truth about the 2022 election, which of course makes donald trump mad. we begin with the coronavirus and a look at new actions and a new tone from the biden white house. covid infections up about 30% this week and deaths up 40%. the omicron variant driving the current case count, now with 150,000 new cases per day. they said the omicron variant should peak in a few weeks. they are driving some new actions as well, including today s announcement from the white house. the government is buying a half million courses of covid treatment from astrazeneca. the pre dr. fauci did backing them up and saying, live with it. everyone is likely to get exposed and likely infected.
wanted to celebrate. it looks like a huge party on tv. so we had to join. i m so excited. it s been my dream since i was 8 years old. it s like a dream come true. we re definitely going to get tested. got our vaccines. we re keeping our mask on, doing what we can. reporter: now, of course, the threat of covid was ever present over this celebration. the omicron variant driving case records or case levels to new records here, both in new york city and new york state, and this morning, on the first day of the new year, new york city faces a daunting challenge, and that is that 21% of its police force is out sick. lindsey? that s a noisy street sweeper that just passed by anne there. reporter: that s right. let s go to london where the public celebrations were also different because of covid, right ali?