Omicron: Data shows Covid-19 pandemic's end, US logs 1 million cases

Britain concerned over swamped health infra; China locks down 1.2 mn over 3 cases

A string of new studies has confirmed the silver lining of the Omicron variant: Even as case numbers soar to records, the numbers of severe cases and hospitalisations have not. The data, some scientists say, signal a new, less worrying chapter of the pandemic. The development comes as more than 1 million people in the US were diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday as a tsunami of Omicron swamps every aspect of daily American life.

Monday’s number is almost double the previous record of about 590,000 set just four days ago in the US, which itself was a doubling from the prior