NHS ‘On a War Footing’ Facing Soaring Hospitalizations Due to Omicron COVID Strain, Staff 'Off Sick'

119,789 new COVID-19 have been recorded in the UK in the latest 24-hour period - the highest daily figure since the start of the pandemic. Furthermore, another 16,817 cases of the Omicron strain of the virus have been detected, with the total Omicron cases found in Britain now at 90,906.