![]() ![]() ![]() ►The European Union’s drug regulator gave its backing Monday to administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older. ►A New York man was charged with a felony and could face seven years in prison for faking a COVID-19 vaccine card. A statewide vaccination mandate for all hospital and nursing home workers took effect Sept. ►Northwell Health, New York's largest health care provider, said 1,400 employees, less than 2% of its total workforce, have been fired for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. ►Wyoming on Tuesday became the 47th state with at least 1,000 COVID-19 deaths, leaving only Vermont, Alaska and Hawaii below that mark. ►Award-winning hair and makeup designer Marc Pilcher, who according to his agency was fully vaccinated and had no underlying health conditions, has died of COVID-19 at 53. More of them, in fact, than in what will likely be regarded as the worst year of the pandemic. 22 peak.īut the combination of the hyper-infectious delta variant with the misinformation-driven refusal by so many Americans to get vaccinated - some 70 million who are eligible have not received the free shots - has left the country vulnerable to a virus that continues to adapt and find new victims. The pace of fatalities has decreased as well, about 12% from the Sept. are trending downward, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Compared to four weeks ago, hospitalizations for the latest week are down 26.9%, and the number of ICU beds occupied by likely COVID-19 patients has diminished by 25.3%. The solemn ceremony comes as COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations in the U.S. On Tuesday afternoon, the Washington National Cathedral plans to toll its funeral bell 700 times in memory of the lives lost. ![]() The 2020 tally was 352,000, or half that number. That threshold, especially lamentable considering the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the country since the spring, was crossed Tuesday when the U.S.'s world-leading total of coronavirus deaths went over the 704,000 mark. In the history of the pandemic in the U.S., 2020 will be remembered as the most disruptive year, a time when the coronavirus shut down businesses, schools, sports, travel and many more staples of everyday life.īut 2021 has surpassed its predecessor as the deadliest year. COVID deaths: National Cathedral bell tolls for one hour ![]()
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