Some 106,122 cases are announced - the latest in a series of record-breaking days for infections.
Wednesday's daily reported cases figure is the highest since mass testing began in May and June last year.
However, hospitalisations and deaths are slower to show up in the figures, with changes generally observed after cases start to rise.A separatesuggests its mutations have made Omicron milder than Delta.
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