The United Kingdom, Denmark, and Australia have all reported the highest daily covid-19 case counts of the entire pandemic on Wednesday, a troubling sign that the world's global health emergency is far from over. Advertisement The U.S. reported 144,372 new covid-19 cases on Wednesday and 2,058 deaths, well below the record highs of January 2021, when the country was averaging over 200,000 new cases every day. But this week's American cases are still a disturbing uptick considering how accessible vaccines against the disease have become. Health officials around the world are on high alert over the appearance of the new omicron variant, which appears to be more transmissible, but the rise in cases across the world isn't just about the new strain of covid-19. In the UK, omicron is indeed on a path to becoming the dominant strain, but delta is still driving the surge in places like Australia. United Kingdom The UK, with a population of 67 million, reported 78,610 new cases on Wednesday, surpassing the previous record of 68,053 on January 8, 2021. The UK recorded just 164 deaths from the disease, significantly lower than this past January when the country was averaging about 1,200 new deaths per… Read full this story
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