US reports more than 229,000 new Covid-19 cases
From CNN s Joe Sutton in Atlanta
The United States reported 229,386 new coronavirus cases and 3,769 additional deaths on Thursday, according to Johns Hopkins University s tally.
JHU s Covid-19 dashboard shows the nationwide totals now stand at 23,307,461 confirmed infections and 388,540 fatalities.
The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
Vaccines: At least 30,628,175 vaccine doses have been distributed and at least 11,148,991 shots administered across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Earlier this week, Oregonians got some rare positive news about the COVID-19 pandemic: Due to a change in the federal government s vaccine rollout strategy, the number of people in the state eligible to get vaccinated was increasing substantially. Specifically, K-12 teachers and all Oregonians 65 and older could sign up to get their first vaccine dose this month.
Now, thanks to a massive fuckup from the Trump administration s Operation Warp Speed program, those optimistic plans are in danger.
Friday morning, Gov. Kate Brown announced that officials from the federal vaccine rollout effort had deceived her, by stating that they were releasing all the vaccine doses in the federal stockpile enough to vaccinate all those teachers and elderly Oregonians. In fact, Brown said in a statement, states will not be receivi