There are now 16,420,309 coronavirus cases in the U.S. and 300,420 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Colorado (Updated on Dec. 14):

– 288,193 cases, including 42,578 in Denver County

– 1,967,409 people tested

– 3,958 deaths among cases, including 608 in Denver County

– 1.37% fatality rate in the state

– At least 1,294 active outbreaks

The latest local COVID-19 news:

– Coloradans receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday as the first of 46,800 people in the state to get access to the shipment.

– Photos: The first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Colorado on Monday morning.

– After eight months, the federal court dismisses a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. 

– UCHealth uses a new, faster COVID-19 testing system as the state’s demand for testing continues to rise.

– Gov. Jared Polis says Colorado was more COVID-cautious than ‘many states’ over Thanksgiving holiday; cases ‘leveling out’ in state. 

– Firefighters ask the state to put them alongside health workers at the top of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution list. 

– Gov. Jared Polis, as part of a bipartisan group of western governors, writes to U.S. senators to advocate for equitable COVID-19 relief among states. 

– Denver deploys $4 million more in COVID-19 relief toward rental assistance, small businesses and workers.

– COVID-19 Vaccines in Colorado: The answers you need regarding the availability and process for getting a coronavirus vaccine.

– Colorado’s coronavirus surge appears to have leveled off into ‘high plateau,’ officials say.

– Classes at the University of Colorado Boulder will be kept online for the first four weeks of spring semester over COVID-19 concerns. 

– State unemployment claims rise for seventh straight week, hitting a seven-month high. 

– Colorado nursing homes will begin receiving money from the federal government to help keep COVID-19 out.

– Jefferson County prison has one of the worst federal facility COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S.

– Colorado is refusing to provide the CDC with personal information about those who get a COVID-19 vaccine, such as names, addresses, birthday and gender.