HealthLynked (OTCQB:HLYK) Corp announced the launch of its updated coronavirus (COVID-19) Tracker Application (App) to include confirmed cases of the Omicron variant as reported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The HealthLynked (OTCQB:HLYK) COVID-19 Tracker Application was first released on the Apple App Store in March 2020 at the height of the pandemic.
The company said the updated app will now include confirmed cases of the Omicron variant as reported by the CDC and local state health departments while continuing to track COVID-19 cases and global statistics. Other features of the app will remain in place, including real-time chat and updates from the CDC and World Health Organization (WHO).
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"The updated COVID-19 Tracker App is essential now that the Omicron variant is spreading more rapidly than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Delta variant,” said HealthLynked (OTCQB:HLYK) CEO Dr Michael Dent in a statement.
“Concerns about children returning to schools, the evolving guidelines for vaccines for children and vaccine boosters make this update even more important to educate our users about new cases so that they are better informed to make decisions to protect themselves and their loved ones."
The Omicron variant was first detected on November 11, 2021, in Botswana, Southern Africa; on December 1, 2021, the US confirmed its first case of the variant.
The rapidly spreading Omicron variant is now the dominant COVID strain in the US, representing 73% of sequenced cases, according to data published by CDC. The CDC estimates it makes up more than 90% of cases in portions of the Northwest, South, Southeast, and Northeast.
The CDC has reported 59,521,277 total COVID-19 cases in the last 30 days, ending January 10, 2022, with a total of 834,077 deaths. Cases of the Omicron variant are expected to peak in the US in January 2022.
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