Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic News Updates -- January 10, 2021

KIRO: Coronavirus: Global COVID-19 cases top 90 million as US infections soar past 22 million

Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus eclipsed 90 million infections worldwide on Sunday, resulting in more than 1.9 million deaths to date, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. 

The United States, which surpassed 22 million cases on Saturday, accounts for roughly one-quarter of the global total, while India – the second-most infected nation – confirmed less than half the U.S. total on Sunday with nearly 10.6 million cases. 

Brazil follows closely behind with nearly 8.1 million cases. 

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 Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic News Updates -- January 10, 2021 

Global COVID-19 cases cross 90 million; several countries brace for more virulent strains -- AP 

Global Covid-19 caseload surpasses 90 million -- ANI 

Johns Hopkins: Nearly 90 Million Global COVID-19 Cases -- VOA 

Covid-19: EU extends order for BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine to 600 million doses -- France 24 

UK campaign urges people to obey lockdown rules as COVID deaths surpass 80,000 -- ABC News (Australia) 

Super-COVID - the mutant UK strain that is surging through US - is more contagious because it replicates in the throat, says study -- Daily Mail 

UK administers 2 million COVID-19 vaccines, with aim of 14 million by February -- ABC News (Australia) 

France in race to contain new Covid-19 variant, speed up vaccine rollout -- France 24 

Coronavirus: Spain battles snow to distribute COVID vaccine -- DW 

Russia reports 22,851 new COVID-19 cases and 456 deaths -- Reuters 

Russia Confirms First Case Of New Coronavirus Strain -- RFE 

AP PHOTOS: Ukraine’s hospitals grapple with COVID-19 surge -- AP 

China sees biggest daily COVID-19 case rise in over five months -- Reuters 

Coronavirus: China locks down two cities a year after Wuhan -- DW 

Asia Today: China reports 380 cases south of Beijing -- AP 

Coronavirus digest: Japan detects new COVID variant -- DW 

Netanyahu boasts Israel will be ‘the first country in the world to emerge from the coronavirus’ as he bags new supplies of Pfizer jab and vows to plough on with his world-beating vaccination drive -- Daily Mail 

Africa exceeds 3 million COVID-19 cases, 30% in South Africa -- AP 

New coronavirus strain first seen in Britain confirmed in Mexico -- CTV News 

Brazil sees 29,792 new cases of coronavirus, additional 469 deaths - health ministry -- Reuters 

Canada adds 7,817 new COVID-19 cases as Ontario touts possible curfew -- Global News 

BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine may protect against coronavirus mutation — study -- DW