Only Maine was yesterday facing 'moderate' stress in its intensive care unit (ICU) from Covid patients, which made up more than one in ten people admitted. She pointed to South Africa - where Omicron first emerged - which is again recording a major surge in Covid cases just four to six months after the last wave amid falling antibody levels. Two weeks ago it was only behind about 22 percent.ĭr Deborah Birx has warned southern states should prepare for an uptick in Covid infections in the next few months because of 'waning immunity', while the north should also expect a surge this winter.
A total of 11 states are now seeing cases double every 14 days, while just two - Oklahoma and Arizona - continue to register a drop in infections.ĬDC surveillance today revealed the new Omicron subvariant - scientifically named BA.2.12.1 - is now behind up to 44 percent of new infections. This was the biggest daily count since late February at the tail-end of the Omicron wave, and marked a 60 percent uptick two weeks ago. America's daily Covid cases have now hit their highest level in two months with the even more transmissible sub-variant of Omicron now behind two in five cases, as a former White House Covid advisor warns the South to brace for a summer wave.įigures from states, counties and local health officials showed a total of 95,854 new infections were recorded over the last 24 hours.
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