NSW has recorded 6324 cases overnight and three deaths. There are 521 people currently in hospital and 55 in the ICU.
The highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus has overtaken delta in the United States, sending the daily caseloads soaring to levels higher than last year’s winter pandemic peak in parts of the northeast and midwest, among other places.
The numbers do not yet give a clear picture of whether omicron will cause more severe illness in the United States, but a few patterns are emerging. In New York, Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency earlier this month and put elective surgeries on pause at many hospitals. Last week, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts said he would activate up to 500 members of the National Guard to help in overburdened hospitals. Many other states have done the same.
Promising data out of South Africa and other European countries have also shown that omicron surges have been milder and with fewer hospitalizations.
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