348,000 deaths due to covid and has surpassed 20 million cases more than 125,000 people are beginning this year in the hospital now. Adding to the concern that new variant of covid19, which experts say is transmitted much easier. First seen in the uk, the strain has now been detected in california, colorado and florida. Meanwhile, the vaccine rollout continues to lag. More than 12 million doses have been delivered to the United States, but fewer than 3 million vaccinations have actually been administered, far fewer than the initial goal of 20 million by the end of december in the u. S. So weve got a team covering all of the angles, Polo Sandoval in new york, Dianne Gallagher in florida for us. Lets go to Dianne Gallagher in florida, where that states vaccination plan for seniors has led to long lines, a lot of chaos. What is the situation . Reporter lets call it confusion and congestion. Thats kind of been the theme that weve seen with this vaccine rollout here in the state of florida.
Like treading water from 100 feet below the surface. Youre already drowning but you have to keep trying because thats what you can do. Wow. Look whos up and at em with us this morning. Good morning to you this saturday, january 2nd, 2021. Just feels good to say 2021, doesnt it, mr. John after lan. Im filling in for victor. Its great to see you. Lets do this. You, too. Yes. Lets start here because starting a new year together and it brings a lot of new challenges this morning when were talking about overcoming the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Is nearing, listen to this number, 348,000 people who have died because of covid. And weve now topped 20 million cases as of yesterday. There are more than 125,000 people starting 2021 in the hospital and the new concern this morning is this more easily transmitted variant of covid19 first seen in the u. K. Its a strain thats been detected now in california, colorado, and florida. Meanwhile, President Trump is focused on lashing out as he sees h
Cnn newsroom starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. It is 9 a. M. Here in london and we start this hour with breaking news out of the u. K. Where the government says regulators have approved the Oxford Astrazeneca Coronavirus Vaccine. It becomes the second vaccine authorized for use here in the u. K. The british Prime Minister is celebrating the approval. It is truly fantastic news and a triumph for british science that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine has been approved for use. We will work to vaccinate as many people as possible. Cnns phil black joins me here in london with the latest. Finally, the good news. Tell me about the vaccine and when they expect it to be rolled out. Reporter so very quickly, they expect it to roll out with deliveries in the next day or two and vaccines next week. Whats so exciting about this vaccine is that it is logistically convenient. It doesnt need to be kept at deep cold storage temperatures as the Pfizer Vaccine does, for example. It can effective
States. The president late today making it plain in a tweet from maralago that when it comes to getting the Covid Vaccine into the arms of those who need it most, its not his problem. Its up to the states, he says, to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the federal government. Read that as not his problem. So even as he rightly takes pride in the remarkable federal effort to develop not one but two vaccines in record time, hes not taking responsibility for the fact that promises like theses just arent being kept. Overall in the month of december between the two vaccines, the pfizer and moderna vaccine, we expect to have immunized 20 million of our American People and keeping 20 million for their second immunization a few weeks later. That was the promise two weeks ago, 20 Million People immunized. Then just four days later, the language, listen for this, changed and the goalposts moved. We remain on track to allocate around 20 million doses of vaccine to all
Alexander. The Trump Administration at the end of the day is leaving one more vital piece of the effort up to the state. So even as he rightly takes pride to develop not one but two vaccines in record time with more yet to come. Hes not taking responsibility for the fact that promises like these are not being kept. Overall in the month of december with the vaccines, we expect to have immunized 20 million of our American People and keeping 20 million doses for their second immunization. That was their promise two weeks ago. 20 Million People immunized. Four days later, the language changed and the gold post moved. We remained on tract allocate around 20 million doses of vaccines to all jurisdictions by the end of december. With distributions of those pushing into the first week of january. Thats no the same thing. From 20 Million People immunized to 20 million doses allocate. Not shipped. Allocated. Only about 11 million doses of the vaccines been distributed and of that 11 million only