War News Updates: U.S. Health Experts Are Saying Covid Infections Are 'Spreading Much Faster Than Expected'

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

U.S. Health Experts Are Saying Covid Infections Are 'Spreading Much Faster Than Expected'

Daily Mail: US cases drop from record 1 million in a single day to 869,187 and 2,384 deaths but experts say infections are 'spreading much faster than we ever expected': Model predicts Omicron will peak end of January

* Daily new cases remained near record levels on Tuesday with 869,187 new infections recorded

* It marked a 114% increase from week-ago levels on a seven-day rolling average basis

* Deaths remained relatively low at 2,384, a 13% decline on the week on a rolling average basis

* Many model project cases will peak before the end of January and then fall as the wave burns out

* Meanwhile CDC opted not to require negative test to end its new five-day isolation period

New cases of COVID-19 remain near record highs in the US, though many predictive models forecast that the Omicron wave will crest before the end of January.

On Tuesday the US recorded 869,187 new cases, down from the record set on Monday but higher than any other day since the pandemic began.

The country's seven-day rolling average of new cases stood at 565,042, a 114 percent increase from a week ago, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.

However, deaths remain relatively low, with 2,384 new deaths on Tuesday, a decline of 13 percent from week-ago levels on a rolling average basis.

Hospitalizations are rising, but remain well below their peak last January.

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WNU Editor: According to the CDC 95% of new cases in the US are from Omicron (see below):

"We now estimate that omicron represents about 95% of cases in the country," CDC Director Walensky says. pic.twitter.com/JgAohuo3lT
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 5, 2022