Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The United States (US) has set another global record Covid-19. The country recorded 1 million new Covid-19 cases, Monday (3/1/2022).
Omicron is still the driving force behind the increase in cases. There are no signs of slowing cases in the country yet.
Quoting analysis Reuters, there are 978,856 new cases. This report includes several cases from Saturday and Sunday, when many states did not report.
Data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) is larger. Where the US recorded 1,082,549 daily cases as of Monday local time.
This figure doubled in seven days and far exceeds any other country in the world. Overall, the US average daily case last week was 486,000.
quote ReutersThe number of Covid-19 patients being treated has also increased by 50% in the past week. Now, it exceeds 100,000 cases.
“This is the first time that threshold has been reached, since last year’s winter wave,” it said.
Meanwhile, the state of Maryland declared a 30 day state of emergency Tuesday (4/1/2022). A total of 1,000 National Guard personnel were deployed for the emergency response to the pandemic.
The state hit a record high of more than 3,000 cases a day. “That’s an increase of more than 500% in the last seven weeks,” said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.
In Kentucky, a total of 6,915 new cases were recorded as of Tuesday. This is the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic.
Governor Andy Beshear urged residents to be vaccinated and wear masks. “Omicron is causing a spike unlike anything we have seen and at this rate our hospital will fill up,” he wrote on Twitter.
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