The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing in Los Angeles County, dashing hopes that the nation’s most populous county had turned the corner in the latest omicron wave.

Almost a million people in private households in the UK are estimated to have had the virus last week

UK could be entering third Covid wave this year but trend represents ‘small increase’ in positive tests

Infections are no longer falling, with some parts of Britain showing early signs of a possible increase

THE number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Scotland increased last week, according to the latest figures.

MIAMI — With a new wave of omicron COVID cases surging in Miami-Dade County, the percent of local positive tests, known as the positivity rate, has soared, representing a fourfold increase since April and likely an undercount due to at-home testing.

Omicron variants likely caused the recent jump in cases, new data suggests

It is the first week-on-week jump in infections since the end of March.

President Xi Jinping said China must stick "unswervingly" to its zero-Covid strategy, as more than half of Shanghai's 25 million lockdown-weary residents gird Friday for a weekend virus testing drive. China is the last major economy still pursuing a policy of stamping out all outbreaks, wielding snap lockdowns, mass testing…

With protections against COVID-19 transmission incomplete in early 2022, the government’s policy of keeping schools open through the Omicron outbreak has left communities exposed to widespread infection and disrupted learning.

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases across Los Angeles County are rising just as students are counting down the days left in school.