5 Things To Know On Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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According to Johns Hopkins University data, 4,480 coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the US on Tuesday, marking the second time since the start of the pandemic that the US had more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths reported in a single day.
In the last 10 months, coronavirus deaths in the US have topped 380,000. The number of those hospitalized has nearly tripled from late October, as there are 130,000 coronavirus-related hospitalizations throughout the US, per the COVID Tracking project.