5 things to know for March 12: Stimulus, Covid-19, state laws, Myanmar, George Floyd CNN 3/12/2021 © Beeple/Christies © Bernat Armangue/AP Musicians Albert Skuratov, right, and Samuel Palomino, second right, play a Mozart mini-concert for COVID-19 patients organised by Musicians for Health Foundation at the intensive care unit at the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, March 11, 2021.
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1. Stimulus
President Biden signed into law the sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package yesterday, putting to rest months of Congressional rancor and debate. Americans could start seeing those much-awaited $1,400 stimulus payments as early as this weekend. In addition to direct payments, the package s key measures are predicted to slash the poverty rate by about a third through enhanced fo
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The Latest: New virus clusters hit China s north provinces © Provided by Associated Press FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2021 file photo medical staff members walk between traffic cones at a mass COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif. Five weeks into its vaccination program, California still doesn t have nearly the supply to meet demand and there s growing angst among residents over the difficulty to even get in line for a shot. Social media is awash with people seeking or giving tips on how to maneuver through the system. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)
The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 16.8 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 2.8 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 3.3 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 141,999 [likely understated due to the MLK holiday]
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at an elevated 123,848
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are 1,403 [likely understated due to the MLK holiday]
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 3.7 % of the population [not updated since 15 January]
2021/01/20 20:11 People sit and relax after receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Salisbu. People sit and relax after receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Salisbury Cathedral opened its doors for the second time as a venue for the Sarum South Primary Care Network COVID-19 Local Vaccination Service. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Members of the West Virginia National Guard monitor statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the National Guard J. Members of the West Virginia National Guard monitor statewide efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the National Guard Joint Forces headquarters in Charleston, W.Va. West Virginia has emerged an unlikely success in the nation s otherwise chaotic vaccine rollout. Officia
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