根据实时数据汇编，随着新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球，全球已有超过530万人死于该疾病，其中包括超过81.2万美国人约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心。
根据美国疾病控制和预防中心的数据，美国大约61.7%的人口已经完全接种了新冠肺炎疫苗疾病控制和预防中心。
众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩，多数党党鞭，COVID检测呈阳性
众议院第三号民主党人、民主党众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩周三晚上表示，他的COVID检测呈阳性。这位81岁的议员说，他已经接种了疫苗，目前没有症状。
“美国正处于这个疫情的新阶段。没有人能幸免，”他写道。“我敦促任何没有这样做的人通过接种疫苗和加强免疫来保护自己。”
他说，自周日以来，他一直在隔离，等待检查结果，由于检测呈阳性，他错过了孙女的婚礼。
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众议员吉姆·克莱伯恩(中)和总统乔·拜登一起，在一次
克莱本在去年让乔·拜登当选总统的过程中发挥了至关重要的作用当他支持他时领先于南卡罗来纳州初选。拜登赢得了竞选，并将这一势头延续到了总统任期。
12月17日，这位国会议员和拜登一起出现在南卡罗来纳州州立大学的毕业典礼上。拜登发表了毕业典礼演讲，而克莱伯恩在1961年毕业后获得了毕业证书，但错过了典礼。两人都在舞台上戴着口罩，克莱本说他在仪式前检测呈阴性。
克莱伯恩是第八位公开披露本周COVID检测呈阳性的国会议员，包括六名众议员和两名参议员。周三晚些时候，民主党众议员扬·沙科夫斯基。，成为第九个确认检测呈阳性的成员。
评论家选择奖因新冠肺炎担忧而延期
影评人选择奖原定于下月在洛杉矶亲自举办，但该影评人选择奖背后的协会周三宣布，影评人选择奖将被推迟。
影评人选择协会在一份声明中表示:“经过深思熟虑，并与CW和TBS的合作伙伴坦诚交谈，我们共同得出结论，目前谨慎负责的决定是推迟第27届年度影评人选择奖。
组织者正努力在即将到来的颁奖季找到一个新的日期亲自举办晚会，“每个人的安全和健康仍然是我们的首要任务，”它说。
评论家选择奖将是本赛季第一个主要的电视颁奖节目。
该声明发布之际，洛杉机县卫生部门周三报告了6500例新的新冠肺炎病例，是前一天的两倍，也是该县在疫情疫情期间出现的最大增幅之一。
自上周以来，该县的日平均病例数也增加了一倍多，达到每10万人29例。测试阳性率从上周四的1.9%跃升至4.5%。
卫生官员表示，由于高度传播的omicron变种，到今年年底，新病例可能会超过20，000例。
史考特将决定拜登对大型企业、医疗保健工作者的疫苗授权的命运
美国最高法院周三表示，将接受对拜登政府针对大型企业和医疗保健工作者的联邦疫苗授权的挑战，并安排在2022年1月7日加快听证会。
在接受这些案件的两项命令中，高等法院将对这些命令的立即行动推迟到下个月的口头辩论之后。
上周，一家联邦上诉法院恢复了劳工部职业安全和健康管理局的紧急规则，要求拥有100名或以上员工的私营公司强制接种疫苗或进行每周检测，以确保工作场所的安全。多个共和党州总检察长、商业组织和其他团体就这一决定向最高法院提出上诉。
此后，拜登政府表示，从1月10日起，未接种疫苗的员工必须戴口罩，从2月9日起，必须提供疫苗接种或检测合规证明。该要求仍然有效。
卫生与公众服务部的一项单独规定要求在接受医疗保险和医疗补助资金的医疗机构为员工接种疫苗，该规定仍被搁置。拜登政府已经要求大法官恢复它。
拜登在接受家庭测试时说:“一切都不够好。”
周三，在接受美国广播公司《今夜世界新闻》主播大卫·穆尔的独家采访时，美国总统乔·拜登表示，在获得快速、在家的新冠肺炎测试方面，“一切都不够好”，并对没有尽早订购表示遗憾。
“我希望我考虑过订购”5亿次家庭测试“两个月前，”他告诉穆尔。
总统确实强调了过去一年国家在疫苗接种方面取得的进步。
“我们现在的情况是，我们有2亿人完全接种了疫苗，”他说。“我们不止有过一次机会。”
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COVID-19 live updates: Kamala Harris tests negative after exposure to staffer
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 812,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled byJohns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 61.7% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
Rep. Jim Clyburn, majority whip, tests positive for COVID
Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., the No. 3 Democrat in the House, said Wednesday night that he had tested positive for COVID. The 81-year-old lawmaker said he's vaccinated and currently asymptomatic.
