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There are warnings this week. the u.s. surgeon general says we should not expect a national peak in the next few days. meanwhile, hospitals nationwide are overwhelmed by a record number of covid patients. more than 142,000, higher than the single-day peak we saw last january. but there are signs of hope of what's on the other side as parts of the northeast continue to show an early decline in cases. in new york, for example, the governor announced about 48,000 new cases on friday. sounds like a lot, but it's a 47% drop from one week earlier. let's bring in msnbc medical contributor dr. bhadeli...

Theirjobs all together, so what we are starting to see here, are some changes, ikea saying it is emotive and it could become a wider friend —— trend. thank you. the latest official coronavirus figures show over 142,000 new infections in the latest 24—hour period. on average there were over 171,600 new cases per day in the last week. the latest figures show over 18,600 people in hospital with covid. there've been another 77 death of people who died within 28 days of a positive test result. on average, in the past week, there were 190 deaths per day. on vaccinations, over 35.6 million peop...

Record set almost a year ago of 142,000 hospitalizations. even more concerning, child hospitalizations are hitting new records as the omicron variant spreads. cnn's polo sandoval is watching all of this unfold for us. so, polo, what is the latest? >> reporter: fred, it's clear that federal health authorities are urging those who have not yet boosted after they have completed their initial series to get boosted as soon as they can. that's one of the reasons why the fda and cdc has amended that emergency use authorization that's been standing for some time, basically shortening that period of ti...

At least six months to five months after the initial vaccine series for everyone 12 and older. today, president biden is set to speak about omicron's rapid spread and discuss steps that his administration is taking to combat it. the white house still has not offered comprehensive details about the plan to district 500 million tests for free. >> let's get to cnn's elizabeth cohen. what are we seeing in terms of the hospitalizations nationwide? >> john, i know people keep saying, oh, omicron tends to give a mild disease. we don't need to worry as much about hospitalizations. well, unfortunately,...

Incentives, but to get to the 85%, 90%, we need to really effectively combat coronavirus and reduce the mortality rate in this country, we are going to need mandates. that's what has been shown. for the supreme court to take it away from the government, from osha would be terrible. it would be a real blow to the effective fight against this pandemic. >> it's an important reminder we have not gotten a ruling yet and there are all sorts of major employers who support this mandate, who have put it in place at their places of business. sam, for a while hospitalizations were relatively flat. that's...