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Grammy Awards Shift to March Due to Pandemic Conditions

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month
   in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in March due to a recent surge in
   coronavirus cases and deaths.

   The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the
   annual show would shift from its original January 31 broadcast to an
   unspecified date in March.

   The Grammys will be held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. Los
   Angeles County, the epicenter of the crisis in California, has
   surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths and has had 40% of the deaths in
   California. It is the third state to reach the 25,000 death count.

   An average of six people die every hour from COVID-19 in Los Angeles
   County, which has a quarter of the state's 40 million residents. County
   health officials fear the incoming Christmas and New Year's surge.

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