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| About 89% of federal rental assistance approved by Congress remains unspent, despite President Joe Biden's efforts to encourage states and cities to get the money out faster as a potential eviction crisis looms. |
| One of six renters is estimated to be behind on rent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey. Yet in many states, landlords and renters have struggled to get approval for funds designed to help renters unable to make payments during the pandemic. Read more. |
| It's Wednesday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the USA TODAY Network. Here's more news you need to know. |
| • | Pfizer and German partner BioNTech plan to submit for approval their COVID-19 booster shot to the FDA this week for people over the age of 16, the companies said in a joint statement Wednesday. | | • | The White House received a new classified intelligence report about the origins of COVID-19 on Tuesday, but it did not come to a solid conclusion as to whether the virus originated in animals before transferring to humans or was released from a lab, according to news reports. | | • | China warned residents in at least 12 cities they may face punishments for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine if they are later connected to an outbreak, the New York Times reported. | |
| Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 38.1 million COVID-19 cases and 631,200 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 213.5 million cases and more than 4.4 million deaths. About 61% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 52% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Among U.S. adults, 73% have received at least one shot, and about 63% 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. |
| – Grace Hauck, USA TODAY breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck |
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