Coronavirus updates: 84% of California population to go on lockdown Sunday night

More than 33 million people in the state will be affected by the lockdown.

ByMorgan Winsor, Erin Schumaker, Ivan Pereira, and Emily Shapiro
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Last Updated: December 7, 2020, 8:34 AM EST

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 66.4 million people and killed over 1.5 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Here's how the news developed this week. All times Eastern.
Dec 04, 2020, 3:11 PM EST

Oregon may see double the case rates by Christmas

In Oregon, modeling shows that case rates will be twice as high by Christmas, Gov. Kate Brown warned.

A record high of 2,100 new cases were reported Friday, Brown said.

Oregon is set to receive 35,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 71,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine this month, Brown said. Front-line healthcare workers and long-term care residents and employees are considered first priority; Brown said she anticipates this entire group can be vaccinated by the end of January.

-ABC News' Matthew Fuhrman

Dec 04, 2020, 3:00 PM EST

Nevada to get over 164,000 vaccine doses for December

Nevada is set to receive 164,150 vaccine doses for December, according to the state's Department of Health and Human Services.

An employee opens an ultra-cold refrigerator filled with vaccines against COVID-19 at a secret storage facility in the Rhein-Main area, Germany, Dec. 4, 2020.
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The doses will be used "for hospital staff, skilled nursing facility staff and residents, and other Tier One individuals," the department said.

Dec 04, 2020, 2:22 PM EST

California reports new case record

California reported a new case record Friday with 22,018 more COVID-19 cases.

People shop at the Citadel Outlet mall, as the global outbreak of the COVID-19 continues, in Commerce, Calif., Dec. 3, 2020.
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The state reported an additional 145 deaths.

Across California, 9,948 COVID-19 patients are in hospitals -- an increase of 246 from Thursday.

The 14-day average positivity rate stands at 7.3%.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday that a stay-at-home order will go into effect in any region where the ICU capacity falls below 15%. The two closest regions so far are Northern California, which has 18.6% capacity remaining, and the San Joaquin Valley, which has 19.7% remaining.

-ABC News' Matthew Fuhrman

Dec 04, 2020, 1:55 PM EST

Pence says US is maybe 'a week and a half away' from vaccine approval

At a roundtable discussion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Director Robert Redfield said he's "optimistic that the FDA will get authorized vaccines within the next several weeks and distribution work can begin."

Vice President Mike Pence, who joined him at the meeting, added, “We are maybe, Bob, just a week and a half away from what will be the likely approval of the first coronavirus vaccine."

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield exchange elbow bumps after a briefing at the CDC, Dec. 4, 2020, in Atlanta.
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Pence added, "Within 48 hours from the FDA approval, we could be vaccinating people literally in all 50 states and territories all across the country."

Pence said that a vaccine won't likely be available for every American until "spring or early summer."

-ABC News' Elizabeth Thomas

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