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According to CCTV news, on January 4, local time, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in the United States, as of 16:22 EASTERN TIME (5:22 Beijing time on January 5), the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the United States reached 56785399, and the cumulative number of deaths 829274.
Compared with 15:21 EST the day before, the two data 1133862 new confirmed cases and 2491 new deaths. That means that in the past 24 hours, 13 Americans have been diagnosed every second, and more than 100 people have died of COVID-19 every hour.
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According to Xinhua News Agency, with the recent accelerated spread of the mutated new coronavirus Olmi kerong strain in the United States, the epidemic in the United States has rebounded seriously, and a number of epidemic indicators have repeatedly set new records.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on December 29, 2021 that the surge in cases caused by the Aumechjong strain is expected to peak at the end of January 2022.
According to the Global Network, CNN reported that with the spread of the Omiljun strain, many children in the United States were hospitalized with the new crown infection. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 672 children in the United States were hospitalized every day last week. Previously, the American Academy of Pediatrics said that in the week ending December 30, 2021, there were 325,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 among children in the United States, a record high.
CNN reported that data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services showed that on the 4th, 112941 new crown patients in the United States were hospitalized. That's more than the high of 104,000 hospitalized patients when the Delta strain ravaged last September. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States is 142,000 on January 14 last year.
Source: Daily Economic News Comprehensive CCTV News, Xinhua News Agency, Global Network
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