Jesse Jackson, wife hospitalized with COVID-19

The civil rights pioneer was vaccinated in January.

The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads.

More than 628,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Just 59.9% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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Proof of vaccination required to attend CES 2022

The massive annual technology conference CES, taking place in Las Vegas in January 2022, will require proof of vaccination, the Consumer Technology Association said Tuesday.

"For those who may be unable to travel to Las Vegas, CTA will again create a digital event that will run in parallel with the in-person program," CTA said.


Biden administration ships 1st of 500 million vaccine doses to Rwanda

The Biden administration on Tuesday will ship the first 188,370 doses of a 500 million dose commitment of the Pfizer vaccine to Rwanda, according to a senior administration official. The 500 million dose pledge was announced at the G7 summit in June and the contract the U.S. negotiated with Pfizer identified late August as the goal for initial shipments.

The U.S. is also sending 300,000 additional U.S. surplus doses to Rwanda Tuesday, making this first total shipment 488,370. All the doses will be distributed through Covax, the World Health Organization's vaccine-sharing initiative.

-ABC News' Sarah Kolinovsky


Chicago Marathon will require vaccination or negative COVID test

The 35,000 runners at this year's Chicago Marathon must provide proof of vaccination or a negative test administered within 72 hours.

The marathon is set to take place Sunday, Oct. 10.

-ABC News' Joshua Hoyos


US reports over 200,000 new cases in a day for 3rd time this month

There were 209,988 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States on Monday, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University, although that data likely includes a backlog from the weekend.

This is the third time this month that the U.S. has reported more than 200,000 newly confirmed infections in a single day.

Many states are no longer reporting COVID-19 data daily. Single-day case totals, particularly early on in the week, may be skewed as a result of a backlog release of data.


University of Virginia disenrolls over 200 students who did not meet school's vaccination policy

The University of Virginia has cut 238 students from its rolls after they failed to comply with the university's vaccination policy, school officials confirmed to ABC news.

"We first announced this vaccination requirement on May 20 and the deadline for compliance was July 1," Brian Coy, a spokesman for the university, told ABC News in an email.

"Since then, students received multiple reminders about this policy and the need to either be vaccinated or request a medical or religious exemption. Students who remained out of compliance after the deadline received multiple communications in the form of emails, texts, phone calls, and in some cases phone calls to their parents. The University’s vaccination policy was also covered extensively on our digital platforms, our daily news product, the student newspaper, and local media all over Virginia."

The university has given the students until Aug. 25 to comply or they won't be allowed to come back school in the fall.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie