The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world as the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant showed no signs of slowing.

The previous record was 1.03 million cases on Jan. 3.

The record in new cases came the same day as the nation saw the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients also hit an all-time high.