President Joe Biden's top medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci has said the US "in real sense are now out of COVID-19 pandemic phase." "Currently we don't have thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of hospitalization and nor we have 9,00,000 plus new cases every day," Fauci informed.

US out of COVID-19 pandemic phase, says Fauci

According to a US study, the Omicron wave has been less severe with shorter hospitalisations for patients and fewer deaths. A study in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality weekly report said that hospitalisations was 29 per cent less than last winter's virus surge in the United States and considerably lower at 26 per cent during the Delta wave.

Shorter hospitalisations, fewer deaths in Omicron wave: US study

As the US continues to battle against the virus, a new model suggests there could be at least 50,000 to 300,000 deaths in the country by mid-March. The United States is the worst-hit country due to the virus with over 853,950 fatalities and 67 coronavirus cases.

Omicron wave: 50,000 to 300,000 more deaths in US by March, model predicts