US breaks global record of daily Covid-19 cases

The United States broke the global record of daily Covid-19 cases. According to reports, it registered at least 1.3 million infections yesterday, amid the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

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The previous record was 1.03 million new infections on 3rd January this year.

Despite the Omicron strain being reported as a less severe variant, the new variant of concern has driven the hospitalisations to an all-time high in the US. The number of hospitalized Covid-19 patients have doubled in three weeks, surpassing the record of One lakh 32 thousand 51 hospitalisations set in January last year.