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The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average is 14.7 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 3.8 %
HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 15.9 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 150,092
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at an elevated 118,720 (for the next two weeks this is the number to watch as new cases and deaths will not be accurately reported)
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at a holiday reduced number of 1,209
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 0.6% of the population
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The European Union is due to receive 12.5 million doses by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 6.25 million people based on the two-dose regimen. The companies are scrambling to meet global demand and aim to make 1.3 billion shots next year.
The bloc has secured contracts with a range of drugmakers besides Pfizer, including Moderna and AstraZeneca , for a total of more than two billion vaccine doses and has set a goal for all adults to be inoculated during 2021. Monica (L), a nursing assistant and the youngest worker at the residence and Araceli Hidalgo, 96, a resident of Los Olmos nursing home for the elderly, are the first people to receive the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine in Spain on December 27, 2020 in Guadalajara, Spain. Photo by Pepe Zamora /Pool/Getty Images
Europe rolls out ‘new weapon’ vaccines in bid to slay COVID Thank God, says first recipient in Spain, 96. Delays in some German cities over cooling concerns. Some Europeans reluctant to take the shot. The European Union is due to receive 12.5 million doses by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 6.25 million people based on the two-dose regimen. December 28, 2020 10:31:11 am
A resident of a nursing home gets an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Europe launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide.
(Adds vaccine clearance in Germany after storage concerns) Goal is to offer vaccine to all adults through 2021 'Thank God,' says first recipient i.