Health officials report highest single-day tally in months, as Bennett reportedly warns lockdown 'not off the table'; quarantine rules to be rolled back for vaccinated
The average number of daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. hit a record high seven-day average of more than 282,000 on Wednesday as health officials struggle to contain the more transmissible omicron variant.
The U.S. on Tuesday set a single-day record of new COVID-19 infections, with 441,278 new cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Infection.
The world hit a record number of Covid infections in a week, an AFP tally revealed Wednesday, as the WHO warned that Omicron poses a "very high" risk and could yet overwhelm healthcare systems.
The United States has hit its highest-ever average of new COVID cases as the Omicron variant spreads at a blistering pace, amid testing woes and health worker shortages.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. was 265,427 on Tuesday, well over the previous record set in mid-January, according to Johns Hopkins.
The country broke its January record for the highest daily average of COVID-19 cases. However, hospitalizations have decreased by about half since the beginning of 2021.
Six-figure case numbers could last for a month and won’t get back to single digits for ‘a very long time’, Doherty Institute infectious disease modeller says
BALTIMORE, Maryland -- The U.S. reached a seven-day average of 254,496 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the highest this number has ever been over the course of the pandemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Tuesday’s number beat the previous record of 251,989 new cases, set on Jan.
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More than 7.3 million new coronavirus cases were detected around the world in the last seven days, the highest figure since the pandemic began in late 2019
Hawaii reported 3,484 new coronavirus cases Thursday, a new single-day pandemic high that far exceeds the last record high of 2,205 cases on Sunday. The case count comes just a day before New Year’s Eve, when many Hawaii residents are expected to gather indoors and spread the virus.
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