And though, new cases have declined from their peak, they are still averaging just shy of 40,000 new cases a day. That is twice as high as after the last, big dip. As of tonight, more than 6. 3 million americans have tested positive for covid. And just for perspective, this weekend marked exactly six months since kellyanne conway, no doctor, herself, but the president s departing senior adviser, expressed contempt for a reporter who asked what the administration was doing to keep the virus contained. It is being contained. And do you not think its being contained in this country . Im not a doctor. When she said that, there were just 215 cases in the country. Again, as of tonight, its more than 6. 3 million. The number of pediatric cases has increased 16 , over two weeks, according to the American Academy of pediatrics and Childrens Hospital association. Universities and colleges, as you know, have been getting hit especially hard. And again, as he has tonight in winston, salem, the pre
Exposed to the coronavirus. Instead of a 14day quarantine, people will be able to end quarantine after ten days even seven days if they receive a negative test result. We have our team of reporters covering every angle of these new developments and i want to start with nbc news chief correspondent Richard Engel in london with huge news. Tell us, richard, about the uk approving the Pfizer Vaccine. When is it going to be rolled out and who gets it first there . Reporter well, this comes just today as the uk is easing restrictions in this country. This country had been on a lockdown. So restaurants, shops, everything had been closed. That changed today, and then this announcement that the uk gave approval to start rolling out the Pfizer Vaccine as of next week. So people here are feeling very encouraged, a renewed spring in peoples step, and perhaps this is, as the scientists said, beginning of the end of the pandemic. That will take some time, but the rollout plan, now that we have a pla
Today show, dr. Anthony fauci adding a dose of reality to the Pivotal Moment in history. All of this is sort of bittersweet because at the same time as we are moving ahead with what will ultimately be the answer, we are living through very, very difficult times. I mean, if you look at the number of new infections between 2 and 300,000, the other day we had 3,565 deaths in one day. We still are in a serious situation. On friday, according to nbc news, the u. S. Registered a single day high of coronavirus cases. 246,914. As of this morning, nationwide, 314,381 people have died from coronavirus in this country. The total number of people infected in the United States climbed to 17 million, 541,1. Friday, House Appropriations Committee Filed a two day stop gap continuing resolution to keep the government funded through sunday in an effort to give negotiators more time to flush out a covid relief bill. Leaders on capitol hill say theyre close to a deal on a 0 900 billion proposal that would
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