COVID hospitalizations drop for the SIXTH day and the death rate steadies: Biden enters office with the post-Christmas surge still slowing as he begins race to vaccinate 100 million after US hit 400,000 deaths
According to The COVID Tracking Project, there were 144,047 newly recorded cases of COVID-19 and 2,141 Americans died of the disease on Tuesday
The national rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations has leveled off in the past two weeks and was near 124,000 on Tuesday, according to the latest data
The number of those hospitalized with COVID-19 on January 19 compared to a week earlier has fallen in 19 states and stayed about the same in 30 states including the District of Columbia
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris participated in a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by COVID-19.
Sidney Powell, the pro-Trump conservative attorney, on Tuesday withdrew a last-ditch lawsuit filed with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the results of the November 3 election.
President-elect Joe Biden is planning a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by the coronavirus the day before he is sworn into office on Jan. 20.
In the headlines:
► Rebekah Jones, the fired Florida Department of Health data scientist-turned-whistleblower, turned herself in to police Sunday night to face a felony charge.
► The majority of Americans say the coronavirus pandemic is out of control, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Only about 1 in 10 Americans say the pandemic is mostly under control, the poll found. The nationwide survey shows that large majorities of people of all political affiliations say they think the deadly virus, which arrived in the country nearly a year ago, is only somewhat under control or not at all controlled, the Washington Post said.