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As Omicron surges, U.S. breaks COVID-19 case records

Name: As Omicron surges, U.S. breaks COVID-19 case records
Uploaded: 2021-12-31T08:01:19-0500
Duration: 1 min 16 s
Description: COVID cases are soaring across the U.S., but hospitalizations remain "comparatively low," according to the CDC. The U.S. set a new one-day record on Wednesday of nearly half a million new COVID cases. Nikki Battiste reports.

COVID cases are soaring across the U.S., but hospitalizations remain "comparatively low," according to the CDC. The U.S. set a new one-day record on Wednesday of nearly half a million new COVID cases. Nikki Battiste reports.