reported less than a month ago is the dominant strain of new cases in this country. and made up 73% of new infections last week. 73%. a senior health official warned this weekend that these intexts are likely to increase and we ve just confirmed the first death in the united states due to the omicron variant in texas should not come as is surprise. this is on top of a surge that seen cases rise across the country. here in new york we had four consecutive days of record numbers statewide causing confusion and exhaustion among over worked front line workers, one of whom you ll hear from in a moment. i m john berman in for anderson. let s be clear. negative as these headlines might sound, this is not like the darkest days of the pandemic, not at all. for one, hospitalizations don t appear to be tracking the rising case counts in new york city according to top health officials and in new jersey according to the governor ther e moderna today announced a third shot of its vaccine s
Reported less than a month ago is the dominant strain of new cases in this country. and made up 73% of new infections last week. 73%. a senior health official warned this weekend that these intexts are likely to increase and we ve just confirmed the first death in the united states due to the omicron variant in texas should not come as is surprise. this is on top of a surge that seen cases rise across the country. here in new york we had four consecutive days of record numbers statewide causing confusion and exhaustion among over worked front line workers, one of whom you ll hear from in a moment. i m john berman in for anderson. let s be clear. negative as these headlines might sound, this is not like the darkest days of the pandemic, not at all. for one, hospitalizations don t appear to be tracking the rising