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Some states in the west, south, great plains, they are still seeing spikes and deaths are going up, with more than 2,000 announced most days. nbcs sam brock takes a closer look at whats happening across the nation. >> reporter: the marathon battle against omicron may finally be showing signs of a let-up, like in new york city where cases have plummeted more than 60% in two weeks and just notched a positivity rate below 10%. >> it is a very good day to say were starting to see the downward trend ...

This is a horrific rollover car accident and youre telling me theres no guarantee theyre going to be able get in. and he said the omicron wave and app extremely high number of 911 calls have created an already existing problem. >> we had crew sitting on an ap ambulance at a hospital for 12 hours and it there were multiple ambulances that had been there for five hours. >> the men and women responding to 911 calls are at a breaking point. >> the call number has significantly skyrocketed. >> report...

To help hospitals. and then you see the second story at the bottom of the page, on the front lines, battle fatigue sets in. describing themselves as the busiest weve ever been during the pandemic. means our stress. just which people would get vaccinated. the omicron wave is spreading quickly to more and more places across the country. it is causing, very, very rapid increases both in cases and hospitalization. and that is all terrible news. there is a glimmer of good news admit these huge overwh...

Its not clear if thats gonna happen in this population. we need to determine, in wet populations is it -- we are expecting a relatively quick decline, actually hoping that were gonna see a relatively quick decline. were seeing that new york city, were seeing that in washington d.c., i hope this is more evidence were seeing it boston and obviously want to see it more across the country. >> and as we see it in new york, as we see it in, boston and d.c., those are three cities that if we see -- on ...

Will not have an omicron wave in coming weeks. i will not have an omicron wave in coming weeks.— in coming weeks. i appreciate the modelling _ in coming weeks. i appreciate the modelling and _ in coming weeks. i appreciate the modelling and working . in coming weeks. i appreciate | the modelling and working out the modelling and working out the way this will develop, and we take into account the fact that if you do contract this disease, if you get omicron, particularly, yes, you are off work ...

And the middle east but i know you have to go. please come back soon so we can talk more substance. national security adviser jake sullivan, thank you. some small signs the omicron wave may be retreating from parts of the united states. thats next. plus, off the court and on the verge of being kicked out. tennis star novak djokovic is meeting with australian immigration officials right now after being told to pack his bags. r vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now weve created a ...

Hospitals from crashing, keep the health care system running, has the brunt of the wave hits them? what i mean is, they know that its gonna be a terrible way but of fast one, if they can make distinctive efforts based on that knowledge, do you think that they should be confident and making those kinds of adjustments? >> yes, absolutely. the places that have gone later that were seeing just in the beginning of the omicron wave, theyre lucky. they get to learn from everyone else. and in terms of t...

Takes a broader look at the infection levels across the population, infections are falling, hospitalisation speaks last week, it looks like were over the worst of the omicron wave, but we are over the omicron wave, but we are over the worst of it, perhaps with a best case scenario. before christmas we will urge we could see 6000 7000 technicians a day, it looked like it has peaked in england thatjust over 2000 -- has peaked in england thatjust over 2000 —— before christmas were told we could...

There were 288 deaths reported in the latest 24—hour period — thats of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, though there will be some amongst this number who wont have died from covid. on average in the past week, 268 deaths were announced every day. on vaccinations, just under 36,750,000 people have now had a boosterjab, which means nearly 64% of people aged 12 and over have now had three vaccine doses. wales first minister, mark drakeford, has said he believes wales has passe...

Getting covid. so with all that, as well as indications that the omicron surge could have peaked at least in the hard-hit northeast, we wanted to know about how much closer are we to finally getting control of the virus, once and for all? joining us now for his take is thomas who is by his own admission, not a epidemiologist but he is a data cruncher who analyzes data and covid online posts have had millions of views and have prompted serious discussions over the course of the entire pandemic. h...