South Africa has passed its omicron peak in a flash

 

Map:  Britainnica

Number of new cases peaked on December 21, 2021

Worldometers (above and below)

Daily new deaths peaked on January 19, 2019

New York Times, 12/30/2021

“The speed with which the Omicron-driven fourth wave rose, peaked and then declined has been staggering,” said Fareed Abdullah of the South African Medical Research Council. “Peak in four weeks and precipitous decline in another two. This Omicron wave is over in the city of Tshwane. It was a flash flood more than a wave.” The rise in deaths over the period was small, and in the last week, officials said, “marginal.”