Rural docs say they need help as 'adequate' physician presence becomes the exception, not the norm.
|Articles|February 9, 2021
Coronavirus case numbers in the United States: February 9, 2021 update
Author(s)Logan Lutton
Data from the COVID tracking project on coronavirus cases, test results, vaccination rates and more.
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How many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were announced today?
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Here’s the latest data, updated on February 9:
Positive tests: 26,875,063
Negative tests: 124,779,892
Number of hospitalized patients: 80,055
Patient deaths: 455,455
Total vaccine doses distributed: 59,307,800
Patients who've received the first dose: 32,340,146
Patients who’ve received the second dose: 9,518,015
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