Covid Deaths In The US Spike 50% To 3,354 In A Day. Infections Near Record Of 261,339

The US has recorded more than 51.8 million COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic

The US has recorded more than 815,423 deaths since the start of the pandemic

Daily Mail: Covid deaths in the US spike 50% to 3,354 in a day as Omicron cases jump 45% and push COVID infections to near record of 261,339

* Hospitalizations continue to jump 10 per cent, fueled by the new variant and a lack of vaccinations

* Washington, D.C. also saw a 614 per cent increase in infections

* Positive news out of the UK suggests that the new strain is less lethal than the Delta variant

* Biden lifted a travel ban on eight African countries as data shows the new bug is petering out

* The FDA authorized a second COVID-19 pill, but there are some worries about its side effects

Omicron continues to drive a surge of new COVID cases across the US, with Christmas Eve seeing total infections edge closer to the all-time record.

Figures from Johns Hopkins University published Friday show there were 261,339 new cases in the last 24 hours, up 10 per cent from 238,378 the day before.

The number of deaths caused by the virus have also skyrocketed to 3,354, a 52 per cent increase from 2,204 fatalities on Thursday.

That is the highest single-day total since October 13, when 3,054 fatalities were recorded.

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WNU Editor: Projections for early 2022 are grim .... 'Enormous spread of omicron' may bring 140M new COVID infections to US in the next two months, model predicts (USA Today). More here .... Omicron wave will crash on US with 60% of people infected by March and 140 MILLION new infections - but 90% will never show symptoms, University of Washington says (Daily Mail).