More than a million new cases of coronavirus were recorded Tuesday in 24 hours in the United States, a world record never recorded since the appearance of the pandemic in 2020.
The Omicron variant has been responsible for the rapid spread of the coronavirus around the world since November.
Dr Anthony Fauci, senior White House adviser on the health crisis, said on Sunday that the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the United States is following an “almost vertical” curve.
Omicron is now the dominant variant in the United States and accounted for about 59% of new cases in the week ending December 25, according to the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
Anthony Fauci said he hoped the current wave would peak “after a few weeks” before reversing, as happened in South Africa.
Death and hospitalization rates in the United States have been much lower in recent weeks than in previous outbreaks of Covid.
The number of recorded deaths fell 10% week on week with 9,382 dead in the past seven days.
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