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UPDATE 1-U.S. COVID deaths rising but likely due to Delta, not Omicron, says CDC chief
Hospitalizations have been on the rise since late December as Omicron surpassed the Delta variant as the dominant version of the coronavirus in the United States, although experts say Omicron will likely prove less deadly than prior iterations.
The recent increase in COVID deaths is likely a lagging effect of the Delta variant, which was surging before Omicron took hold in the United States in December, Walensky said.
With Delta and other prior variants, deaths have lagged infection rates by a few weeks.
"We may see deaths from Omicron but I suspect that the deaths that we're seeing now are still from Delta," Walensky said, adding that it will take time to understand how Omicron l impacts coronavirus death totals.
I looked at my State's stats today and they are still much > delta than omincron. Not sure if the increased hospitalizations are delta... also not sure if omicron gets "undercounted" because it is more likely to be asymptomatic or "over" by the time a person can schedule a test.