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Told the president , no dice on this one. The u. S. Has started 2021 with some disturbing pandemic figures. They have surpassed the 20 million mark of coronavirus cases. The new, fasterspreading coronavirus variant now detected in colorado, california, maybe florida. L. A. County Officials Say hospitals are, quote, on the brink of catastrophe. Its like treading water from 100 feet below the surface. Youre already drowning but you have to keep trying because thats what you can do. We want to wish you a good morning on this saturday, january 2nd, 2021. Im going to say it again, 2021 because it just feels good, john avlon. It does feel good to say that. We are in a new year and i am in today for Victor Blackwell whos enjoying a day off. This new year brings new reminders though of what the u. S. Has yet to overcome in the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 348,000 people have died du ....
Nationwide, according to the covid tracking project, and there were more fatalities reported in a single day than ever before, over 3,700 people. Now, of those deaths, that included newly elected republican congressman luke letlo. He was just 41 years young and died just days before being sworn in to represent louisianas fifth congressional district. I want to begin, though, this hour in colorado, where i just mentioned that first known case of this new covid strain has been confirmed. Cnns Stephanie Elam is there for us live this afternoon. Stephanie, whos infected . What do we know . Reporter right. Well, first of all, brooke, let me tell you where we are, here in simla, colorado, 100 miles away from Denver International airport, so we are far away from a big city. This is a rural county where we are, so thats why its interesting that we now know we have one confirmed ....
Enough. The uk approving the astrazeneca vaccine just as theres a suspected case in colorado of the uks variant case. Lets go to colorado. Stephanie, what are you learning about this new variant . Its interesting, i think at some point we expected to see this new variant on u. S. Soil. Whats worth noting is where we are, a very rural county here in colorado springs. What we do know is the one confirmed case is 28yearold male and we know this suspected case is another male. And they traced back to this location here. They were working at a Skilled Nursing facility in nonclinical roles. They were both here because there had been a recent covid19 outbreak here at the facility so they were pitching out, working here in the facility, and thats where they contracted the virus. What we do know at this point is neither of them are in this county and theyre isolating elsewhere. And we also know the county sent in officials to come and do ....
One of yesterdays victims, luke letlow, newly elected house member. He was only 41 years old. He was supposed to be sworn in to his congressional seat sunday. Another grieving family, that of 18yearold sarah simental. She was supposed to graduate from her Illinois High School in a few months. Instead her family is planning her funeral. I know she fought because one of the last times that i was able to talk to her on the phone because i couldnt be up at the hospital at that point and they were taking her from her regular room to icu, and she said, im going to be okay, mom. And that was the last thing no parent should ever have to watch their child go through that. Nobody. Just heartbreaking. Colorado has just discovered the first known u. S. Case of the covid19 variant first identified in the u. K. The patient in his 20s had not traveled suggesting this is already spreading in the community. The variant is not known to be mor ....
348,000 deaths due to covid and has surpassed 20 million cases more than 125,000 people are beginning this year in the hospital now. Adding to the concern that new variant of covid19, which experts say is transmitted much easier. First seen in the uk, the strain has now been detected in california, colorado and florida. Meanwhile, the vaccine rollout continues to lag. More than 12 million doses have been delivered to the United States, but fewer than 3 million vaccinations have actually been administered, far fewer than the initial goal of 20 million by the end of december in the u. S. So weve got a team covering all of the angles, Polo Sandoval in new york, Dianne Gallagher in florida for us. Lets go to Dianne Gallagher in florida, where that states vaccination p ....