By Nectar Gan, Adam Renton, Kara Fox and Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, CNN
Updated 8:51 p.m. ET, December 31, 2020
What you need to know
New Year’s Eve celebrations across the globe will be different, downscaled or canceled due to Covid-19 precautions.
The US reported a record Covid-19 death toll for a second straight day. The CDC's ensemble forecast now projects there will be up to 424,000 US deaths by Jan. 23.
The new Covid-19 variant, first identified in the UK, has been found in Southern California and Colorado.
Our live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic has ended for the day.
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7:36 a.m. ET, December 31, 2020