据实时数据显示，随着新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球，全球已有超过550万人死于该疾病，其中包括超过84.9万美国人约翰·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62.9%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。
法国通过新冠肺炎疫苗接种法案
经过为期两周的激烈辩论，以及在外面举行的抗议活动，法国议会周日投票通过了一项立法，将新冠肺炎疫苗接种证落实到位。新法律将于“1月20日左右”生效，要求16岁及以上的人出示疫苗接种证才能进入酒吧、餐馆、电影院、博物馆和购物中心等公共场所。
该通行证现在对一些交通工具也是必要的，包括火车、国内飞机、公共汽车、长途汽车和拼车。法律规定，任何没有接种疫苗的人必须提供“令人信服的家庭或健康原因”和阴性测试，才能乘坐这些方式旅行。
有效的疫苗接种证可以包含一份完整的疫苗接种计划(在法国由三剂疫苗组成)，也可以包含一份证明从新冠肺炎康复不到六个月的证明。新冠肺炎筛查测试，无论是聚合酶链反应还是抗原，都不足以获得通过。
法国以前需要健康通行证进入公共场所，但人们可以通过阴性测试来保持其有效性。12至15岁的年轻人仍需出示健康通行证才能进入限制进入的场所。
如果有“严重的理由认为提交的文件与提交文件的人无关”，企业主现在也可以要求提供带有照片的身份证明。那些使用伪造或借来的通行证的人有被监禁和巨额罚款的风险。
洛杉矶在一天内有66例COVID死亡，是自4月以来最高的每日死亡总数
洛杉矶县周六报告了66例与新冠肺炎相关的死亡病例，根据该县卫生部门的数据，这是自2021年4月2日以来一天内报告的与冠状病毒相关的死亡病例最多的一次。
根据洛杉矶县公共卫生部的数据，本周报告的大多数死亡发生在12月20日之后感染的人身上，当时奥米克隆变体正在广泛传播。
该县还报告了41，765例新冠肺炎新病例，并表示“异常高的新病例数反映了令人担忧的社区传播率。”
该县有4300多人因新冠肺炎而住院。
纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔周六宣布，新冠病毒病例数量和检测结果呈阳性的百分比继续下降。
“我们正在扭转冬季激增的局面，但我们还没有度过难关，”州长在一份新闻稿中说，呼应她的评论从星期五开始。
自1月7日以来，病例减少了近一半，从9万例降至不到4.8万例，而阳性率从1月2日的23.17%飙升至14.62%。
然而，重症监护室的患者人数和插管的人数都有所上升，这表明医院的巨大压力仍在继续。
超过100，000美元的合同被授予白宫的家庭测试计划
作为向美国人运送数百万份免费新冠肺炎快速抗原检测计划的一部分，白宫迄今已授予超过20亿美元的合同。
根据五角大楼周五发布的一份咨询报告，在最近的投标中，三家公司——IHealth实验室、罗氏诊断公司和雅培公司——从20份投标中被选中，制造总计3.8亿次测试，完成日期为3月14日。
五角大楼表示，IHealth获得了一份12.7亿美元的合同，罗氏获得了一份3.4亿美元的合同，雅培获得了一份3.06亿美元的合同，所有资金都来自《美国救援法案》。
联邦政府此前宣布了价值3.41亿美元的4830万次测试合同。
总的来说，这相当于4.28亿美元的家庭快速测试，这是一批5亿白宫表示，计划在未来60天内发货。
周四，乔·拜登总统宣布，白宫还将再运送5亿次在家测试，使总数达到10亿次。第二批测试的时间表尚未公布。
COVID-19 updates: LA has highest daily death total since April
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 849,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled byJohns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 62.9% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
After a bitter two-week debate -- and as a protest was held outside -- the French Parliament voted Sunday to approve legislation that puts a COVID-19 vaccination pass in place. The new law, which will go into effect “around Jan. 20,” will require people aged 16 and over to present a vaccination pass to access public places such as bars, restaurants, cinemas, museums and shopping centers.
The pass will also now be necessary for some forms of transportation, including trains, domestic planes, buses, coaches and carpools. The law specifies that anyone who is not vaccinated must provide a “compelling family or health reason” and a negative test to travel by these modes.
A valid vaccination pass can either contain a full vaccination plan -- which in France consists of three doses -- or a certificate attesting to a recovery from COVID-19 dating back less than six months. COVID-19 screening tests, whether PCR or antigen, will not be sufficient to obtain the pass.
France previouslyrequired a health passfor entry to public spaces, but people could keep it valid with a negative test. Young people aged 12 to 15 will still have to present a health pass to enter a place with restricted access.
Business owners can now also request request a proof of identification with a photograph if there are“serious reasons to think that the document presented is not related to the person who presents it.” Those who use a falsified or borrowed pass risk imprisonment and a hefty fine.
LA has 66 COVID deaths in 1 day, highest daily death total since April
Los Angeles County reported 66 deaths associated with COVID-19 on Saturday, which is the most coronavirus-related fatalities reported in one day since April 2, 2021, according to the county's health department.
The majority of deaths reported this week occurred in people who became infected after Dec. 20, when the omicron variant was circulating widely, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The county also reported 41,765 new cases of COVID-19, and said "the extraordinarily high number of new cases reflects worrisome rates of community transmission."
In the county there are more than 4,300 people hospitalized with COVID-19.
The number of new coronavirus cases and the percentage of tests that come back positive continue to decline in New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Saturday.
"We are turning the corner on the winter surge, but we're not through this yet," the governor said in a press release,echoing her commentsfrom Friday.
Cases have dropped by nearly half since Jan. 7, from 90,000 to less than 48,000, while the percent positivity has declined to 14.62% from a surge-high of 23.17% on Jan. 2.
However, the number of patients in intensive care units and the number of those intubated both rose, an indication that the significant strain on hospitals continues.
Over $2B in contracts awarded in White House's at-home testing plan
The White House has awarded over $2 billion in contracts so far as part of its plan to ship millions of free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests to Americans.
Among the most recent, three companies -- IHealth Labs,Roche Diagnostics Corp.and Abbott -- were selected out of 20 bids to manufacture a combined 380 million tests, with completion dates by March 14, according to a Pentagon advisory released Friday.
IHealth was awarded a $1.27 billion contract, Roche a $340 million contract and Abbott a $306 million contract, withall funds coming from the American Rescue Act, the Pentagon said.
The federal government had previously announced contracts for 48.3 million tests worth a combined $341 million.
Altogether, that amounts to about $2.2 billion for 428 million at-home rapid tests, which are part of a batch of500 millionthe White House said it plans to ship out over the course of the next 60 days.
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that the White House would also ship out another 500 million at-home tests, bringing the total to 1 billion.A timeline for the second batch of tests hasn't been announced yet.
