Covid-19: U.S. Vaccination Pace Increases to 2 Million Doses a Day
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Connecticut has joined Texas and Mississippi in easing restrictions, while Alabama extended its mask mandate. Italy blocked a vaccine shipment to Australia.
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People line up early at the Jacob Javits Convention Center Covid-19 vaccination hub on March 4, 2021.Credit.Timothy A. Clary/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
The average number of vaccine doses being administered across the United States per day topped two million for the first time on Wednesday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A month ago, the average was about 1.3 million.
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The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 10.8 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 13.5 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 14.3 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 65,909
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 45,462
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 2,468
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 24.1 % of the population
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved, hospitalizations marginally improved, and deaths improved
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Barbie is celebrating next week’s International Women’s Day with a release of a brand new doll.
A likeness of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt will join Barbie’s collection of Inspiring Women dolls, which includes Maya Angelou, Billie Jean King, Ella Fitzgerald, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Katherine Johnson, Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, and Sally Ride
The Inspiring Women Series was launched by Barbie in 2018 on International Women’s Day as a way to honor “historical role models who paved the way for generations of girls to dream bigger than ever before,” PEOPLE magazine reports.