More than 185,000 new infections were reported on Sunday, though reporting was depressed by the Christmas holiday.
President Biden acknowledged that COVID-19 test availability hasn’t kept up with heavy demand, saying his administration is seeking to expand pop-up sites and the availability of at-home test kits. “Seeing how tough it was for some folks to get a test this weekend shows that we have more work to do and we’re doing it,” Biden said Monday from the White House in a conference call with governors. He said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has already set up some temporary testing sites, including in New York City, and that more are coming. He said that there aren’t enough at-home tests and that his administration will continue to use the wartime Defense Production Act to produce “as many tests as possible.
