US omicron spike now
June 20, 2026
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Summary
Omicron in the US is rip roaring away
SA data
https://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index/disease-index-covid-19/surveillance-reports/daily-hospital-surveillance-datcov-report/
Omicron variant, Houston Methodist patients
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2021/12/17/415844/omicron-variant-is-now-responsible-for-nearly-half-of-houston-methodists-covid-19-cases/
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2021/12/15/415577/houston-hospitals-see-a-covid-19-uptick-as-omicron-and-delta-continue-to-spread/
Omicron variant, doubling every two to three days
At least 45% of Methodist’s COVID-19 patients were omicron as of Friday
Wednesday, 32% COVID-19 tests on symptomatic patients
Saturday, (4 days before) 13%
Half of the hospital’s omicron patients have been vaccinated with either two or three doses
Four times as many positive COVID-19 test results since last week
Fueled by the continued spread of the omicron variant
Dr. Marc Boom, Methodist president and CEO
If this spreads so rapidly that there are massive numbers of infected people,
even if on average they’re very mild, if that hits the vulnerable in our population and they end up hospitalized, that can still be an incredibly challenging time
S. Wesley Long, medical director of diagnostic microbiology
Very likely reach 100% of all COVID-19 cases within the hospital by January
That would be a faster sweep than even the delta variant, which took about a three-month span to sweep prior variants and achieve 100%,
It is also possible that delta remains in some equilibrium with omicron over time
US
Cases
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailycases
Hospitalizations
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations
Rip roaring away
Could bring the highest level of cases yet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/20/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
we are seeing a very substantial rise in the number of cases in a way we haven’t seen previously
New York adults had at least one dose, 94%
People with 2 doses, 70% (10% above national rate)
Dr. Anthony Fauci
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fauci-warns-omicron-variant-raging-world-rcna9293
raging around the world
Omicron variant is really something to be reckoned with