the virus in general not for every single 100% of the people but for most of the time for most of the people that level of virus diminishes to the point where the cdc feels and i don t disagree with them at all that wearing a mask is ample protection during that second half of a ten-day period. when you balance that against the importance of trying to get people back functioning in society, of course the alternative is something that no one wants. that s to shut down completely. when it comes to saving lives hospitals on the front lines are bracing for an expected surge of covid patients in the weeks to come. many are already seeing a steady rise in covid admissions. the administration is preparing to deploy a thousand u.s. service members to help medical staff at hospitals nationwide. hospitals are also facing a rapid increase in the number of children admitted for covid.
every single 100% of the people but for most of the time for most of the people that level of virus diminishes to the point where the cdc feels and i don t disagree with them at all that wearing a mask is ample protection during that second half of a ten-day period. when you balance that against the importance of trying to get people back functioning in society, of course the alternative is something that no one wants. that s to shut down completely. when it comes to saving lives hospitals on the front lines are bracing for an expected surge of covid patients in the weeks to come. many are already seeing a steady rise in covid admissions. the administration is preparing to deploy a thousand u.s. service members to help medical staff at hospitals nationwide. hospitals are also facing a rapid increase in the number of children admitted for covid.
discharged over christmas. so it could well be that hundreds of those people may well have recovered butjust haven t left hospital yet. so, in a way, more reliable to look at new covid admissions. last week, we were looking at a daily average of about 800 new covid patients in hospital in england every day. now, we re closer to 1,300. so to give you some context, in january this year, when we were at the peak of this, we were about 4,000 per day. so we re nowhere near that, but there is a genuine increase. even here, though, there is a proviso because we don t know how many of these patients are in hospital because of covid or in hospital with something else and just happened to test positive for covid. really, though, i ve given you a lot of numbers here, and there s only really one question that counts can the nhs cope or are we coming to the point where the government may have to bring in new restrictions in england? you heard jenny harries there. the good news was, she was saying
0 legislative skills far from the spotlight. during his time in the senate he pushed through the passage of obamacare as well as the sweeping economic stimulus after the great recession and new rules governing wall street. a one-time amateur boxer he could bob and weave on the political stage as well. and tonight the current majority leader chuck schumer wrote this. harry reid was one of the most amazing individuals i ve ever met. he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fearlessly fight those who were hurting the poor and middle class. schumer has ordered flags at the capitol lowered to half staff. we ll have more on harry reid s legacy just ahead. our other big story tonight continues to be omicron. the latest variant converging with the delta strain to drive covid infections to a new record in this country today. the latest cdc data showing the seven day average of new cases topping 250,000 per day. as of this afternoon shattering the previous high of
still have 60 million americans who run vaccinated, right, and we have a major delta surge, and if you re not vaccinated, delta will find you, and will you get sick and you may end up in the hospital and you may end up dying. we have over 1,000 people dying each day in our country. i urge people to get vaccinated. don t worry about only krofnlt worry about delta. a major problem with delta right now in the country and we have to get people vaccinated. places that have high vaccination rates are doing much better than others you talked about delta being the biggest threat here in the u.s. and we re still watching what s happening in south africa and the southern african nations. we just have a report from the south african medical research council giving us a snapshot of patients in a hospital there where omicron was first detected the and here s what we re learning 170% were not dependant on oxygen. 66% were considered incidental covid admissions so it means