US sets new grim pandemic records with nearly 1.5m daily cases

The United States shattered daily COVID-19 cases record again as nearly 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases were reported across the country on Monday.

A total of 1,481,375 new cases and 1,904 new deaths were reported on Monday.

The country has recorded over 5,270,000 new COVID-19 cases over the past week, beating the record set in the previous week.

The latest COVID-19 surge in the United States driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant is leading to record high hospitalizations and critical shortages of healthcare workers.

The country is averaging over 18,500 new hospitalizations each day, setting a new record since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started tracking the data from August 1 last year.

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