Thursday's Evening Links

[AP] US children hospitalized with COVID in record numbers

[NBCNY] NY COVID Cases Shatter All-Time Daily Record With 74K Positives; Omicron Taxes Hospitals

[NBCNY] NJ New COVID Cases Rise 35% in a Day as Hospitalizations Near Worst Winter Levels

[WLWT] COVID-19 hospitalizations hit new record as Ohio cases spike

[NBC] Florida Reaches Another Daily COVID-19 Case Record, Surpasses 4k Hospitalizations

[Fox] Omicron surge: Georgia shatters COVID-19 records for second day in a row

[Patch] Daily COVID Cases Top 20,000 In Los Angeles County

[CNN] Biden pushes Putin for Ukraine de-escalation in second call this month

[CNBC] ‘This is a crisis of the Kremlin’s making’: Biden and Putin speak as tensions mount over Ukraine

[WSJ] FAA Warns of Covid-19’s Impact on Staffing as Airlines Cancel Nearly 1,200 Flights Thursday

[FT] UK Covid test shortages highlight pressure on supply chain as demand surges

[FT] Dealmaking surges past $5.8tn to highest levels on record