The U.S. COVID death toll was headed closer to 930,000 on Thursday, as White House officials said the country is heading closer to a point when the pandemic...
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death toll was headed closer to 930,000 on Thursday, as White House officials said the country is heading closer to a point when the pandemic is no longer a crisis,"but is something we can protect against and treat," in the words of Response Coordinator Jeff Zients."Our highest, first priority is fighting omicron," Zients told reporters at a Wednesday briefing."At the same time, we are preparing for the future." CDC Head Dr.
death toll was headed closer to 930,000 on Thursday, as White House officials said the country is heading closer to a point when the pandemic is no longer a crisis,"but is something we can protect against and treat," in the words of Response Coordinator Jeff Zients."Our highest, first priority is fighting omicron," Zients told reporters at a Wednesday briefing."At the same time, we are preparing for the future." CDC Head Dr.
a day, down 68% from two weeks ago,according to a New York Times tracker, as the surge of cases caused by the highly infectious omicron variant continues to decline from its January peak. The U.S. is averaging 81,822 hospitalizations a day, down 39% from two weeks ago. And deaths are finally starting to fall, down 12% to an average of 2,317 a day. Globally, the case tally now stands at 418 million while the death toll is above 5.85 million. The U.S.
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