The US has recorded more than one million new Covid cases, as officials warn the peak of a fast-spreading Omicron surge is still to come.
A record 1,080,211 cases were reported on Monday – the highest one-day tally of new cases anywhere in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University.
A BBC report states that the Omicron variant accounts for the majority of cases in the US.
The top US pandemic adviser Anthony Fauci has said the country is facing “almost a vertical increase” in cases
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