The number of COVID patients in the ICU in San Diego County is at the lowest point we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic, but health officials aren’t celebrating. A White House official estimated last week the U.S. could see an additional 100 million COVID cases this fall and winter.
announcer: tired of pain radiating down your leg and lower back? get relief finally, with magnilife® leg and back pain relief. and get living. available at your local retailer. . new data from an israeli study finds that while a fourth dose of a vaccine, it may not be enough to protect against the omicron variant. cnn s nick watt has more with the latest efforts to get it under control. the covid forecast is improving, looking better. the covid clouds are parting. reporter: in new york, average daily infections plummeted about 40% in just a week. the challenge is that the entire country is not moving at the same pace. the omicron wave started later in other parts of the country so we shouldn t expect a national peak in the next coming days.
at the terrifying moments when the hostage situation came to an end after an hours-long terror attack on a texas synagogue. the rabbi is sharing new details about what it was like inside. hello and welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m poppy harlow in for jake tapper. we begin with our health lead. the u.s. surgeon general is warning the next few weeks of the pandemic will be tough. dr. vivek murthy says omicron cases have not peaked nationally and that means this virus will keep spreading at a breakneck pace for now. a crush of covid patients means some hospitals are running out of uninfected health care workers and space to treat other patients in the intensive care units. more than 156,000 people are now hospitalized with this virus. cases in parts of the northeast do appear to have crested. a huge relief for those areas. but as nick watt reports, it s far from a national trend. the covid forecast is
of individual liberty. poppy? eva mckenn, thank you for the reporting. things are not any easier at colleges across the country from remote classes to quarantining. once back on campus. omicron is making this semester anything but normal at the university level. alexandra field talks to students about how they are faring. reporter: at the start of yet another semester, the fifth now of its kind, covid is creating more challenges for colleges and universities across the country. challenges are really beginning to learn to live with the fact that we will have virus on campus. reporter: cornell university hit hard by an explosion of omicron cases in december is shut down their campus early before the holiday break. they ll start the new semester with two weeks of remote learning. we recognize that we can t eradicate covid. but we still want to limit it on campus and, in particular, protect vulnerable individuals. reporter: universities and colleges now making a flurry of las
weeks. officials announced today tickets will now not be sold to the general public. and back in this country, a high profile positive test result, general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has tested positive for covid. we re told he is fully vaccinated and boosted. suffering very minor symptoms. working remotley. and we are told that crucially his last meeting with president biden was last wednesday and before and after that meeting, milley tested negative. all right. nick, wishing him a speedy and full recovery. joining us is dr. peter hotez, from texas children s hospital. dr. hotez, good to have you. early results from an israeli study show a fourth dose of the vaccine can increase antibodies but it still not not be enough to prevent omicron breakthrough cases. you were a loud voice on this