Washington: In the wake of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, the United States reported over 1 million COVID-19 cases on Monday.According to USA TODAY, the US health authorities have recorded more than three times as many new cases as in any prior wave of the coronavirus, with over one million cases reported on Monday alone.

When this week's figures were released, a significant increase in coronavirus infections was expected, but nothing like this. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, about one out of every 100 Americans has been diagnosed with HIV in the last week.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were scheduled to meet with the White House coronavirus response team on Tuesday to discuss a plan of action as omicron spreads. On Saturday, one-fifth of states reported infections, and one-third reported infections on Sunday. Nonetheless, the previous single-day high was 591,000 instances, established on Thursday.

The preliminary estimate for Monday indicates that the country could reach a weekly average of around 450,000 cases per day. The previous weekly high, 1.76 million, is expected to be not only surpassed, but maybe doubled.  According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the US has recorded more than 55 million verified COVID-19 cases, or one for every six persons in the country, and more than 826,000 deaths.

Meanwhile, the FDA on Monday expanded the emergency use permission for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to cover children aged 12 to 15.

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