The United States has a record 488,000 cases of coronavirus in one day, a number never reached in the entire pandemic

U.S broke the record for new cases of coronavirus covid-19 in one day since the start of the pandemic, with 488,000 infected registered during that day, according to the account carried out by The New York Times.

It is worth mentioning, however, that the Times figures have not yet been confirmed by the official body, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of the United States Government, whose most recent data are those of Tuesday, December 28.

According to figures from the New York newspaper, the 488,000 new cases registered on Wednesday are almost double those identified during the worst days of last winter, and the Times warned that this figure may be even higher because during the Christmas period the number of tests carried out has dropped substantially.

According to the account carried out by the newspaper, another record was also recorded on Wednesday: .

For its part, the most recent data from CDC, corresponding to Tuesday, December 28, indicate that 431,000 new cases of covid-19, with a weekly average of 277,000 new cases per day.

On Wednesday, the government’s chief epidemiologist chairing Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci, expressed his confidence that in a few months the pandemic will reach a “transition” that will lead to coexistence with the virus but keeping it under “control.”

Thus, the goal is for covid-19 to continue there, but without “disturbing” society or the economy as it has done so far.

The omicron variant of coronavirus it continues to spread across the United States, although the authorities insist that it is less severe than the delta and advocate reducing the periods of isolation.

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