The White House Covid-19 Response Team and federal public health officials hold a press briefing to provide updates on the Covid-19 response effort. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to the president, joins the briefing. Source: WHCA feed.

This week, the U.S. Covid death toll hit its highest level in about a year, rising 39% over the past two weeks, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

Though the highly contagious omicron variant generally produces milder infections than previous strains, officials say the pandemic isn’t over, and many health-care systems still struggle to care for patients.

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White House Covid-19 Response Team and public health officials hold briefing — 2/2/2022