COVID-19 Update

World

New Cases:   394,756 (⬆︎ .34%)
New Deaths:      9,036 (⬆︎ .35%)

USA

New Cases:   55,683 (⬆︎ .19%)
New Deaths:    1,704 (⬆︎ .32%)

Vaccination Scorecard

Total Vaccinations:          61.1 million
Total Priority Population: 50.2%
Total Population:             18.4%

A list of items at NYT: (pay wall)

Here’s what you need to know:

In Texas, the mask mandate ends and businesses reopen.

Black and Hispanic communities are confronted with vaccine misinformation.

Los Angeles schools and teachers’ union agreed to reopen classrooms.

Biden will announce he intends to secure another 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.

The E.U. has exported millions of vaccine doses despite a supply crunch at home.

A protest over police tactics to enforce virus rules turns violent in Greece, and other global news.

The virus cost performers their work. Then it cost them their health coverage.