流感的大流行新型冠状病毒目前已感染全球9810万人，并导致其中210万人死亡实时数据由约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心编辑。

COVID跟踪项目周四报告称，自上周以来，44个州的7天平均新发病例下降了10%以上。每天只有一个州的病例在上升——弗吉尼亚州。

它发现，在24个州，目前的住院人数比一周前减少了10%以上。在全国其他地方，住院率相对较低。

联合首席执行官希望强制员工接种疫苗

联合航空公司的高管说，他希望航空公司要求员工接种新冠肺炎疫苗。

“我认为对联合航空公司和其他公司来说，正确的做法是要求接种疫苗，”首席执行官斯科特·科比周四在员工大会上说。“也就是说，我们必须解决后勤方面的挑战……我们需要一些其他人来展示领导力，尤其是在医疗保健行业。”

科比告诉员工，如果其他公司强制要求疫苗，“你可能会期望联合公司也是第一批这样做的公司之一。”

根据美国广播公司新闻获得的一份内部备忘录，目前，联合航空公司正在敦促员工尽快接种疫苗。

在昨日的财报电话会议上，一名高管表示，该公司一直在与地方政府合作，“为了员工的安全和客户的安全，将我们的员工提升到接种疫苗的关键员工的优先地位。”

新泽西州确认首例英国变异

官员们说，两个人——一名男子和一名儿童——被确定为新泽西州首例英国变异病例。

该州卫生专员朱迪·皮希里说，这位60多岁的海洋县男子没有旅行史，也没有明显接触过其他生病的人。

他于12月29日出现症状，一周后接受了测试。“他的症状已经消失，他再也没有住院治疗，”桃子利说。

她说，这个去过新泽西北部的孩子于1月11日在纽约接受了测试，没有任何症状。

加州报道每日死亡人数最高

加州报告了自大流行开始以来最高的每日死亡人数，另有764人丧生。

该州周五报告了23，024例新病例。

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一名护士在马丁·路德·金(MLK)社区医院的新冠肺炎重症监护室工作

Coronavirus live updates: Fauci says lack of truthfulness 'very likely' cost lives

A pandemic of thenovel coronavirushas now infected more than 98.1 million people worldwide and killed over 2.1 million of them, according toreal-time datacompiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Cases falling week-over-week in most states: COVID Tracking Project

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are going down across the country.

In 44 states, the seven-day average of new cases has dropped over 10% since last week, The COVID Tracking Project reported Thursday. Daily cases are rising in only one state -- Virginia.

In 24 states, the number of current hospitalizations decreased by more than 10% from a week ago, it found. Everywhere else in the nation, hospitalizations are relatively flat.

United CEO wants to make vaccines mandatory for employees

United Airlines' top executive said he would like the airline to require COVID-19 vaccination for employees.

"I think the right thing to do is for United Airlines, and for other companies, to require the vaccines," CEO Scott Kirby said during an employee town hall Thursday. "That said, we have to have the logistic challenges worked out … and we need some others to show leadership, particularly in the health care industry."

Kirby told employees that if other companies mandate vaccines, "You should probably expect United to be amongst the first wave of companies that do it as well."

For now, United is urging employees to get the vaccine as soon as possible, according to an internal memo obtained by ABC News.

On an earnings call yesterday, an executive said the company has been working with local governments "to move our employees up in prioritization of essential workers for vaccination, both for their safety and the safety of our customers."

New Jersey confirms 1st cases of UK variant

Two people -- a man and a child -- were identified as the first cases of the United Kingdom variant in New Jersey, officials said.

The Ocean County man, who is in his 60s, had no travel history or clear exposures to others who were ill, said the state’s Health Commissioner, Judy Persichilli.

He developed symptoms on Dec. 29 and was tested one week later. His “symptoms have since resolved and he was never hospitalized,” Persichilli said.

The child, who had traveled to northern New Jersey, was tested on Jan. 11 in New York City and is asymptomatic, she said.

California reports highest daily death toll

California reported its highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic with another 764 lives lost.

The state reported 23,024 new cases on Friday.