Coronavirus updates: State reports over 49,000 new cases, 468 new deaths

More than 373,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.

Last Updated: January 10, 2021, 4:08 PM EST

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 90 million people worldwide and killed over 1.9 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

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Jan 10, 2021, 4:08 PM EST

90 million cases worldwide

The coronavirus pandemic has affected at least 90 million people worldwide, according to data from John Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Center.

There were an additional 10 million global cases reported over the last 15 days, the data showed.

As of Sunday, 1,931,571 COVID-19 deaths have been reported around the globe, Johns Hopkins said.

The United States leads the world with cases and deaths, according to the data.

As of Sunday, the U.S. has 22,293,281 cases, roughly a quarter of the total world cases, and 373,588 deaths, roughly 19% of the world's deaths, Johns Hopkins reported.

Jan 10, 2021, 2:33 PM EST

California reports over 49,000 new cases, 468 new deaths

California's coronavirus surge continues to worsen, according to new data released Sunday by the state's Health Department.

The state recorded 49,685 new cases after administering a record 473,076 tests, the Health Department said. There were 468 new fatalities on Sunday, according to the Health Department.

All metrics were over 1% increases from the previous day, the health data showed. Since the start of the pandemic, California has 2,670,962 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 29,701 deaths, the Health Department said.

As of Jan. 9, 734,405 coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered, according to the Health Department.

Jan 10, 2021, 2:24 PM EST

UK records over 54K new cases, nearly 33K hospitalized

The United Kingdom saw another day of rising coronavirus cases, deaths and hospitalizations, according to the British government.

The nation recorded 54,940 new cases Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,072,349, the health data showed. The seven-day average for new cases rose from 21,698 on Dec. 10 to 61,106 on Jan. 1, the British government said.

The U.K. saw 563 new COVID-19-related fatalities Sunday, according to the health data. The country has 81,431 total deaths since the start of the pandemic, the government said.

There are currently 32,294 people hospitalized in Britain. The seven-day average for new hospital admissions rose from 1,728 on Dec. 10 to 3,345 on Jan. 1, officials said.

Jan 10, 2021, 5:33 AM EST

UK Health Secretary says every adult in country will receive vaccine by autumn

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed on Sunday morning that every adult in the United Kingdom will be offered the coronavirus vaccine by the fall. 

Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC, Hancock said that the vaccine will be distributed according to need and that the British government has over 350 million doses of the vaccine on order.

"We are going to have enough to be able to offer a vaccine to everyone over the age of 18 and by the autumn," Hancock said in the interview.

Hancock also said that the priority is to immunize the most vulnerable 13 million people in the country by the middle of February -- something he confirmed to Sky News on Sunday that the U.K. government was on track to accomplish.

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