There are on average 83,000 new confirmed Covid-19 cases in the U.S. each day, though the true number is likely much higher. More than 1,000 Americans are dying of the disease every 24 hours. With signs that infections are rising yet again across the hardest-hit country, Louisiana and Texas—supported by officials in a dozen other right-leaning states—sued to block a federal vaccine requirement for employees at hospitals, hospices, skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies. Separately, a majority Republican appointee-federal appeals court was selected to hear challenges to the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for large employers. Meanwhile, Pfizer has asked federal regulators for emergency-useauthorization of its Covid-19 pill, which could play a critical role in protecting high-risk patients from the disease’s worst effects. Here’s thelatest on the pandemic. —David E. Rovella Bloomberg is tracking thecoronavirus pandemicand the progress ofglobal vaccination efforts. |
