Data provided by Johns Hopkins University showed that yesterday the United States recorded 1,082,549 new cases of coronavirus infection, which was a new record high. The increase in cases of the disease is associated with the further spread of a new strain of Omicron. The total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic has reached 56,189,547 people.
The data also showed that the average number of new infections over the past 7 days has reached 363 592 per day, which is also a new record high.
Meanwhile, more than 103,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, the first time the total has reached six figures in nearly four months, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services.