After the Christmas holiday, the new diagnosis in the United States has set a new record for days: the latest data show that in the past 25 hours, the new diagnosis in the United States has reached 1.02 million cases and 1695 deaths. Now, the United States is afraid to reproduce the "nightmare" of a medical run. According to the data of the U.S. Department of health and human services, the occupancy rate of hospital intensive care units (ICUs) in the United States had reached 77% in the week before December 30, 2021. The New York Times reported on January 3 that the holiday has increased the lag of data, and the situation may be worse in a few days. With the "Omicron" raging in the United States, the number of new diagnoses in the United States has surged in a single day recently. Novel coronavirus pneumonia has reached 55968902 cases in January 4, 2022, and 827312 cases have been reported, according to Johns Hopkins University statistics. In the past 24 hours or so, there have been 899555 new confirmed cases and 1306 new deaths in the United States. At 7:22 Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the United States rose to 56091119 and the cumulative number of deaths rose to 827701, which means that the United States has added 1.02 million new crown confirmed cases and 1695 new deaths in 25 hours. "The New York Times" said that the "Omicron" mutant strain, which is "more infectious but obviously mild", will increase the number of cases, but will not directly lead to a medical run. However, if the number of cases rises sharply in a short time, and a considerable number of people belong to high-risk groups or are not vaccinated, hospitals and ICUs will be overcrowded. CNN (CNN) novel coronavirus pneumonia is the first time in the United States that more than 103000 people have been hospitalized for new crown pneumonia, which is the first time in more than 100 thousand people in nearly four months, according to data from the CNN. Previously, the peak number of hospitalizations of new crown patients in the United States occurred on January 14, 2021, when more than 142000 people were hospitalized. Since then, more than 100000 people in the United States were hospitalized on September 11. In today's United States, a quarter of the 713 hospitals with ICUs have an ICU occupancy rate of more than 95%. According to the data of the U.S. Department of health and human services, the occupancy rate of hospital intensive care units (ICUs) in the United States had reached 77% in the week before December 30, 2021. The chart produced by the New York Times shows that there are more than 40 hospitals with overloaded ICUs in the United States, and the ICU occupancy rate of a hospital in Washington, D.C. is as high as 166%. Among them, the occupancy rate of ICU in New York Hospital reached 72%, up to 102%. U.S. public health officials have long said that the statistics of ICU occupancy are very important to deal with the epidemic and understand the impact of the epidemic. According to the data of the American Association of intensive care medicine, the average occupancy rate of ICUs in the United States was 67% in 2010, adding that the baseline occupancy rate will vary according to location, time, hospital size and the number of nursing staff. But the worst is yet to come. The New York Times said that it takes several days for a person from infection to hospitalization. In addition, holidays may exacerbate the lag of the report, that is, the data released this time may not capture the impact of holiday parties and travel on the number of severe cases in the United States. Therefore, the data released by the U.S. Department of health and human services on January 10 may become clearer. In addition, the U.S. Department of health and human services also warned that the publication of ICU occupancy should not be an obstacle to prevent patients from seeking treatment. "Hospitals have the obligation to ensure that patients are protected from exposure and that all patients receive priority treatment," the Department wrote in a report In addition to overcrowding in the ICU, the United States is also in a crisis of medical shortage. A few days ago, the Washington Post pointed out that in this two-year new crown anti epidemic war, "we are lacking from beginning to end". Now, under the impact of the new strain of Omicron, the majority of medical staff are becoming exhausted, and the U.S. medical system is facing a serious lack of labor force. The rapid rebound of the epidemic in the United States has dealt a serious blow to US President Biden who had "full confidence" in the fight against the epidemic. In this regard, former US President trump issued a statement on the last day of 2021, criticizing Biden's "weak epidemic prevention" and criticizing his recent remarks that "the federal government has no way to fight the epidemic, and the states themselves fight the epidemic", which is quite contrary to what he promised during the election campaign. (Xinhua News Agency)