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570万人死于该疾病，其中包括超过90.4万美国人约翰·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64.1%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。
加州州长称室内口罩授权将于2月15日到期
加州州长加文·纽瑟姆周一在推特上宣布，加州的室内口罩授权将于2月15日到期。
他说，该州的新冠肺炎病例率自奥米克隆峰值以来已经下降了65%，住院人数已经稳定。
“我们全州的室内口罩要求将于2月15日到期。未接种疫苗的人仍然需要在室内戴口罩。接种疫苗。得到鼓舞，”他写道。
儿童病例继续下降，但仍然“极高”
美国上个月报告了前所未有的新增新冠肺炎儿科感染病例后，周一发布的最新数据显示，儿童新增病例已连续第二周下降。
根据美国儿科学会和儿童医院协会的一份新报告，上周有近63.2万名儿童新冠肺炎检测呈阳性，与截至1月20日的一周报告的115万人的峰值水平相比大幅下降。
然而，这些组织警告说，儿科病例仍然“极高”，仍然是夏季三角洲激增时水平的两倍。
AAP和CHA指出，“迫切”需要收集更多特定年龄的数据，以评估与新变异相关的疾病严重程度以及潜在的长期影响。
康涅狄格州将结束全州学校口罩强制令
康涅狄格州州长内德·拉蒙特周一宣布，他建议从2月28日起结束全州范围的口罩授权。
他说，从3月开始，学校口罩的决定将根据城镇的个人需求，由总监和市长做出。
此前几个小时，新泽西州州长菲尔·墨菲表示，他在学校戴口罩的要求将于3月7日结束。
疾控中心表示，将继续向所有2岁及以上的学生推荐口罩，无论其接种情况如何。
到目前为止，白宫已经签约了5.69亿次免费测试
一名白宫官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，乔·拜登总统的政府迄今已签约进行约5.69亿次在家快速测试，以履行拜登关于在全国范围内进行10亿次免费测试的承诺。
根据美国广播公司新闻的分析，测试公司iHealth正在为政府提供最多的测试来实现这一目标，合同将提供3.54亿次测试。其他提供测试的公司包括罗氏、雅培和西门子。
白宫官员说，到目前为止，大约有6000万个家庭订购了测试，总计2.4亿次测试(每个家庭可以订购四次)。
美国邮政总局周五表示，已经向其中“数千万”家庭发送了检测结果。
COVID-19 live updates: California's indoor mask mandate to expire Feb. 15
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 904,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled byJohns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 64.1% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
California governor says indoor mask mandate will expire Feb. 15
California’s indoor mask mandate will expire Feb. 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Twitter Monday.
He said the state’s COVID-19 case rate has decreased by 65% since their omicron peak, and hospitalizations have stabilized.
"Our statewide indoor mask requirement will expire on 2/15. Unvaccinated people will still need to wear masks indoors. Get vaccinated. Get boosted," he wrote.
Cases among kids continue to drop but are still 'extremely high'
After the U.S. reported an unprecedented number of new pediatric COVID-19 infections last month,updateddata released on Monday shows newcases among children have dropped for the second week in a row.
Nearly632,000 kids tested positive forCOVID-19 last week,a huge drop from the peak level of 1,150,000 reported the week ending Jan. 20,according to a new report by the American Academy ofPediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.
However, the organizations warn thatpediatriccases remain "extremely high" and are still double the level seen in the summer delta surge.
AAP and CHA noted there is an "urgent" need to collect more age-specific data to assess the severity of illness related to new variants as well as potential longer-term effects.
Connecticut to end statewide school mask mandate
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that he recommends ending the statewide mask mandate as of Feb. 28.
Beginning in March, the decision on masks in schools will go to superintendents and mayors based on the individual needs of towns, he said.
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This comes hours after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said his requirement to wear face masks in schools will end on March 7.
The CDC said it continues to recommend masks for all students 2 and older, regardless of vaccination status.
White House has contracted 569 million free tests so far
President Joe Biden'sadministration has so farcontracted for about 569 million at-home rapid testsas it works to fulfillBiden's pledge for 1 billion free tests nationwide,a White House officialtold ABC News.
According to an ABC News analysis,the testing companyiHealth is supplying the government with the mosttests toward this goal,with a contract to deliver 354 million tests. Other companies supplying tests include Roche, Abbott and Siemens.
White House officials said about 60 million households have placed orders for tests so far through,amounting to a total of 240 million tests (each household can order four).
The U.S. Postal Service said Fridayit's shipped out tests to "tens of millions" of those households.
