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The World Health Organization announces the spread of (4) corona mutations in Libya

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Tripoli, January 17, 2022 (LANA) - The World Health Organization announced today, Monday, the spread of four mutations of the corona virus in Libya since the outbreak of the epidemic in March 2020.

In its weekly report on the epidemiological situation, published today, the organization confirmed the continued spread of the "alpha", "beta" and "delta" mutant, in addition to the "omicron" mutant, which recently infiltrated Libya.

The report indicated that Libya witnessed a high rate of infections with the Corona epidemic, with about 54.3 cases of infection per 100,000 people recorded during the first week of January.

She indicated that the number of detection tests, since the beginning of the discovery of the first case in March 2020, amounted to more than two million and 94 thousand analyzes showing that 18.8% of them carry the virus, and the number of new deaths increased to 69 compared to the previous week, 62 cases. As a result, the death rate increased from 0.9 per 100,000 cases to 1.9%.

Corona virus infections recorded in Libya since the emergence of the epidemic have risen to 398,055 cases, of which 7,127 are active cases, while 385,075 cases have recovered, and 5,853 deaths have been recorded in the country.