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By mid-October, a third surge of cases began; there were over 200,000 new daily cases during parts of December 2020 and January 2021. [22] [23] COVID-19 vaccines became available in December 2020, under emergency use, beginning the national vaccination program, with the first vaccine officially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...
On January 13, the U.S. passed 23 million cases, just four days after passing 22 million cases. [ 15 ] Also on January 13, two confirmed cases of a new, more contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant from the United Kingdom were reported, one in New Mexico [ 16 ] and the other in Wisconsin .
India reports 332,730 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is a world record for the second consecutive day, thereby bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 16.26 million. The country also reports a record 2,263 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 186,920.
Brazil has reached 400,000 COVID-19 deaths. [168] Fiji has confirmed five cases of COVID-19, four locally transmitted cases and one border quarantine case. [169] India has reported a record high of 379,257 new cases, bringing the total number to over 18 million COVID-19 cases. 3,645 new deaths were are reported. [170]
The CDC estimates that, between February 2020 and September 2021, only 1 in 1.3 COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19. [2] The true COVID-19 death toll in the United States would therefore be higher than official reports, as modeled by a paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas . [ 3 ]
These effects have persisted as US deaths due to COVID-19 in 2021 exceeded those in 2020. [363] In the United States, COVID-19 vaccines became available under emergency use in December 2020, beginning the national vaccination program. The first COVID-19 vaccine was officially approved by the Food and Drug Administration on 23 August 2021. [364]
COVID-19 pandemic: More than 30 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. [149] March 25 Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: The Senate votes 92–7 to pass the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act of 2021, a bill that would extend the Paycheck Protection Program until May 31. President Biden signed the bill into law ...
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 drug development. The U.S. government terminates a deal with Eli Lilly and Company for 350,856 remaining doses of the single antibody bamlanivimab that were scheduled to be delivered by the end of March. The deal will instead be focused on a supply of combined antibodies with etesevimab.