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Concerned omicron will be more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta is leading to a tsunami of cases. >> infections are also rising quickly in the u.s.. the country is averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day in the past week, and that's another record. johns hopkins reports close to 490,000 cases on wednesday. and more than half a million on monday. we should point out, though, these numbers could be the result of a lag in reporting over the christmas holidays. the centers for disease control and prevention is forecasting 44,000 new covid deaths in the u.s. over the next mo...