Jan 11, 2022, 9:50 AM EST
Florida sees over 126,000 cases in 1 weekend
Florida reported 126,704 new COVID-19 cases this weekend, ABC Miami affiliate WPLG reported, citing CDC data.
Orlando opened a new testing site Monday at Camping World Stadium.
COVID-19 updates: LA has highest daily death total since April
There are over 4,300 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County.
Last Updated: January 17, 2022, 12:30 AM EST
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 849,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 62.9% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Jan 11, 2022, 9:20 AM EST
United cuts flights, 3,000 employees out with COVID-19
About 3,000 United Airlines workers currently have COVID-19, though none are in the hospital, the airline said.
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On one recent day, one-third of all United Airlines employees at Newark Airport called in sick, the airline said.
United CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is cutting its near-term flight schedule to ensure they have enough staffing.
Kirby added that, prior to the vaccine requirement, United had one employee die each week from COVID-19.
-ABC News' Sam Sweeney
Jan 11, 2022, 8:35 AM EST
3 cities, 20 million people under lockdown in China
Some 20 million people across three Chinese cities are now under lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreaks.
Anyang, home to 5.5 million people, was the latest city to lock down its residents after discovering two cases of the fast-spreading omicron variant. Another 13 million people are under lock down in Xi'ian and 1.1 million in Yuzhou, with both cities still battling the highly contagious delta variant. Neither has reported any cases of omicron.
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Meanwhile, restrictions have been imposed in the port city of Tianjin, about 80 miles southeast of Beijing, which is to host the 2022 Winter Olympics next month. The city's 14 million people are being tested for COVID-19 after two locally transmitted cases of omicron were detected over the weekend -- the first for mainland China.
-ABC News' Karson Yiu
Jan 11, 2022, 7:58 AM EST
Mexico's president reveals he has COVID-19 for 2nd time
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been reinfected with COVID-19.
Lopez Obrador, 68, who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and received a booster shot in December, revealed Monday evening that he has tested positive for the virus a second time.
"Although the symptoms are mild, I will remain in isolation and will only do office work and communicate virtually until I get through it," the president wrote on Twitter. "In the meantime, the interior secretary, Adan Augusto Lopez Hernandez, will take over for me at press conferences and other events."
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The announcement came after two of the president's cabinet secretaries announced that they had tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days. Lopez Obrador attended a press conference earlier Monday without wearing a face mask.
The president, who has been accused of downplaying the highly contagious omicron variant as "a little COVID," contracted the virus for the first time and recovered in early 2021.
