World Hits Record Daily Covid Cases

Bloomberg: World Hits Record Daily Covid Cases as Omicron Mars Christmas 

 (Bloomberg) -- Global Covid-19 cases hit a daily record on Monday, disrupting the holiday season a year after vaccines first started rolling out and two years after the emergence of the virus that many hoped would be fleeting. 

The more than 1.44 million worldwide infections smashed the prior record after factoring out a day in December 2020 when Turkey backdated a significant number of cases. 

A more conservative gauge -- the seven-day rolling average that smooths out one-time fluctuations and holiday reporting irregularities -- is also at an all-time high, owing to a tidal wave of omicron infections. 

The highly mutated and most transmissible variant yet, omicron is fast becoming the dominant strain globally as it evades immunity normally provided by vaccines and previous infections. 

The seven-day rolling average of cases on Monday stood at about 841,000, a jump of 49% from a month ago, when omicron was first identified in southern Africa.  

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Update #1: US reports record-breaking cases; global infections hit 5.9 million: COVID-19 updates -- USA Today  

Update #2: Global COVID-19 cases top 281 million, death toll crosses 5.4 million -- CGTN Update #3: World Sees Record Daily COVID Cases As Less-Lethal Omicron Displaces Delta -- Zero Hedge  

WNU Editor: Projections for the next 2 to 3 months are jaw-dropping .... Global COVID-19 cases set to triple with over 3 billion omicron infections in coming 2-3 months: IHME (DTE).