Coronavirus updates: 1st vaccines now on the way to all 50 US states
Two main trucks left the Pfizer facility on Sunday morning, the company said.
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 71.5 million people and killed over 1.6 million worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
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South Korea sees record-breaking rise in new cases
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 1,030 newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the country's total to 46,645.
This is the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that South Korea broke the 1,000 mark in new cases and follows Saturday's record of 950 new cases.
Yonhap reports that President Moon Jae-in held an emergency meeting and called the current situation "the worst crisis" since the outbreak began and a "desperate time" when the government should make an all-out effort stem further infections.
-ABC News' Christine Theodorou
Italy now has highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe
Italy's Civil Protection Agency reported 484 new deaths on Sunday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the country to 64,520, surpassing the United Kingdom which stands at 64,267, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
There were 17,938 new COVID-19 cases reported in Italy, representing an 11.7% positivity rate and brings the total number of diagnosed cases to 1,843,712.
There have been a total of 372,965 deaths and 14,959,949 cases in the EU and the U.K., according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
-ABC News' Christine Theodorou
Kuwait authorizes emergency use of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
The gulf nation joins a list of countries -- including the U.K., U.S., Canada, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Mexico -- that have authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
-ABC News' Christine Theodorou
Details on Monday's vaccine shipment
With Sunday's vaccine shipment now in transit, Pfizer has began preparations to ship out an additional 400 boxes of the vaccine on Monday.
There are 975 vials per box -- each vial provides five doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the company said.
There are 195 vials per tray and 60,000 vials per freezer.
US surpasses 16 million coronavirus cases
At least 16,062,299 Americans have been diagnosed with coronavirus, according to the latest data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
There are currently over 108,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19 nationwide and current hospitalizations have increased by nearly 10% since the beginning of the month.
The U.S. is now averaging nearly 2,400 new coronavirus related deaths a day -- 2,379 to be exact -- which surpasses the country's previous peak in April.
This week alone, 16,653 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded which is nearly 100 American deaths reported every hour.
Additionally, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University, Friday marked the U.S. highest single-day new case total, with 231,775 new cases.
ABC News' Ahmad Hemingway contributed to this report.