Nation ‘Challenging’ times, ‘frustrating’ COVID-19 case counts: US confronts post-holiday omicron surge January 4, 2022Grace Hauck, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Challenging’ times, ‘frustrating’ COVID-19 case counts: US confronts post-holiday omicron surge The U.S. logged more than 1 million new COVID-19 cases on Monday alone and 26 states reported record numbers of infections, largely from omicron.