U.S. Reports Record-Breaking 1.35 Million New COVID Cases in a Day

  • 📰 WebMD
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 30 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 51%

United States Headlines News

United States Latest News,United States Headlines

The U.S. reported 1.35 million new COVID-19 cases on Monday, logging the highest daily total for any country in the world during the pandemic.

Still, the 7-day average for new cases has surpassed 700,000, tripling in 2 weeks as the contagious Omicron variant continues to spread across the country.

Globally, more than 310 million cases have been reported, resulting in nearly 5.5 million COVID-19 deaths. Almost 40 million cases have been confirmed worldwide during the past month, with the U.S. accounting for 28% of those. The U.S. has also hit an all-time high for hospitalizations, with nearly 146,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across the country, according to the

Deaths are averaging about 1,700 per day, Reuters reported, which is up from 1,400 in recent days but not much higher than earlier this winter. The peak average was 3,400 daily deaths in mid-January 2021.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 709. in US

United States Latest News, United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

COVID In Pennsylvania: Gov. Tom Wolf Says Vaccine Is Strategy To Fight COVID-19, Not Shutdowns'THE VACCINE IS OUR STRATEGY' l Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday brushed aside questions about whether he will issue more orders for shutdowns as cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 spread quickly and fill Pennsylvania’s hospitals with unvaccinated patients
Source: CBS Philly - 🏆 308. / 63 Read more »

Covid-19 news: Ministers plan for UK to ‘live with covid’Today’s covid-19 news: · UK ministers plan for nation to ‘live with covid’ · Novak Djokovic released from detention, but may have Australia visa cancelled · Mixed signals as to whether free lateral flow tests will be phased out in England
Source: newscientist - 🏆 541. / 51 Read more »

Restrictions imposed in several states in India as Covid-19 cases riseIndia reported 159,632 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in the country, nudging several state governments to impose fresh restrictions. India's richest state, Maharashtra, said on Saturday it would close swimming pools and gyms from Monday while schools and colleges have been closed till Feb 15 after daily cases in the state jumped to over 41,000. The state government has said only fully vaccinated people will be allowed into private offices while limiting the capacity to 50% of the total workforce.
Source: YahooNews - 🏆 380. / 59 Read more »

LA County Sets New Record With 45,584 Positive COVID-19 CasesPublic health officials Sunday recorded 45,584 new cases and 13 deaths in Los Angeles County, setting a new daily record. I wonder how many people are sitting in these long testing lines with their cars still running are the same ones complaining that climate change is an existential threat to humanity for a virus that is really not an existential threat to society at this point? Super Bowl Texas eyes are smiling... Over 45k cases and 13 deaths and people are still freaking out? ..I’m not dismissing the 13 lives that were lost by all means i’m considered high risk but people to calm down a little and not live in this fear.
Source: CBSLA - 🏆 552. / 51 Read more »

Japan asks US forces to stay on base as COVID-19 cases jumpJapanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said he spoke on the phone with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and was promised utmost efforts to ensure people’s health.
Source: AKNewsNow - 🏆 460. / 53 Read more »

India's new COVID-19 cases surge to 179,723India reported 179,723 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, the most since late May, health ministry data showed, taking the total to 35.71 million.
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »