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i m still smiling over commander in leash. yeah. we have more of those this morning. don t you worry. i can t wait. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, december 21st. the omicron variant has taken over. it is now the most dominant strain of covid in the u.s., making up more than 73% of new infections. according to the cdc, they just released those numbers, that s 21 days after the first case was identified here. new york has seen a three-fold increase in covid cases in the past week. new jersey reporting the highest number of daily positive cases in almost a year. but the good news, out of both new york and new jersey and this is really important although they are rising, they are not seeing a drastic jump in hospitalizations yet. we re going to speak to a new york hospital official in a moment who will tell us they have plenty of capacity, at least for now. this is not 2020, he says. we are learning of ....
address the nation. the president will be announcing his plan to tackle the winter surge of coronavirus as the omicron variant becomes the dominant strain in america. three weeks ago, omicron made up 1% of cases, and now the cdc says it is 73% of cases. we re learning of the first known u.s. death linked to this variant, a texas man who was unvaccinated. dr. anthony fauci is stressing this morning that people should not panic and can still celebrate the holidays as long as they re taking the right precautions. people are vaccinated and boosted and do the things that i said. you want to be prudent and always be extra special careful because you re dealing with an unprecedented situation of a virus with an extraordinary capability of transmitting. you want to make sure when you travel to see relatives who are vaccinated and boosted, that you don t get into a situation where you go to an airport, you don t have a mask on, you re in an indoor congregate setting. that s wh ....
shows are cancelling performances, saturday night live dropped its live audience and musical guests and the rockets rockettes cancelled the rest of their season. the long testing lines are back. we re also seeing a mini outbreak in congress. senators elizabeth warren and cory booker tested positive for covid. new restrictions in place in europe including another lockdown in the netherlands while closer to home here in washington d.c. the city s indoor mask mandate goes back into effect tomorrow morning with a stricter vaccination mandate for government workers. it s the same now familiar feeling of dread harkening back to march of 2020 when fear and confusion left so many of us stunned. the variant is likely to strain u.s. hospitals in a few short weeks but unlike two years ago, a vaccine is now available that can largely protect people against the worst outcomes. president biden will address the nation on covid tomorrow and is expected to deliver a stark warning to ....
the omicron variant, now, now is dominant here in the united states. let s go right to our national correspondent athena jones in new york for us. omicron appears to be spreading even so much faster than what the experts were predicting. it was 2% three days ago, now 70% of all the new cases. what are you learning? reporter: hi, wolf. is that right. this is sign of just how quickly this can spread and how much things can spread with the new variant just over a matter of days. the latest that we had was that omicron represented 3% of cases. now we learned it represents 73% of all new cases. officials in new york believe that omicron is driving a big spread here. this as people here and across the country prepare for a brutal third covid winter. it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. america bracing for a tough winter that s beginning to look a lot like last winter. already in the midst oh of a delta surge, the omicron varmt ....
charge of the trump investigations. the incoming manhattan da talks exclusively to cnn. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start with the health lead and covid cases spiking across the u.s. we re now averaging 130,000 every day. that s up 10% in a week. hospitalizations are also up about 35% in the last month. with about 1 in 5 of all icu beds in this country taken up by a covid patient. health officials warn the highly contagious omicron variant will soon be responsible for most cases. but for now, it s that other superspreader, the delta variant, driving this december surge. athena jones reports drugmaker moderna has encouraging news about its boosters and the fight against omicron. it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. reporter: america, bracing for a tough winter that s beginning to look a lot like last winter. already in the midst of a delta surge, the new omicron variant accounting for jus ....