of an inch of isaac lagt. not only is that dangerous for the roads but it clinician to trees and power lines and those may continue to come down as well so you could have some power outages. the other thing, fred, to keep in mind is temperatures will drop considerably. minneapolis going from 28 down to a high of 2 on monday. chicago going from a high of 30 today down to only 15 by monday. brutal conditions. thank you so much, allison chinchar. all right. hello again, everyone, thank you for joining me, i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with states scrambling to keep up with a surge in covid hospitalizations. the number of patients across the country is nearing the record set almost a year ago of 142,000 hospitalizations and even more concerning, child hospitalizations are hitting new records as the omicron variant
happened in nearly four months. child hospitalizations are the highest they have ever been with more than 500 kids admitted each day over the week ending december 31st. so far cases are less severe. but the omicron wave is hitting so hard states and cities are struggling to keep schools, businesses and workplaces open as daily life is disrupted. flights cancelled, long lines for testing, americans desperate to get back to something even approaching normal. they want to know, when will all of this end? that is the fda today is authorizing pfizer booster shots for 12 to 15-year-olds but even now after everything we ve been through, only about 62% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. and that s because of vocal minorities denying reality. we see it with millions of americans who believe covid misinformation and conspiracy theories putting their health and the health of their loved ones at risk by refusing the
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hi, john s wife, as well. it is tuesday, january 4th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. this morning, record highs in the number of coronavirus cases. the u.s. seven-day rolling average of cases standing at a record 400,000. now, more than 103,000 people in the u.s. are hospitalized with coronavirus. it s the first time that this total has reached six figures in nearly four months. states are also reporting surges in child hospitalizations. very alarming here. they re now the highest they have ever been, with more than 500 children being admitted daily. this as the omicron variant complicates the return to school with some of the largest districts shifting to remote learning and others relying on more robust testing. in chicago, the third largest school district in the country, the teachers union is gearing up for a potential woalkout as cass there skyrocket. today, they ll hold an emergency meeting to vote on measures they deem safe. now, students are eligible for booster shots.
christmas eve. nearly 50,000 people tests positive for covid and concerns of kids. the number of child hospitalizations from covid-19 quadrupling in new york city in recent weeks. with other cities on edge. renewing calls for parents to get the kids vaccinated. and then to top it all off, scores of travelers dealing with delays from coast to coast. omicron slamming airline workers causing widespread staff shortages leading to more than 2,000 canceled flights. in the united states since christmas eve. but there is, everybody, some good news. this hopeful note orr the holiday weekend. we have made tremendous progress in the last two years by studies recently done we have savered more than a million lives with vaccination efforts