Although death reports for November and December won t be in for weeks, 2021 is shaping up to be even deadlier than 2020 based on available information.
CDC data shows some 650,000 Omicron cases across country in last a week, a six-fold increase in the variant's share of infections to become dominant strain
Omicron has overtaken delta and now accounts for upwards of 70% of coronavirus cases in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.