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/30\/fact-check-world-economic-forum-report-omicron-variant-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/11\/30\/fact-check-world-economic-forum-report-omicron-variant-july\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638988142264000&amp;usg=AOvVaw06trLCAksOXjHTcOylFf6t\">(RELATED: Did The World Economic Forum Report On The Omicron Variant In July?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the tweet\u2019s claim, there has been more than one COVID-19 death in the world attributed to the omicron variant. The U.K. reported its first death with the omicron variant Dec. 13, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-59639007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>.&nbsp;More recently, the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/1042543\/20211220_OS_Daily_Omicron_Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.K. Health Security Agency\u2019s \u201comicron daily overview\u201d report<\/a> for Dec. 20 said 14 people had died from the omicron variant.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials in Harris County, Texas, announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.harriscountytx.gov\/Portals\/27\/Documents\/HCPH%20Reports%20First%20Omicron%20Related%20Death%20sm.pdf?ver=oK77qT2qjHEIryPPhgBoog%3d%3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dec. 20 press release<\/a> that the county\u2019s first omicron death was a man in his 50s who was unvaccinated and had previously contracted COVID-19. Germany also recently reported its first death due to omicron, with German health authorities saying Thursday that a German person between the ages of 60 and 79 had died from it, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/covid-germany-records-first-death-from-omicron-variant\/a-60241594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deutsche Welle<\/a>&nbsp;reported.<\/p>\n<p>The omicron variant was first reported by South African scientists in November, and the country became one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samrc.ac.za\/news\/tshwane-district-omicron-variant-patient-profile-early-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">early epicenters<\/a> for infections of that variant, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2021\/12\/14\/britain-south-africa-global-omicron-hotspot-covid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fortune<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Gauteng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">province<\/a> where the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg are located has found that about 90 percent of its COVID-19 cases are from the omicron variant, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-africa-johannesburg-south-africa-f4b59ecde3029295f7b96f2d0ff44042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a> reported. The country has so far&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> over 700 COVID-19 deaths since Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.ed.ac.uk\/en\/publications\/severity-of-omicron-variant-of-concern-and-vaccine-effectiveness-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-print<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2021.12.21.21268116v1https:\/\/www.medrxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2021.12.21.21268116v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">studies<\/a> indicated that hospitalization was less likely to occur in individuals with the omicron variant than those with the delta variant, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-59758784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/variants\/omicron-variant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">states<\/a> \u201cmore data are needed to know if Omicron infections, and especially reinfections and breakthrough infections in people who are fully vaccinated, cause more severe illness or death than infection with other variants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A post\u00a0shared on Twitter claims only one person in the world has died from the omicron variant of coronavirus. 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