COVID-19 updates: Anti-vaccine protesters halt vaccinations at Dodger Stadium

Demonstrators carrying anti-mask and anti-vaccine signs blocked the entrance.

ByMorgan Winsor, Erin Schumaker, Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira, Meredith Deliso, and Julia Jacobo

Last Updated: February 2, 2021, 7:02 AM EST

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Here's how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.

Jan 26, 2021, 1:53 PM EST

COVID-19 deaths in UK top 100,000

The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom has surpassed 100,000, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday.

"It's hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic," Johnson said.

Families gather during a funeral service at an East London Muslim cemetery on Jan. 26, 2021 in London. The cemetery has significantly increased the number of new graves amid the covid-19 pandemic, as the country's official death toll nears 100,000.
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More than 35,000 people in the U.K. are hospitalized with COVID-19, which is "substantially" above the peak in April, according to Johnson.

The number of people testing positive for the disease remains high but is decreasing slowly, with 20,089 new cases reported Tuesday, according to Johnson.

ABC News’ Christine Theodorou contributed to this report.

Jan 26, 2021, 1:27 PM EST

Boston Marathon to be held in October if road races are allowed

This year's Boston Marathon will be held on Oct. 11, if road races are allowed in Massachusetts' reopening plan at that time, according to the Boston Athletic Association.

A virtual race will also be offered as an option to runners.

"While it was of course the right thing to do, canceling the 2020 Boston Marathon for the first time in its 124-year history was one of the hardest announcements to make," Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said in a statement Tuesday.

"Today, I'm filled with hope, as we set our sights on October for the running of the 125th Boston Marathon," he added. "We have a ways to go before we're out of the woods, but guided by sound judgment and the advice of our public health experts, I am hopeful that we'll get to enjoy the return of one of Boston's most storied traditions this fall."

ABC News' Leo Mayorga contributed to this report.

Jan 26, 2021, 12:28 PM EST

Several hundred White House staffers have been vaccinated against COVID-19

Several hundred White House staffers have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 by the White House medical team, White House officials said, confirming a report from Axios.

The White House hopes to vaccinate all in-person staff in the next few weeks, officials said.

ABC News’ Molly Nagle contributed to this report

Jan 26, 2021, 12:15 PM EST

COVID-19 hospitalizations in US at lowest since mid-December

The United States is seeing improvements in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations. In the last two weeks, the country's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has declined by 33.1%, according to ABC News' analysis of data compiled by The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the U.S. outbreak.

On Monday, Missouri reported the fewest number of new cases since September, while South Dakota reported the lowest number of new cases since July.

Four-month-old Cypruss Leroux looks on as his great-grandmother Patricia Leroux, 75, gets her first COVID-19 shot during Missouri's first COVID-19 mass vaccination event at a closed water park in Poplar Bluff, Jan. 22, 2021.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations are also declining nationwide. The COVID Tracking Project said the number of people hospitalized with the disease in the U.S. is currently at its lowest since Dec. 14.

Hospitalizations are even trending down in California, which has more COVID-19 patients in hospitals than any other U.S. state.