Deaths due to the omicron variant are expected to peak in the coming days, ushering in the end of a wave that will have infected most people in the United States by the spring.

Deaths lag a couple of weeks behind hospitalizations, which have sloped downward in recent days, and recorded deaths are expected to tick up slightly before beginning to decline by next week.

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