The US hit a seven-day average of 254,496 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, according to Johns Hopkins University data -- blowing past the country's previous record of about 251,989 daily cases, reported on January 11.
The record comes amid a rapid acceleration of infections that the US -- and the rest of the world -- has seen since last month.Tuesday's seven-day average is still in progress and may rise as the day ends.And experts predict that the Omicron variant -- the most contagious strain of coronavirus yet -- is going to make the start of 2022 very difficult. "January is going to be a really, really hard month.
Omicron derails holiday plans, strains hospitals 02:23"I would urge people to wear a higher quality mask any time they're in a place with lots of people and they're going to be indoors for any extended period of time," Jha said.A surgical mask might be fine for a quick grocery store trip in an empty store, but for other events, a well-fitting N95 or KF94 mask provides better protection, he said.
CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation period from 10 days to 5 03:27"The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after," the CDC said in a statement announcing the updated guidelines.
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