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COVID-19 live updates: 'Extremely unlikely' virus came from Chinese lab, WHO says
WHO experts said it's more likely the virus jumped to humans from an animal.
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 106 million people worldwide and killed over 2.3 million, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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Nearly 3 million children in US have tested positive since pandemic began
More than 117,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among children were reported in the United States last week, representing a 10% increase in cases between Jan. 21 and Feb. 4, according to a report released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.
The report, which compiles state-by-state data on infections among kids, found that 2.9 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 nationwide since the start of the pandemic. In total, children represent 12.9% of all cases in U.S. states that report COVID-19 data by age.
ABC News' Arielle Mitropoulos contributed to this report.
Facebook announces campaign to promote authoritative COVID-19 information
Facebook announced Monday a global campaign to promote authoritative COVID-19 sources and push back on disinformation.
The effort will including helping people find out where and when to get vaccinated, expanding the social media company's efforts to remove false COVID-19 information from Facebook and Instagram, and giving $120 million in advertising credits to health ministries, NGOs and UN agencies.
Facebook also said it would provide data for education to help build trust in COVID-19 vaccines, as well as to inform vaccine delivery efforts.
ABC News' Mary Kathryn Burke contributed to this report.
10% of US population has received 1 or more vaccine doses
Ten percent of Americans, or 31.6 million people, have received one or more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services planning document obtained by ABC News.
Three percent of the population, or 9.1 million people, have gotten both shots of the two-dose vaccine, according to the document.
U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged to get 100 million shots into Americans' arms during the first 100 days of his presidency. Since his Jan. 20 inauguration, 24.6 million doses have been administered.
ABC News' Josh Margolin and Brian Hartman contributed to this report.
US congressman dies after contracting COVID-19
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, died Sunday after contracting COVID-19 last month, his office confirmed in a statement Monday.
Wright, who had lung cancer, was diagnosed with the disease on Jan. 21 and admitted to Baylor Hospital in Dallas. He was 67.
"Over the past few years, Congressman Wright had kept a rigorous work schedule on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and at home in Texas’ Congressional District 6 while being treated for cancer," his office said.
Wright is the second American lawmaker to die after testing positive for COVID-19. Luke Letlow, Louisiana's incoming Republican congressman, died at age 41 in late December, just days before he was due to be sworn in.
ABC News' Mariam Khan contributed to this report.
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline in US
The COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the United States continues to see a downward trend, according to data complied by The COVID Tracking Project, a volunteer-run effort to track the U.S. outbreak.
There are currently 80,055 people hospitalized with COVID-19 symptoms nationwide, the data shows. The figure peaked at around 130,000 a few weeks ago.
"The number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 has dropped by 21k in 10 days. In the last week, hospitalizations have decreased by 10% or more in 40 states," The COVID Tracking Project said on Twitter Monday night.