The number of daily coronavirus infections reported around the United States continues to fall rapidly from mid-January’s peak but remains higher than at any other point in the pandemic. More than 2,500 people are dying of COVID-19 each day, with the official U.S. death toll on pace to pass 900,000 in mid-February.

Pfizer is preparing to request emergency use authorization for its vaccine in children aged 6 months to 5 years old. That’s according to The Washington Post, which reports the request by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could come far sooner than expected, and a decision by health regulators could come as early as the end of February.

Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration has fully authorized Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in U.S. adults. It’s the second vaccine to get full FDA approval, after Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine won full authorization last August.