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The nation's top infectious disease specialist expects Omicron cases to start dropping throughout the country by mid-February as the hardest-hit cities experience infection rate dips of up to 64 percent.

Dr. Anthony Fauci remarked Sunday that the U.S. will likely begin to “see a turnaround” in cases and hospitalizations as the highly-contagious variant begins to slow - and that it could signal a gradual return to normal.

“We would hope that as we get into the next weeks or month, we will see throughout the entire country, the level of infection get to below what I call the area of control,” the notoriously gloomy White House COVID expert told ABC's This Week on Sunday.

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