PHILADELPHIA The US topped 20 million total infections and inched closer to 350,000 COVID-19 deaths on the first day of 2021 reminders of a grim reality continuing into the new year.
More people have died across the US than anywhere else: nearly 348,000 Americans since the pandemic s start. About another 115,000 could die over the next month, according to projections from the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
That s while hospitalizations are at the highest levels they ve ever been. The US reported a record 125,379 hospitalized COVID-19 patients nationwide Thursday, according to the COVIDTracking Project. That number dipped slightly Friday, with 125,057 hospitalizations reported about an 163% increase from two months ago.
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We do not recommend mixing Covid-19 vaccines, Public Health England chief says
From CNN’s Arnaud Siad and Sharon Braithwaite
A person receives the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a vaccination center in York, England on December 21, 2020. Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images
Mixing Covid-19 vaccines is not recommended, Public Health England’s Head of Immunisations Dr. Mary Ramsay said Saturday, after government guidance was updated this week to say the interchangeability of Covid-19 vaccines was a reasonable option.
“We do not recommend mixing the Covid-19 vaccines – if your first dose is the Pfizer vaccine you should not be given the AstraZeneca vaccine for your second dose and vice versa,” Ramsay said in a statement.
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