double the volume of testing they were performing in november. the president made it clear, the nation s schools can and should be open and we have given state and local leaders the resources to ensure they can be open. with that, over to dr. walensky. dr. walensky: thank you, jeff. good morning. i want to start by walking you through today s data. the current seven-day daily average of cases is about 751,000 cases per day. an increase of about 47% over the previous week. the seven-day average of hospital admissions is about 19, 800 per day, an increase of about 33% over the prior week. and the seven-day average of daily deaths are about 1600 per day, which is an increase of about 40% over the previous week. over the past several weeks, we have seen the number of daily cases increase substantially. the magnitude of this increase is largely related to the omicron variant which now represents about 98% of the covid-19 cases in the country. we continue to learn more about omicro
new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. next we take you to a white house covid-19 response team briefing where officials discussed the omicron variant surge and efforts to increase testing supplies across the nation. today we re taking additional actions, including five million free rapid tests to schools each month. and providing another five million lab-based tests each month. jeff: these 10 million additional tests available each month will allow schools to double the volume of testing they were performing in november. the president made it clear, the nation s schools can and should be open and we have given state and local leaders the resources to ensure they can be open. with that, over to dr. walensky. dr. walensky: thank you, jeff. good morning. i want to start by walking you through today s data. the current seven-day daily average of cases is about 751,000 cases per day. an increase of about 47% ove
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okay, we re back. friday night crowd. beautiful. thank you. you look really sharp, tonight. [ applause ] thank you. i just threw this old rag on, from my closet. now, first of all, i ve got something to clear up. i did a joke last night on the show about spraying for med flies. we have a med fly problem, i guess. 36 med flies - they ve discovered. and they re spraying 22 square miles in los angeles, and according to the paper, they re spraying with malathion, which is toxic, and they suggested well, you begin to wonder, right? anyway, i got a call today from jara currey, from the california department of food and agriculture. apparently, that joke last night started to panic people. and she says don t panic, folks. it is the protein that carries the poison that spots the car. it doesn t strip the paint off. in other words, it apparently leaves little spots on the car. it does not strip the paint. so, in other words, it s safe, i guess, on humans. wouldn t it spot
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