Data: N.Y. Times; Cartogram: Kavya Beheraj/Axios
Deaths from COVID-19 are on the rise again after several weeks of upward ticking case rates sparked by Omicron variants.
Driving the news: The U.S. averaged roughly 365 daily deaths, up 7% from about 342 two weeks ago. That's still a fraction of where things stood several months ago when the daily average was in the thousands.