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Coronavirus Watch: CDC reports 13 more cases of blood clots linked to J&J vaccine

Grace Hauck   | Paste BN

Thirteen more cases of an unusual blood clotting disorder have been identified among people who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

But since the government's 11-day pause in shots, there have been no new deaths or cases seen among people vaccinated.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 28 people have been identified with a disorder being called Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome. Three people have died, and one remains in intensive care. Read more here.

It's Thursday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news you need to know:

  • Adolescents ages 12 to 15 should get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and can get their other routine vaccinations along with it, a CDC advisory panel said Wednesday after the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the shots Monday.
  • CVS Health is among providers ready with the shots, announcing that kids can begin scheduling vaccine appointments at more than 5,600 pharmacy locations nationwide.
  • Ohio will give away $1 million prizes to five adults, plus another five full-ride public college scholarships to teens who get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Wednesday. 
  • India reported more than 4,000 deaths for the second day in a row amid concerns that many more rural deaths are going unreported.
  • High-income countries with access to manufacturing vaccines should commit to providing low-income countries at least 1 billion vaccine doses no later than fall 2021, according to a new report delivered to the World Health Organization.

Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 32.8 million COVID-19 cases and 583,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 160 million cases and more than 3.3 million deaths. More than 46% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and more than 35% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

See the numbers in your area here. Check out where cases are rising here. See state and county-level vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines.

– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck

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