More than 90% of cases are caused by the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, which took off this summer.
More people appear to be contracting the virus multiple times in relatively quick succession, as another omicron subvariant sweeps through the U.S.
The U.S. may be heading into another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.
More than 175,000 people are still catching the virus, and more than 2,200 people are still dying from COVID-19, every day.
The loosening guidelines are signs that the four states are changing how they manage the COVID-19 pandemic as cases from the omicron surge continue to subside.
Even though millions of people are getting COVID-19, experts still say its best to avoid the virus altogether.
The current crisis is forcing local and state officials to temporarily rewrite rules to make it easier to hire substitutes and other necessary staff.
Does this variant cause less severe disease than the variants that have come before it?
More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average.
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