“Small intimate gatherings is the way to go this New Year’s. It’s not the time to go to a large gathering,” said Dr. Sara Cody, the public health director and health officer for Santa Clara County.
Nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that the average number of daily cases over the last week has climbed beyond 277,000, exceeding the peak of 160,000 during the summer Delta surge and the all-time high of 250,000 reported last winter.
Cases from Britain and South Africa showed reduced risk of hospitalizations, Fauci said during a White House briefing Wednesday. In recent reports from Scotland, the risk of hospitalization with Omicron was 66% lower than in previous waves. “We must remember that hospitalizations and deaths are lagging indicators,” he said. “However, the pattern and disparity between cases and hospitalizations strongly suggests that there will be a lower hospitalization-to-case ratio when the situation becomes more clear.”
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