For the second day in a row, the United States had a record number of new cases based on the seven-day average, with more than 290 000 new infections reported each day, a Reuters tally showed.
“We are going to see the number of cases in this country rise so dramatically, we are going to have a hard time keeping everyday life operating,” Dr. Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota, told MSNBC. With testing shortages and breakthrough cases, experts warn the surge will upend hospitals, emergency response services, schools and retailers, among others, in the coming weeks.
Already, 825 663 people have died in the United States from COVID since early 2020, data showed, with the latest wave of hospitalizations driven by those not vaccinated. Still, Jason Greenberg, head of economics at Homebase, which tracks data for about 50 000 small businesses, said he expects the first week of January to be slower than projected before Omicron.
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