Nation US officials ‘deeply concerned’ as 29 states see virus cases rise; Johnson & Johnson to deliver 4M doses this week: Latest COVID-19 updates March 1, 2021 Elinor Aspegren, Ryan W. Miller and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY Comments Off on US officials ‘deeply concerned’ as 29 states see virus cases rise; Johnson & Johnson to deliver 4M doses this week: Latest COVID-19 updates "We cannot be resigned to 70,000 cases per day, 2,000 daily deaths," the CDC's Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday. Latest COVID-19 news.