China News Service, December 30, reported a comprehensive report that as the two highly contagious mutant viruses, Omi Keron and Delta, spread across the United States, the number of new crown cases in the United States has surged.

As of December 28, the average number of newly diagnosed cases in the United States on the 7th exceeded 265,000, a record high.

On December 29, local time, in New York, USA, people lined up for testing at a new crown virus detection point in Times Square.

Recently, the number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in New York City has surged. The demand for new crown virus testing in the city has been high, and many testing sites have been in long queues.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Fan

　　According to the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC), according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as of December 28, the average number of new cases per day on the 7th in the United States exceeded 265,000, a record high, exceeding This is the record of approximately 252,000 cases set on January 11, 2021.

　　The Associated Press also said that the number of new cases in the United States has soared to the highest level on record, and health officials attribute the surge to the highly contagious Ome Keron variant virus.

　　New York State reported 67,000 new cases of new crowns in a single day on the 29th, a 64% increase from the previous day.

Of these, nearly 40,000 are in New York City.

　　New York Governor Huo Chu warned on the 29th that the worst is yet to come.

"We are preparing for a surge in cases in January next year. We know this will come. Not only the confirmed rate, but also hospitalized cases."

　　In this wave of epidemics, breakthrough infections, that is, people who have been vaccinated are still infected are particularly prominent.

New York State data shows that the current effective rate of the new crown vaccine has dropped to 75%.

This figure was 92% in May, and dropped to 80% when Delta raged in the summer.

　　According to data from Johns Hopkins University, as of 16:21 on the 29th Eastern time (5:21 on December 30, Beijing time), the United States had a total of 53,507,003 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and a total of 822,196 deaths.

Compared with the two data 24 hours ago, there were 413,099 newly confirmed cases and 1,777 new deaths.