Watch: US sees record hospitalisation due to Covid-19

Covid-19 infections continue to gallop across the world even as measures have been imposed to curb the spread of the virus led by the more contagious Omicron variant. The total number of Covid-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million on Friday, with the Omicron variant's rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens of countries over the last week. Hospitalisations in the US with Covid-19 soared in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began.