USA TODAY is keeping track of the news surrounding COVID-19 as a pair of vaccines join the U. S. fight against a virus that has killed more than 371,000 Americans since the first reported fatality in February. Keep refreshing this page for the latest updates surrounding the coronavirus, including who is getting the vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, as well as other top news from across the USA TODAY Network. Sign up for our Coronavirus Watch newsletter for updates directly to your inbox, join our Facebook group or scroll through our in-depth answers to reader questions for everything you need to know about the coronavirus.► Wednesday's storming of the U. S. Capitol will likely be a "surge event" for the coronavirus, said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He told McClatchy in an interview that he's worried because thousands of people did not wear masks and have since left Washington for various parts of the country.► New York now has four confirmed cases of a more contagious strain of COVID-19 that originated in the United Kingdom, with three new cases announced Saturday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The new strain has been identified in at least eight states and 33 countries. Details here.►Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, have received their COVID-19 vaccinations, royal officials said Saturday. They join the some 1.5 million people in Britain who have been given a first dose of a vaccine.► America's current surge of cases has lead to widespread deaths all across America. Over the last month, 31 states and nearly 1,200 counties have reported their worst weekly death tolls of the entire pandemic.► The Biden administration on Friday announced plans to release available COVID-19 vaccines instead of holding back for second doses, which the Trump administration has been doing to guarantee that people can get a second shot.► The nation’s third-largest school district, Chicago Public Schools, will welcome some students to classrooms Monday for the first time since March. But this week, only about half of school staff required to report to buildings actually showed up.► A CDC study, published Friday in the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found U. S. counties with large colleges or universities that held in-person classes saw a 56% increase in COVID-19 cases. The data supports a USA TODAY analysis that found college students fueled the 19 hottest outbreaks in the U. S. during the fall semester. One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen — the first Black pilots in the segregated U. S. military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II — has died from complications of the coronavirus, it was announced Friday. Theodore Lumpkin Jr. was just days short of his 101st birthday. Lumpkin, a Los Angeles native, died Dec. 26, according to a statement from Los Angeles City College, which he attended from 1938 to 1940.


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