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We're going to talk to elizabeth cohen. elizabeth, can you break down some of these numbers for us. >> jessica, let's take a look at what's happening with cases. we have surpassed the peak of cases that was seen in the u.s. in january. if we take a look at this graph, what we can see is we're now at around 265,000 cases per day, looking at a 7-day average. and that surpasses the peak from january 11, which was 252,000 cases. but, and this is the good news, hospitalizations are only about 44% of that january peak. on january 14, we had 142,000 daily hospitalizations, now we're looking at 85,000...

Welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the would. the latest on our lead story, covid infections. once again soaring across most of the u.s., fueled by the omicron variant. with a national average of more than 265,000 new cases a day, a record breaking high. the cdc estimates omicron accounts for nearly 60%. more children are being hospitalized, admissions up 50% in the past week. and the fda taking a closer look of the effectiveness of at-home antigen tests. experts say that should not discourage anyone from using them. and spain reporting nearly 100,000 new cases on...

>> live, from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vorse. we begin with the coronavirus pandemic with. many countries, including the u.s., now setting new infection records each day. right now, the united states is averaging more than 265,000 daily cases over the past week. according to the centers for disease control and prevention. the omicron variant accounts for nearly 60% of all new cases. the number of children admitted to hospital with covid is nearing a record, with an almost 50% jump in just the past week. and the food and drug administration is taking a closer look at the e...

Hugh schofield in france. the head of the world health organization has warned a tsunami of covid cases continue to spread widely around the world. tedros ghebreyesus said the omicron and delta variants were continuing to put an enormous strain on global health care systems. delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers, which again is leading to spikes in hospitalisations and deaths. i'm highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. the united states has recorded its highest—...

Year. now to laeyla santiago in miami. we know sometimes the waits have been hours long. leyla. >> reporter: yeah, kaitlan. we are still seeing very long long lines here. miami-dade opened two new sites yesterday. they had to wait anywhere from three to four workers. they expect that level of demand to continue into the new year. there is an explosion of new covid cases in the united states. >> there's no doubt about it. we have more infections in america than at any point in the pandemic. >> reporter: shattering a pandemic record, a seven-day average of 265,000 new cases, blowing past the old...