Health experts urge Americans to be prepared for the upcoming weeks amid rising Omicron-driven Covid infections
Around 825,600 people have died in the United States from Covid-19 since early 2020, data showed, with the latest wave of hospitalisations driven by those not vaccinated.
At least 18 states and Puerto Rico have set pandemic records for new cases, according to the tally. Maryland, Ohio and Washington, DC, also saw record hospitalisations as overall US Covid-19 hospitalisations rose 27 percent. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease official, on Wednesday said cases will likely rise throughout January.
Rising hospitalisations as healthcare workers are sidelined with Covid-19 themselves is also concerning, as are fewer effective therapeutics, Hotez said. "We're in for a pretty serious time." While airline travel has been widely disrupted and some hard-hit areas have seen shuttered businesses and canceled events, other measures of activity - such as holiday sales - have held up.
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