COVID-19: Omicron now dominant variant in US after making up 73% of new cases, says CDC

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The White House says President Biden will today issue 'a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated'.

Omicron is now the dominant form of coronavirus in the US and made up 73% of new cases last week, according to federal health officials.In some areas

is even more dominant, responsible for an estimated 90% of new infections in places such as New York, the South East, the Pacific Northwest and the industrial Midwest.Dr Anthony Fauci has warned that Omicron is 'raging around the world' "These numbers are stark, but they're not surprising," said Dr Rochelle Walensky from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .America's chief medical officer, Dr Anthony Fauci, has said

 

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Can anyone provide the hospitalization stats caused by Omicron? Lots of big numbers being banded around however not much seems to be said about hospital admissions. If these are low does the Omicron variant pose any more risk than cold or flu?

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