1.0KFF Health Newshttps://kffhealthnews.orgkhnlaurenohttps://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/khnlaureno/Omicron Now 99.9% Dominant Variant, Causes More Daily Deaths Than Delta - KFF Health Newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rYEuWQxCB1"><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/omicron-now-99-9-dominant-variant-causes-more-daily-deaths-than-delta/">Omicron Now 99.9% Dominant Variant, Causes More Daily Deaths Than Delta</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/omicron-now-99-9-dominant-variant-causes-more-daily-deaths-than-delta/embed/#?secret=rYEuWQxCB1" width="600" height="338" title="“Omicron Now 99.9% Dominant Variant, Causes More Daily Deaths Than Delta” — KFF Health News" data-secret="rYEuWQxCB1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
/* ]]> */
</script>
U.S. daily average deaths from covid are exceeding the peak reached during the height of the earlier delta surge, as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the omicron variant is now accounting for 99.9% of all new cases.