DEATH TOLL PASSES 3-MILLION . GOOD EVENING, THANKS FOR JOINING US I'M CHERISE LECLERC. THE PANDEMIC CLAIMED 1 MILLION LIVES IN NINE MONTHS. IT TOOK ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS TO KILL THE SECOND MILLION, AND JUST THREE MONTHS TO CAUSE A MILLION MORE DEATHS. THE GRIM MILESTONE COMES AFTER HEALTH OFFICIALS IN THE U.S. PAUSED CONTINUED ROLLOUT OF THE SINGLE DOSE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE. OVERALL, MORE THAN 129 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE, INCLUDING THE J AND J. NEARLY 25- PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HAS BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. MORE THAN 91- THOUSAND CASES OF COVID-19 HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN OUR STATE, AND áNEW CASES HAVE TOPPED MORE THAN 300 FOR THE 12TH DAY IN A ROW. 95-PERCENT OF ALL PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS RECOVERED. THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE CORONAVIRUS CASES DIPPED TO THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE END OF MARCH, BUT IS STILL 56-PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE RECENT LOW SET ON MARCH 8T