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The death toll remains 52. There are 1,164 active cases (694 at the border and 470 in the community). [176] Singapore reported 5,996 new cases, a largest number of relative COVID-19 positive infections on a single day, since first confirmed in January 2020, bringing the total number to 322,770.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and first referred to it as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The WHO ended the PHEIC on 5 May 2023.
The January 2022 emergence of the Omicron variant, which was first discovered in South Africa, led to record highs in hospitalizations and cases in early 2022, with as many as 1.5 million new infections reported in a single day. [27] By the end of 2022, an estimated 77.5% of Americans had had COVID-19 at least once, according to the CDC. [28]
Between 5% and 50% of COVID-19 patients experience long COVID, [158] a condition characterized by long-term consequences persisting after the typical convalescence period of the disease. [ 159 ] [ 160 ] The most commonly reported clinical presentations are fatigue and memory problems, as well as malaise , headaches, shortness of breath , loss ...
On 25 January 2020, the first identified presumptive case in Canada was a 56-year-old male who had travelled to Wuhan, China, before returning to Toronto on 22 January. [124] Canada issued a travel advisory against non-essential travel to China due to the outbreak, including a regional travel advisory to avoid all travel to the province of Hubei.
The Department of Justice said in a January 2022 official statement that over 75 people had been charged, in relation to the attack, with entering a restricted area while armed with "a dangerous or deadly weapon", including some armed with guns, stun guns, knives, batons, baseball bats, axes, and chemical sprays. [338]
New York State lowered its vaccine age from 75 to 65 on January 11, 2021. [101] As of January 25, 2021, 628,831 vaccines had been administered in New York City. [102] During the last week of the month, the city was averaging 5,000 new cases per day and around 60 deaths per day. [103]
Jan. 6: By the numbers. January 5, 2022 at 7:00 AM. Supporters of President Trump gather outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) It’s been a year since the ...