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| Deaths are rising in 42 states, and in the past week, the U.S. reported 5,742 deaths – nearly double the total from two weeks earlier. |
| While infections have climbed by 47% in the last two weeks, deaths have more than doubled that figure, at 97%, according to a New York Times database. At the current pace, 34 Americans die of COVID-19 every hour. |
| New daily caseloads have surpassed 150,000 nationwide – still about half the total from the pandemic's most horrific point in January – and the current weekly average of about 800 deaths a day remains one-quarter of the fatalities at that time. |
 | | SOURCE Johns Hopkins University data | | USA TODAY | |
| It's Friday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the USA TODAY Network. Here's more news you need to know. |
| • | Three U.S. senators who are fully vaccinated have tested positive for COVID-19, their offices announced Thursday. | | • | AstraZeneca will seek regulatory approval for an antibody drug after a study showed it significantly reduces the risk of developing COVID-19 symptoms, according to a Friday statement from the company. | | • | The U.S. is keeping its land borders closed to tourists for at least another month, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday. | | • | Apple will delay the return of its employees to its offices until at least January 2022, the Washington Post reported. | | • | Gov. Kate Brown said Oregon is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine requirement to include all teachers, educators, support staff and volunteers in K-12 schools. | |
| Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 37.3 million COVID-19 cases and 625,300 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 210.2 million cases and more than 4.4 million deaths. About 60% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 51% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among U.S. adults, 72% have received at least one shot, and about 62% are fully vaccinated. |
| Tracking the pandemic: See the numbers in your area here. See where cases are rising here. See vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines. |
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| – Grace Hauck, USA TODAY breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck |
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