COVID cases spike even as U.S. reaches vaccine milestone
By SOPHIA TAREEN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated Press
Published: December 8, 2021, 10:38am
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 200 million Wednesday amid a dispiriting holiday-season spike in cases and hospitalizations that has hit even New England, one of the most highly inoculated corners of the country.
New cases in the U.S. climbed from an average of nearly 95,000 a day on Nov.
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