I could only find one person who has died from it:
Has Anyone Died From Omicron COVID Variant? First Death Reported in U.K.
This is from the Leftwing Bezos rag Newsweak, 13 Dec, so if there were more, they'd be posting it loudly...
South African adults infected during the Omicron surge were 29% less likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 compared with their countrymen who were sickened during the first wave of cases there in the summer of 2020. And compared with past waves, adults hospitalized with Omicron were less likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit, or to need costly and intrusive levels of hospital care.
All of that suggests that in a world dominated by Omicron, the proportion of infected people who die could fall well below the 1% to 2% death rate that’s prevailed across much of the pandemic. Likewise, the surges in hospitalizations that have strained healthcare systems and exhausted medical professionals could be dampened.
If cases tended to be more mild and COVID-19 vaccines could still protect the most vulnerable people from dying, a kinder, gentler Omicron — even a highly contagious one — could be the break health officials and scientists have been waiting for.
The 7 day moving average daily Covid deathcount is reading about 1150/day. This is obviously a combo of Omicron and Delta. It’s approximately aligned with Excess Deaths, though those are accurate only 3-4 weeks back and one must eyeball extrapolation of the graphs. The non averaged death graph is
largely flat now. It rose significantly during November.
Time of Omicron dominance is suggested to be early January. The definition of dominance last year was never specified. The phrasing suggested 90%, not 50%.
Important, dominance is not achieved in all states at the same time. NY is seeing a death uptick right now. And they are ahead of most states in becoming Omicron.
The math is pretty easy. If Omicron were 1/3 as deadly (and no one has proven this), but infects 6X more readily, vaxed or unvaxed, then there are going to be more deaths. More as in the graph will slope upwards. If it were 1/12th as deadly but infects 20X more readily, then there will be more deaths.
“sadly at least one patient has been confirmed to have died with Omicron.”
The quote says “with” not “from” or even “because of”.
Odds are that, with the spread of the virus and with people dying daily, some of the deceased will test positive for the infection.
They didnt die from it. They died with it.
So how many people are DYING from Omnicron?
I could only find one person who has died from it:
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My neighbor, Barbara Land died this morning from the Omicron. 12/17/21. She was fully vaccinated and thin. I had the covid twice and this last time I thought I was going to die. Even had rattle in my lung.
Yes, this is an evil bioweapon. Rest in peace, Barb.