流感的大流行新型冠状病毒现已感染超过5980万人，并导致全球140多万人死亡。

俄罗斯首次报道超过500人死亡

根据俄罗斯冠状病毒应对总部的数据，在过去的24小时内，俄罗斯记录了创纪录的507例新的新冠肺炎死亡病例。

这是自冠状病毒大流行开始以来，俄罗斯首次在一天内报告超过500人死于这种疾病。

过去一天，俄罗斯还确认了23，675例新冠肺炎新病例。根据冠状病毒应对总部的数据，目前累计确诊病例总数为2162503例，包括37538例死亡。

根据约翰·霍普金斯大学的实时统计，这个拥有1.45亿人口的东欧国家的新冠肺炎病例数位居世界第五，仅次于美国、印度、巴西和法国。

尽管感染和死亡人数不断增加，俄罗斯当局一再表示，他们没有计划在全国范围内实施另一次封锁。

Rite Aid表示将免费提供疫苗

美国连锁药店Rite Aid表示，将免费提供新冠肺炎疫苗。

Rite Aid首席药学官Jocelyn Konrad周二在给客户的电子邮件中表示，通过与美国疾病控制和预防中心(U . S . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)的合作，作为新冠肺炎官方疫苗接种计划的提供者，“我们已经做好准备，一旦Rite Aid可以使用，我们将在我们服务的所有社区提供这种救命疫苗。”

康拉德说:“这意味着你可以从你的邻居Rite Aid药剂师那里获得疫苗，你认识并信任他。”"更好的是，新冠肺炎疫苗将免费提供."

康拉德说，一旦疫苗获得批准并在美国上市，Rite Aid的客户将能够安排预约接受疫苗。

美国报告了超过172，000个新病例

根据约翰·霍普金斯大学的实时统计，周二美国有172，935例新的新冠肺炎确诊病例。

这是该国连续第22天报告超过10万例新诊断的感染。周二的数字低于11月20日196，004例新病例的峰值。

周二，全国范围内又有2146人死于新冠肺炎，这是自5月6日以来该国单日死亡人数最高的一天，但略低于4月15日2609人的历史最高水平。

根据约翰·霍普金斯的数据，自大流行开始以来，美国共有12，597，330人被诊断出患有新冠肺炎病，其中至少259，962人已经死亡。这些案件包括来自美国所有50个州、华盛顿特区和其他美国领土的人以及被遣返的公民。

截至3月底，随着第一波大流行袭击，该国大部分地区处于封锁状态。到5月20日，美国所有州都开始取消家庭订单和其他限制措施，以遏制新型冠状病毒的传播。然后，该国病例的日常增长在几周内徘徊在2万左右，然后在11月4日回升并首次超过10万。

HHS备忘录:美国新冠肺炎死亡人数同比增长27%

美国广播公司(ABC News)周二晚间获得的一份内部健康与人类服务部备忘录显示，从11月17日至23日，共有10，784人死亡，与上周相比，新增死亡人数增加了26.9%。

备忘录称，在此期间，新病例增加了12.2%，全国检测阳性率从10.8%降至10.3%。

在全国范围内，27%的医院超过80%的重症监护室床位已满。

备忘录指出，缅因州、宾夕法尼亚州和得克萨斯州的新冠肺炎病例出现了前所未有的增长，宾夕法尼亚州的住院人数超过了4月份的峰值。

Coronavirus live updates: US reports over 172,000 new cases

A pandemic of thenovel coronavirushas now infected more than 59.8 million people and killed over 1.4 million worldwide.

Russia reports over 500 new deaths for 1st time

Russia registered a record 507 new fatalities from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the country's coronavirus response headquarters.

It's the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic that Russia has reported more than 500 deaths from the disease in a single day.

Russia also confirmed 23,675 new cases of COVID-19 over the past day. The cumulative total now stands at 2,162,503 confirmed cases, including 37,538 deaths, according to the coronavirus response headquarters.

The Eastern European nation of 145 million people has the fifth-highest tally of COVID-19 cases in the world, behind only the United States, India, Brazil and France, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Despite the growing number of infections and deaths, Russian authorities have repeatedly said they have no plans to impose another nationwide lockdown.

Rite Aid says it will offer vaccine at no cost

American drugstore chain Rite Aid said it will offer COVID-19 vaccines at no cost.

In an email to customers on Tuesday, Rite Aid chief pharmacy officer Jocelyn Konrad said that through their partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an official COVID-19 vaccination program provider, "we are staged and ready to make this lifesaving vaccine available in all of the communities we serve when it becomes available to Rite Aid."

"This means you will be able to receive the vaccine from your neighborhood Rite Aid pharmacist, whom you know and trust," Konrad said. "Better yet, the COVID-19 vaccines will be available at no cost."

Rite Aid customers will be able to schedule an appointment to receive the vaccine once one is approved and becomes available in the United States, according to Konrad.

US reports over 172,000 new cases

There were 172,935 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States on Tuesday, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

It's the 22nd straight day that the country has reported over 100,000 newly diagnosed infections. Tuesday's count is down from a peak of 196,004 new cases on Nov. 20.

An additional 2,146 fatalities from COVID-19 were also registered nationwide on Tuesday, the country's highest single-day death toll from the disease since May 6 but just under the all-time high of 2,609 new deaths on April 15.

A total of 12,597,330 people in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and at least 259,962 of them have died, according to Johns Hopkins. The cases include people from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and other U.S. territories as well as repatriated citizens.

Much of the country was under lockdown by the end of March as the first wave of pandemic hit. By May 20, all U.S. states had begun lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The day-to-day increase in the country's cases then hovered around 20,000 for a couple of weeks before shooting back up and crossing 100,000 for the first time on Nov. 4.

COVID-19 deaths in US up 27% week-over-week: HHS memo

There were 10,784 deaths recorded from Nov. 17 to 23, marking a26.9% increasein new deaths compared with the previous week, according to an internal Health and Human Services memo obtained by ABC News Tuesday night.

New cases increased 12.2% during that time, and the national test-positivity rate dropped to 10.3% from 10.8%, the memo said.

Across the country,27% of hospitals have more than 80% of their intensive care unit beds filled.

Maine, Pennsylvania and Texas saw unprecedented increases in COVID-19 cases, and hospitalizations in Pennsylvania surpassed their April peak, the memo noted.