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Alexandra Kelley | Dec. 31, 2020 U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the Queen Theater on December 29, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president in a scaled-down ceremony due to the pandemic in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2021. Mark Makela/Getty Images
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He will also discuss his plans to beat back the virus.
On the day before Inauguration Day, Jan. 19, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden plans on holding a memorial service honoring those who have died due to COVID-19, incorporating church bells and cross-country light shows into the service.
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Biden To Host Inauguration Eve Memorial To Lives Lost From COVID-19
A ceremony around the Lincoln Memorial to remember the dead will set the tone for the president-elect s inauguration.
On the evening before he is sworn into office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to lead a solemn memorial service in the nation’s capital to honor the Americans who lost their lives to COVID-19.
Nearly 20 million people in the U.S. have contracted the coronavirus since the start of the crisis and more than 340,000 have died ― grim statistics that reflect a sluggish and haphazard response by the federal government under outgoing President Donald Trump.
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