The caseload is nearly one-quarter of the more than 83 million total COVID-19 cases reported worldwide going into the new year, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Coronavirus deaths have also increased in the country, now totaling more than 346,000. Globally, more than 1.8 million deaths have been confirmed. President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and vowed to ramp up the current speed of vaccinations. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPExperts have said the current COVID-19 vaccines will still be effective against this new variant.

Source: Fox News January 01, 2021 18:51 UTC