COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant strains health systems in several states.
There were 132,646 people hospitalized with COVID, surpassing the record of 132,051 set in January last year.
While potentially less severe, health officials have warned that the sheer number of infections caused by the Omicron variant could strain the hospital systems, some of which have already suspendedThe seven-day average for new cases has doubled in the last 10 days to 704,000. Thehas averaged over a half a million cases for the last six consecutive days, according to a Reuters tally.
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