The US total now sits at more than 14.5 million cases and at least 281,199 deaths from the virus. Top Trump medical adviser, Moncef Slaoui, said Sunday that he's confident the FDA will approve the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer this week. LA County is now averaging nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases a day over the last week - more than quadruple the pace from a month ago, when the county averaged about 1,500 new coronavirus cases a day in the week that ended November 5. The cases reported Saturday trailed only the record 10,322 cases reported Tuesday. There were 4,370 newly reported coronavirus cases Saturday in Oklahoma.

Source: Daily Mail December 06, 2020 17:15 UTC