Arizona on Wednesday reported 1,970 new COVID-19 cases and six additional deaths. “We need more people to get vaccinated.”———HONOLULU — Hawaii has reinstated restrictions on social gatherings amid a surge in new coronavirus cases. There were 2,199 new COVID-19 cases, with 1,102 people hospitalized and 294 under intensive care, the department reported. ———MADRID — The Spanish Medicines Agency has given the go-ahead for the first clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed in Spain. South Korea has so far administered first doses of coronavirus vaccine to 42% of a population of more than 51 million.

Source: ABC News August 11, 2021 06:11 UTC