• Decennial count determines each number of state’s House seats

• Republicans control majority of statehouses that redraw lines

3.48pm BST

The Guardian’s Sam Levine has more details on the numbers that the US Census Bureau will be releasing today:

In a normal redistricting year, the bureau would have released this data months ago and states would already be well on their way to drawing maps. But because of Covid-19 related delays, the bureau is getting the data to states much later than they normally would.

3.29pm BST

The Department of Health and Human Services will now require its healthcare workers to get vaccinated against coronavirus, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra announced this morning.

The newly announced policy will apply to more than 25,000 healthcare workers employed by HHS, including staff at the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) who serve in research facilities or interact with patients.

Related: ‘We need a healthy and ready force’: Pentagon to mandate Covid vaccine for US military

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Source: The Guardian