Omicron pushes US hospital cases to record high

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11.01.2022

Covid-19 hospitalisations in the US reached a fresh high of 1,32,646, according to a Reuters tally on Monday, surpassing the record of 1,32,051 set in January last year, amid a surge of the Omicron variant. 

Hospitalisations have increased steadily since late December, doubling in the last three weeks. Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Vermont, Virginia, Washington DC, and Wisconsin have reported record levels of hospitalized Covid-19 patients recently, according to the Reuters analysis. While potentially less severe, health officials have warned that the sheer number of infections caused by the Omicron variant could strain the hospitals’ systems.

REUTERS