In a sign of vaccines’ effectiveness, the seven-day average for newly reported deaths has fallen below 500, the lowest level since the early days of the pandemic.
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By Peter Loftus Deliveries of Johnson & Johnson s Covid-19 vaccine doses throughout the U.S. are expected to plunge by more than 80% next week, according to state officials and federal data, as J&J grapples with manufacturing challenges. The federal government has allocated just 700,000 doses of J&J s vaccine to U.S. states, territories and certain cities and federal agencies next week, compared with 4.9 million doses that were allocated for this week, according to information posted online by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The expected sharp decrease will complicate states officials mass vaccination plans at a time when they re counting on a greater supply of doses to help immunize the growing number of people becoming eligible.
Ohio found 4,000 unreported Covid-19 deaths. West Virginia found 168. They, along with others, show how tracking the pandemic in real time is still challenging officials.