"America is in a new phase of this pandemic. No one is immune," he wrote. "I urge anyone who has not done so to protect themselves by getting vaccinated and boosted."
He said he has been in quarantine since Sunday awaiting results and missed his granddaughter's wedding because of testing positive.
Clyburn played a crucial role in getting President Joe Biden elected last yearwhen he endorsed himahead of the South Carolina primary. Biden won the contest and carried the momentum through to the presidency.
The congressman appeared on stage with Biden on Dec. 17 at South Carolina State University's graduation ceremony. Biden gave the commencement address while Clyburn received his diploma after graduating in 1961 but missing the ceremony. Both were wearing masks on stage and Clyburn said he tested negative ahead of the ceremony.
Clyburn was the eighth member of Congress -- six representatives and two senators -- to publicly disclose they tested positive for COVID this week. Later on Wednesday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., became the ninth member to confirm a positive test.
Critics Choice Awards postponedamid COVID-19 concerns
The Critics Choice Awards, initially scheduled to be held in person in Los Angeles next month, will be postponed, the association behind the film and television awards show announced Wednesday.
"After thoughtful consideration and candid conversations with our partners at The CW and TBS, we have collectively come to the conclusion that the prudent and responsible decision at this point is to postpone the 27thAnnual Critics Choice Awards," theCritics Choice Association said in a statement.
Organizers are working to find a new date during the upcoming awards season to hold the gala in person "with everyone's safety and health remaining our top priority," it said.
The Critics Choice Awards would have been the first major televised awards show of the season.
The announcement comes as the Los Angeles County health department reported 6,500 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, double the number from the day before and one of the steepest rises the county has seen during the pandemic.
The daily average case rate for the county has also more than doubled since last week, to 29 cases per 100,000 people. Test positivity has jumped to 4.5%, up from 1.9% last Thursday.
Health officials said new cases could reach over 20,000 by the end of the year due to the highly transmissible omicron variant.
SCOTUS to decide fate of Biden vaccine mandates for large businesses, health care workers
The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday it will take up challenges to the Biden administration's federal vaccine mandates for large businesses and health care workers, scheduling an expedited hearing for Jan. 7, 2022.
In a pair of orders accepting the cases, the high court put off immediate action on the mandates until after oral arguments next month.
Last week, a federal appeals court reinstated the emergency rule from the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration requiring private companies with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccinations or conduct weekly testing to ensure workplace safety. Multiple Republican state attorneys general, business organizations and other groups appealed the decision to the Supreme Court.
The Biden administration has since said masks among unvaccinated employees must be enforced starting Jan. 10 and proof of vaccination or testing compliance begins Feb. 9. The requirement remains in effect.
A separate rule by the Department of Health and Human Services requiring vaccinations of workers at facilities that receive funds to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients remains on hold. The Biden administration has asked the justices to reinstate it.
Biden on at-home testing: 'Nothing's been good enough'
In an exclusive interview with ABC "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir Wednesday, President Joe Biden said "nothing's been good enough" when it comes to accessing rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests, and expressed some regret about not ordering them sooner.
"I wish I had thought about ordering"500 million at-home tests"two months ago," he told Muir.
The president did emphasize strides the country has made in vaccinations in the past year.
"We’re in a situation now where we have 200 million people fully vaccinated," he said. "And we have more than that who have had one shot."
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