The average daily number of new cases is over 176,000 — the highest it's been in nearly a year, according to the CDC.
, which is dealing with its worst coronavirus outbreak on record, state officials said pediatric hospitalizations quadrupled since early December.
The virus is even upending college football. The University of Miami withdrew from Friday's Sun Bowl due to an outbreak on the team while two bowls scheduled for this week were canceled because of team withdrawals. "Given the sheer volume of number of cases that you see now, every day, it goes up and up. The last weekly average was about 150,000, and it likely will go much higher," President Biden's chief medical advisor said.
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