U.S. Covid Cases Approach Pandemic High Amid Omicron Wave

Covid-19 cases are setting records. The daily number of new infections hit all-time highs both in the world and in the U.S. Infections have surged again in the past month as the Omicron coronavirus variant—the latest strain— spread like wildfire from country to country. Worldwide, the daily number reached 1.49 million on Monday; the new high is actually lower than the previous record of 1.5 million set in December 2020 because of reporting irregularities that now have been factored in, Bloomberg reported. In the U.S., there were 512,553 new confirmed cases on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins data. The previous daily high was 303,461, set on Jan. 8.