Newly reported U.S. cases remain in record territory, putting more pressure on hospitals that are already struggling with the explosion of cases resulting from the Omicron variant.
The seven-day average for newly reported cases reached nearly 808,000 a day on Saturday, the first time it has topped 800,000, data from Johns Hopkins University show. The seven-day average for confirmed and suspected Covid-19 hospitalizations is also at the highest recorded level, at about 154,460, after topping old records last week, data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services show.
