{"id":397277,"date":"2022-01-21T19:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nearly-9-million-americans-called-out-sick-from-covid-in-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T19:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:04:20","slug":"nearly-9-million-americans-called-out-sick-from-covid-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nearly-9-million-americans-called-out-sick-from-covid-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nearly 9 million Americans called out sick from COVID in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Nearly 9 million Americans called out sick from COVID in 2022<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The number of Americans who called out sick from work because of COVID-19 spiked to nearly 9 million in the first two weeks of 2022, data shows. <\/p>\n<p>The Census Bureau\u2019s\u00a0Household Pulse Survey <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/programs-surveys\/household-pulse-survey\/data.html\">released Wednesday <\/a>showed 8.8 million people reported not being at work because of COVID-related reasons between Dec. 29 and Jan. 10. <\/p>\n<p>The staggering figure was a 65 percent increase from the 3 million who called out sick between Dec. 1 to Dec. 13 before the Omicron wave started to rage.  <\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t clear from the data how many of the 8.8 million workers had to skip work because they were sick with symptoms, as opposed to isolating due to a positive test or close contact. <\/p>\n<p>New COVID-19 cases across the US have plunged 53 percent since peaking at a record 1.4 million infections recorded on Jan. 10, statistics compiled by Johns Hopkins University show. <\/p>\n<p>There were 644,814 new cases and 2,479 new deaths recorded across the country on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Line outside Urgent Care center for Covid 19 Tests, Queens, NY.\" class=\"wp-image-20914928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New cases of COVID-19 have started to rapidly decline in the Northeast. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lindsey Nicholson\/Education Images\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cases are rapidly declining in states, particularly in the Northeast, that were hardest hit by the fast-spreading Omicron variant \u2014 offering a glimmer of hope that the winter surge is starting to ease.<\/p>\n<p>While infections are still climbing in Midwestern and Southern states, the increase has slowed considerably in recent weeks, the data shows.  <\/p>\n<p>Nationally, deaths \u2014 which\u00a0usually lag about three weeks behind\u00a0cases \u2014 are averaging about 1,950 a day. Fatalities are up from 1,300 at the start of the month but well below the 3,300 lives lost a day during the surge in January 2021.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A woman walks past an advertisement for COVID-19 rapid testing outside of the American Family Care (AFC) Urgent Care, in Patchogue, New York, on January 11, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-20914938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/covid-increase-211223-Getty-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>COVID-19 is still surging in the South and Midwest.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>day via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>COVID\u00a0hospitalizations, also a lagging indicator, hit a record high on Wednesday of 152,555 across the country. <\/p>\n<p>The number of hospitalizations has been showing signs of stabilizing around the 150,000 mark over the past week. <\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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