US records over 50 million COVID-19 cases.
since the pandemic began, according to the latest NBC News tally Monday. The case total, which represents about 15% of the country’s population, is roughly equal to the combined populations of Florida and Texas.. At that time, the virus had killed 651,690 people.have received two doses of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or one dose of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Cases of the omicron variant had appeared in more than 50 countries as of Thursday. The omicron variant, which was first identified by South African scientists, has since been identified from Australia and Hong Kong to Canada. The firstThe omicron variant has a high number of mutations that suggest that it is likely to spread more easily than the delta variant, which still accounts for the vast majority of COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
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