COVID-19 hospitalisations in US surge as Omicron cases rise

There are currently more people hospitalized in the US for COVID-19 than this time last year, when the Delta variant was at its peak. The US has also reported it's surpassed 1.3 million daily cases of the virus, a global record. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has taken a toll on the economy, as hundreds of thousands of workers who are exposed to the virus, need to take time off of work to isolate.