Omicron Cases Appear to Peak in U.S., but Deaths Continue to Rise | New York Times

CEID Faculty Dr. Syra Madad was quoted in the New York Times regarding the Omicron surge:

“..Reports of new infections continue to grow in North Dakota, which is averaging four times as many cases a day as at the start of January, and in Alabama, where hospitalizations have roughly doubled over the last two weeks. Utah is averaging about 11 times as many cases a day as it was a month ago, and hospitalizations have reached record levels.

‘As we’ve seen with Delta and previous surges, it comes in these peaks and waves, where one part of the U.S. gets hit and another part gets hit afterward,’ said Syra Madad, an infectious-disease epidemiologist in New York City. ‘We are going to see that with Omicron. Even with a decline, it comes with a very long tail.’ ”

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