With the Senate impeachment trial behind us, Covid-19 relief is set to become the dominant issue in Washington again as Democrats work to advance key parts of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus proposal.
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A total of 71,844 people tested positive Sunday, the COVID Tracking Project said
In January daily cases were reaching 225,000; the national peak was 314,093
A total of 67,023 people are currently hospitalized with virus symptoms
More than 130,000 were hospitalized with the virus last month
But former director of the CDC Tom Frieden told CNN Sunday: I don’t think the vaccine is having much of an impact at all on case rates
He said staying apart, wearing masks, not traveling, not mixing is the real help
It comes as restaurants in New York were once again able to offer indoor dining
A grim new forecast confirms what experts have been warning amid declining Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations: when it comes to the pandemic, the United States is not yet out of the woods.