https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10383379/Connecticut-wants-nursing-homes-accept-COVID-positive-transfers-cases-slow.html
Connecticut wants nursing homes to accept COVID-positive transfers as cases seem to slow across US this weekend - with only 378,692 reported Saturday - though experts warn Omicron peak is still coming
On Saturday, the US recorded 378,692 new COVID cases, well down from the 900,832 recorded on Friday
Deaths also slowed down on Saturday to 659, down from Friday's 2,615, which was a 22 percent increase from week-ago levels on a rolling-average basis, but still well below the peak a year ago
Connecticut is asking nursing homes to accept COVID-19-positive patients discharged from hospitals
The Connecticut Department of Public Health says such facilities should take in patients discharged from a hospital 'regardless of COVID-19 status,' according to a memo dated Jan. 6
One expert estimates 5 million people in the US may be calling out sick next week, some 3% of the workforce
Disruptions are forcing some businesses into de facto lockdown because they lack the staff to operate
Most forecasts suggest that the Omicron surge will not peak in the US until late in January
Dr. Fauci said on Friday that the US could soon be regularly recording 1 million new cases of COVID each day
Explosion of Omicron-fueled infections in the US is already causing a breakdown in basic services
By Keith Griffith and Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com
Published: 01:54 EST, 9 January 2022 | Updated: 06:13 EST, 9 January 2022