{"id":1136951,"date":"2021-12-21T09:05:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136951"},"modified":"2021-12-21T09:05:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T14:05:16","slug":"omicron-dominates-in-u-s-claiming-73-of-fresh-coronavirus-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/omicron-dominates-in-u-s-claiming-73-of-fresh-coronavirus-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron Dominates in U.S. Claiming 73% of Fresh Coronavirus Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fomicron-dominates-in-u-s-claiming-73-of-fresh-coronavirus-cases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/omicron-rages-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The omicron variant has taken hold across the U.S. with new infection rates accounting for 73 percent of coronavirus cases, results released Tuesday reveal.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated there were&nbsp;more than 650,000 cases of omicron infections last week in the U.S., nearly a six times increase in its share of infections from the week before, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/omicron-majority-us-cases-833001ef99862bd6ac17935f65c896cf\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While nationally omicron is responsible for 73 percent of cases, in some areas of the country levels are even higher. In the Pacific Northwest, the Southeast, the industrial Midwest and the New York area it is estimated that omicron accounts for an estimated 90 percent or more of fresh infections.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6315789473684\">\n<p lang=\"cy\" dir=\"ltr\">Omicron hysteria! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5DlQMXyc22\">https:\/\/t.co\/5DlQMXyc22<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1472009002724859906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CDC\u2019s estimates are based on thousands of samples collected from across the country that are analysed by the CDC\u2019s scientists to determine which coronavirus genetic specimens are most prevalent.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky has predicted that omicron will replace the delta variant in the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/omicron-majority-us-cases-833001ef99862bd6ac17935f65c896cf\">commenting<\/a> \u201cI anticipate that over time that delta will be crowded out by omicron\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC have not yet released any estimates for hospitalisations or deaths as a result of the omicron variant.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.769230769231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m not going to shut down the country.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to shut down the economy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going to shut down the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1322254443644026880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tonight President Joe Biden will address the nation on the rapid spread of the omicron variant in the United States. Biden is expected to announce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/biden-address-omicron-variant-unveil-new-steps-help-communities-tuesda-rcna9263\">new coronavirus restrictions<\/a> as part of an expansion of his \u201cWinter Plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far the Winter Plan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/12\/02\/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-protect-americans-against-the-delta-and-omicron-variants-as-we-battle-covid-19-this-winter\/\">includes<\/a> measures such as \u201crequiring\u201d businesses to get their workers \u201cvaccinated or tested weekly \u201c, and launching \u201cfamily vaccination clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported in&nbsp;<em>CBS News<\/em>&nbsp;that Biden will also be \u201cissuing a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The omicron variant has taken hold across the U.S. with new infection rates accounting for 73 percent of coronavirus cases, results released Tuesday reveal. 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