OVERVIEW: US won't reach target for January 1 vaccinations, new case surge expected

Coronavirus live updates: Fauci says US must 'assume it's going to get worse' in January; stimulus checks delayed to next week? Kamala Harris to get the vaccine. $2,000 stimulus checks head to Senate. California likely extend stay-at-home orders three weeks. Latest COVID-19 news. YahooNews

►The U.S. won't come close to vaccinating 20 million people by Jan. 1, as many experts had forecast, but Dr. Anthony Fauci believes "an increase in momentum" next month will help the nation draw closer to rollout estimates. But Fauci, in an interview on CNN, said another surge coming off the holidays means "we just have to assume (the pandemic) is going to get worse."

►The House on Monday voted to increase COVID-19 relief stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, as President Donald Trump demanded when he signed the relief package into law Sunday. The measure will now head to the GOP-controlled Senate where its future remains highly uncertain. It's not clear when the first checks will go out, but the bill specifies that checks must be sent no later than Jan. 15.

► Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, are scheduled to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, transition officials said. Harris' vaccination is expected to be done live on camera, CNN reported.

► Coronavirus hospitalizations are increasing rapidly in Georgia, with health officials reporting more than 4,000 people hospitalized Monday. Georgia is now in the top 20 for most new cases per capita in the last 14 days as infection rates have declined in the Midwest and risen in the South.

►Spain surpassed 50,000 deaths while the country's 14-day case rate per 100,000 residents has declined. Health Minister Salvador Illa on Monday announced the country plans to collect and share information of residents who decide not to get a COVID-19 vaccine with other European Union nations, the New York Times reported.

►California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly on Tuesday will likely announce that the stay-at-home order will be extended for another three weeks, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.

 -- The U.S. has more than 19.3 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 334,800 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The global totals: More than 81.2 million cases and 1.77 million deaths. ...