U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said he would order increased production of syringes and other supplies to ramp up vaccinations against Covid-19 and improve upon the Trump administration rollout that he called a “dismal failure.”
The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Jan. 15, according to a Reuters tally, as nations around the world are trying to procure multiple vaccines and detect new Covid-19 variants.
U.S. surpasses 10 million Covid-19 vaccinations
California, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Coronavirus Vaccines, COVID-19 Deaths, Covid-19 fatality rate, COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City, Reuters, Reuters Tally, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar, United StatesMore than 10 million Americans had received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine as of Jan. 13, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the year-old pandemic roared on unchecked.
U.S. endures pandemic’s deadliest day, overshadowed by Washington mob assault on Capitol
"Operation Warp Speed" Initiative, California, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Covid-19 Variant, Data, Death Tolls, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Donald Trump, Health Officials, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Pharmacies, Phil Murphy (NJ), Reuters Analysis, Reuters Tally, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar, United KingdomAs the events that unfolded in Washington on Jan. 6 captured the nation’s attention, the raging coronavirus pandemic claimed its highest U.S. death toll yet, killing more than 4,000 people in a single day according to a Reuters tally.
U.S. tops 21 million Covid-19 cases with record hospitalizations as states ramp up vaccinations
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Deaths, COVID-19 Vaccinations, CVS Health, Death Tolls, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Larry Hogan (Maryland), Reuters Tally, United StatesMore Americans were hospitalized with Covid-19 on Jan. 6 than at any time since the pandemic began, as total coronavirus infections crossed the 21 million mark, deaths soared across much of the United States and a historic vaccination effort lagged.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered 4,563,260 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the United States as of the morning of Jan. 4 and distributed 15,418,500 doses.
U.S. Senator Mitt Romney urged the U.S. government to immediately enlist veterinarians, combat medics and others in an all-out national campaign to administer coronavirus vaccinations and slow a surging rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had administered 2,589,125 first doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the United States as of the morning of Dec. 30 and distributed 12,409,050 doses.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administrationlifted a clinical hold on Audentes Therapeutics’ ASPIRO trial studying AT132 as a potential treatment for X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM), a rare neuromuscular disease.
The United States recorded more than 15,000 deaths from Covid-19 and over 1.2 million new cases for the week ended Dec. 27, though those numbers may be artificially low due to reporting gaps over the Christmas holiday.