email article Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Also, there will be no COVID-19 Update on Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The CDC is projecting another 92,000 Americans will likely die from COVID-19 in the next three weeks. ( CNN) As of 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday, the unofficial COVID-19 toll in the U.S. reached 23,314,663 cases and 388,705 deaths -- up 236,313 and 3,921, respectively, since this time yesterday. Five months: that's probably how long immunity lasts after infection, according to a new study. ( CNBC) After receiving his second vaccine dose last week, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) announced yesterday on Twitter he tested positive. (