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Staggering 648,000 each day. that's a 228% increase from two weeks ago. cbs' lilia luciano in los angeles leads us off tonight with the latest. lilia, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, irika. omicron is placing a huge burden on the nation's healthcare system. here in california, at least 600 people are being admitted into hospitals every day, and it's showing no signs of slowing down. ( sirens ) some hospitals are turning away ambulances and running low on i.c.u. beds as they confront a breaking point, many filled with the unvaccinated, including young children. >> we're back whe...

Turning now to the coronavirus pandemic, where the omicron strain continues to cause a huge number of infections around the world. although the variant appears to be less likely to leave people needing hospital treatment, the sheer scale of cases is starting to place more pressures on health systems. america's top infectious diseases expert, dr anthony fauci, has warned there is a danger of a surge in hospitalisations later this month. well, earlier i spoke to dr peter hotez, who is co—director of the center for vaccine development at texas children's hospital. i asked whether he shared chie...

This is bbc news i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at five. an estimated 3.7 million people in the uk had coronavirus in the week up to new year's eve, the highest number since comparable figures began. but the government says will stick to its plan b measures in england and not impose any further restrictions. all of these measures are helping to take the edge off the omicron wave, slow the spread of infection, manage the immediate pressures under nhs and buy time for the boosters to take effect. the prime minister has also confirmed that that pre—departure tests would be scrapped for tr...

During the pandemic, means stressed health care workers, quote, just wish people would get vaccinated. the omicron wave of covid is spreading quickly to more and more places across the country. it is causing very, very rapid increases both in cases and in hospitalizations, and that is all terrible news. there is a glimmer of good news amid these huge overwhelming surges though. we mentioned earlier this week first reports out of new york city. new york city, of course, was the first big american city to be hit by the omicron wave. we talked earlier this week about first reports that cases an...

Of cases. >> it is more relevant to focus on the hospitalizations as opposed to the total number of cases. dr. anthony fauci yesterday offering a really helpful framing as we confront this latest covid wave, right? the point he's making is that the case numbers, it's worth watching, but they may not be the most consequential thing right now, if most of the cases we're getting with this omicron wave are cases in which people aren't getting particularly sick. i mean, with this new wave of covid infections, we're having cases around the country, new infections have gone so much that the chart sho...