US coronavirus cases hit record high

[WASHINGTON] The average number of daily Covid-19 cases in the US has hit a record high of 258,312 over the past 7 days, according to a Reuters tally.

The previous peak for the 7-day moving average was a figure of 250,141 recorded on Jan 8 of this year.

States showing the highest daily infection numbers on Tuesday (Dec 28) included New York, which reported as many as 40,780 cases, and California, which reported over 30,000. Texas reported more than 17,000 cases and Ohio over 15,000.

The Omicron variant was estimated to make up 58.6 per cent of the coronavirus variants circulating in the US as of Dec 25, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.

REUTERS