Light at the end of the tunnel? Dr. Fauci says one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be approved in TWO WEEKS - as COVID hospitalizations fall 10% in 24 states and new cases decline in 44 states
Latest data shows case counts fall in 43 states and District of Columbia, according to COVID Tracking Project
Hospitalizations also on the decline in 24 states as experts say lockdowns and behavior are yielding fruit
But public health officials warn that case counts may surge as new variant of COVID-19 circulates in the US
There were nearly 189,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday nationwide; 116,264 Americans are hospitalized
The COVID-19 death count remains high as the number of fatalities recorded on Friday was 3,655
Dr. Mark McClellan, a board member with Johnson & Johnson, says the New Jersey-based firm is going all out to have vaccine available so that 100 million Americans will get the shot by April.