US Breaks All-Time COVID Hospitalizations Record

January 10, 2022 Coronavirus, United States

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached a fresh high of 132,646, according to a Reuters tally on Monday, surpassing the record of 132,051 set in January last year, amid a surge of the highly contagious Omicron variant. While potentially less severe, health officials have warned that the sheer number of infections caused by the Omicron variant could strain the hospitals’ systems, some of which have already suspended elective procedures as they struggle to handle the surge of patients amid staff shortages.

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