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CNBC.com staff

This is CNBC’s live blog covering all the latest news on thecoronavirus outbreak. This blog will be updated throughout the day as the news breaks.

The number of new Covid-19 cases in the U.S. is declining to levels last seen before the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. In an effort to pick up the pace of vaccinations, President Joe Biden announced Thursday his administrationfinalized deals for another 200 million vaccine doses, bringing the U.S. total to 600 million. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said about 34.7 million people have received at least their first vaccine dose and of that amount, 11.2 million people have received both doses of the two-shot regiment.

Here are some of the biggest developments Friday:

• Physicians warn Covid may never…