Flu hospitalizations are arriving early this fall, and Johns Hopkins experts say a physician's recommendation remains patients' best path to vaccination, while a new mRNA flu vaccine faces a coverage question.
|Articles|December 20, 2021
Coronavirus Delta variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: Dec. 20, 2021
Author(s)Logan Lutton
How many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were announced today?
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Here’s the latest data, updated on Dec. 20:
Positive tests: 50,846,828
Patient deaths: 806,439
Total vaccine doses distributed: 605,236,885
Patients who've received the first dose: 241,571,084
Patients who’ve received the second dose: 203,926,479
% of population fully vaccinated: 61.4%
% of infections tied to the Delta Variant: 96.7%
% of infections tied to the Omicron Variant: 2.9%
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