US reports over 1 million new Covid-19 cases in a single day – 1,082,549 new cases was reported on Monday following the long New Year’s weekend in the United States.
According to CDC estimates, the Covid-19 Omicron variant B.1.1.529, was detected in about 95.4% of all new cases for the week of 26th December to 1st January, and 4.6% were the delta variant.
Monday’s number of cases reported tend to be higher than other days of the week, due to delays in weekend tallying, especially taking into account a three day long holiday weekend.
Hospitalizations more relevant than number of overall cases
Currently, there are 112,941 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19, of which 26% of ICU beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients.
“almost a vertical increase” in cases and that even a relatively lower rate of hospitalizations could strain already overwhelmed hospitals.
“almost a vertical increase” in cases and that even a relatively lower rate of hospitalizations could strain already overwhelmed hospitals.
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“almost a vertical increase” in cases and that even a relatively lower rate of hospitalizations could strain already overwhelmed hospitals.
“We have got to be careful about that, because, even if you have a less of a percentage of severity, when you have multi-multi-multi-fold more people getting infected, the net amount is you’re still going to get a lot of people that are going to be needing hospitalization,” Fauci explained. “And that’s the reason why we’re concerned about stressing and straining the hospital system.”
“We have got to be careful about that, because, even if you have a less of a percentage of severity, when you have multi-multi-multi-fold more people getting infected, the net amount is you’re still going to get a lot of people that are going to be needing hospitalization.
And that’s the reason why we’re concerned about stressing and straining the hospital system.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, US top infectious disease expert
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