Nolla Health claims it has the nation’s first approval for artificial intelligence to issue initial prescriptions. Physician review comes later.
|Articles|January 20, 2021
Coronavirus case numbers in the United States: January 20, 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 January 20:
Positive tests: 23,923,938
Negative tests: 217,977,785
Number of hospitalized patients: 123,820
Patient deaths: 392,428
Total vaccine doses distributed: 31,161,075
Patients who've received the first dose: 13,595,803
Patients who’ve received the second dose: 2,023,124
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