On its website, the governmental body in charge of infectious disease control reported 186,000 positive cases and 301 deaths due to the pandemic.

As a result, these figures total 15,053 624 patients and 123,238 deaths.

According to the RKI, the ability of the Omicron variant to cause the severe evolution of the disease is much lower compared to previously dominant mutations.

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