United States
Trends
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
Hospitalizations
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations
Factors in increased cases and deaths (Mike)
Weather, delayed data
Vacation week
Virginia and Texas backlog of deaths not reported
Vaccine news
Johnson & Johnson, US authorization probably today
California, expecting 380,000 doses by next week
One shot
Normal fridge for 3 months
Viral vector
66% effective against any case of moderate to severe illness in a large, global trial
85% effective against severe disease
No hospitalizations or deaths, after 4 weeks
FDA
Allow undiluted frozen vials of Pfizer to be moved at freezer temperatures for
up to two weeks
Canada
Approves Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine
18 and older
20 million doses advance purchase agreement
South Korea
Vaccination started Friday
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/acceptance-problem-as-most-oxford-covid-jabs-delivered-to-eu-not-yet-used
UK
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
First dose: 19,177,555
Second dose: 736,037
Source