ABC's Andy Field - April 7, 2021 - KRDO's Afternoon News

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states - a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation's new COVID-19 infections. That's nearly 197,500 new cases in the latest available seven-day period.  At the White House COVID-19 briefing this morning, CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the UK variant is now the "dominant strain" in the US.