Although the omicron variant of COVID-19 is less serious than the delta, it is not the common flu say doctors and scientists and it continues to leave a high number of deaths.

In the last week alone around 115 new deaths were registered out of more than 270 that have been registered so far in the month of January reports TVN.

This translates to a large increase as in December 2021, 65 deaths were recorded.

According to data from the Ministry of Health, 90% of deaths are to unvaccinated people or people with an incomplete vaccination schedule.