US breaks Covid-19 hospitalisation record at over 1.3 lakh

Tuesday, 11 January 2022Newsdesk

Covid-19 hospitalisations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant strains health systems in several states.

New Delhi, 11 January 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, there were 132,646 people hospitalised with Covid, surpassing the record of 132,051 set in January last year. Hospitalisations have increased steadily since late December, doubling in the last three weeks, as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as the dominant version of the virus in the United States.

Source - The Indian Express