Coronavirus cases, deaths nearly double in O.C. since more advanced reopenings
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus cases, deaths nearly double in O.C. since more advanced reopenings

LA Times  

Total known cases of the novel coronavirus and related deaths have nearly doubled in the month since the state gave Orange County the green light to enter advanced “Stage 2” reopening after shutdowns put in place early in the pandemic. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, total cases of the virus climbed from 6,095 to 11,960, and related COVID-19 deaths rose from 168 to 323 between May 23 and Friday. The county also offered new calculations, such as infections as a percentage of total county population — Orange County’s is 0.4% of the population — plus cases and deaths among homeless people and how many children have been diagnosed by city. Here are the latest cumulative case counts and deaths for select cities: Santa Ana: 2,515 cases; 82 deaths Anaheim: 2,289 cases; 81 deaths Huntington Beach: 537 cases; 37 deaths Irvine: 323 cases; 5 deaths Costa Mesa: 272 cases; 2 deaths Newport Beach: 238 cases; 3 deaths Fountain Valley: 104 cases; 6 deaths Laguna Beach: 54 cases; 0 deaths Updated figures are posted daily at occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc.

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L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why?
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why?

LA Times  

Claire Altieri sets up a testing site for coronavirus variants at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. “Deaths are high, and it’s really upsetting,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. COVID-19 “did seem relatively flat over the holidays,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said during a webinar Tuesday, and officials are hopeful …

Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’
2 years ago

Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’

LA Times  

Registered nurse Shawna Gibson prepares an IV and medications for a coronavirus-positive patient at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles in 2021. “With every increase in cases for the last almost three years, a few weeks later, we’ve always seen a corresponding increase in death,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “It’s tragic, but we know that when …

Dangerous weeks ahead in L.A. County as coronavirus suddenly surges. Here is why
2 years, 1 month ago

Dangerous weeks ahead in L.A. County as coronavirus suddenly surges. Here is why

LA Times  

Commuters, some with face masks and some without, walk through Los Angeles Union Station on Tuesday. “People came back from Thanksgiving and pretty quickly were testing positive,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. Dr. Sara Cody, the county’s public health director, warned that this winter is shaping up to be “extraordinarily difficult,” pointing to sewage data suggesting coronavirus levels …

California senior citizens are hit hard as COVID-19 surges this winter
2 years, 1 month ago

California senior citizens are hit hard as COVID-19 surges this winter

LA Times  

Dr. Janina Lord Morrison, chief physician for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, visits a home to administer COVID-19 boosters. On Nov. 17, all but one of California’s 58 counties — Imperial — was in the low COVID-19 community level as defined by the CDC, which measures case and hospitalization rates. Los Angeles and Orange are among 27 …

COVID-19 cases in most populous US county surge to highest levels: media
2 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 cases in most populous US county surge to highest levels: media

China Daily  

A Chevron gas station sign displays the price of gas next to a man doing COVID-19 testing on Sept 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES - COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, have surged to highest levels since summer wave, local media reported on Thursday, citing official data. The US …

Orange County declares health emergency due to viruses
2 years, 2 months ago

Orange County declares health emergency due to viruses

Associated Press  

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A health emergency has been declared in Southern California’s Orange County due to rapidly spreading viral infections that are sending more children to the hospital, health officials said Tuesday. The county health officer issued the declaration Monday due to record numbers of pediatric hospitalizations and daily emergency room visits, the county’s health care agency said in …

Fueled by rapid reinfections, California’s soaring summer COVID wave could top winter surge
2 years, 5 months ago

Fueled by rapid reinfections, California’s soaring summer COVID wave could top winter surge

LA Times  

With sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant, this Santee Alley store is requiring shoppers to wear masks. “And the number of cases now probably is not all that dissimilar to what we saw during the massive surge in December and January.” That’s why, Wachter said, he strongly recommends masking in indoor public settings “in …

Stunning spread of COVID subvariants brings high-risk summer to California
2 years, 5 months ago

Stunning spread of COVID subvariants brings high-risk summer to California

LA Times  

Three men wear masks while walking through Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Although hospitals in L.A. County are not overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, Ferrer has said reinstating a universal mask mandate should hospitalizations continue to rise is prudent. “The time to slow transmission is actually when you start seeing indicators that you’re having more utilization at your hospitals.” Ferrer …

L.A. County coronavirus deaths rising fast as ultra-contagious BA.5 fuels infection wave
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County coronavirus deaths rising fast as ultra-contagious BA.5 fuels infection wave

LA Times  

Some commuters choose to use masks at Union Station in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “There’s a lot of misinformation circulating about COVID right now, including that, at this point, it only causes mild illness,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “Unfortunately, this isn’t true.” For all the observations that Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than …

Orange County COVID-19 hospitalizations flare up as Fourth of July weekend nears
2 years, 6 months ago

Orange County COVID-19 hospitalizations flare up as Fourth of July weekend nears

LA Times  

As locals plan to celebrate Independence Day with in-person gatherings, health officials reported Tuesday COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased 16.8% over last week. As Orange County residents look forward to celebrating the upcoming Fourth of July weekend with a host of in-person gatherings, local health officials are beginning to see an uptick in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19. Figures …

California’s new coronavirus wave is disrupting lives, even with less severe illness
2 years, 7 months ago

California’s new coronavirus wave is disrupting lives, even with less severe illness

LA Times  

A new surge of coronavirus cases is taking shape, as California slogs into a third pandemic summer with far fewer hospitalizations and deaths but still significant disruptions. “If we continue on the current trajectory, we could find that cases and hospitalizations end up exerting stress on our healthcare system within just a few weeks,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director …

Here we go again: California coronavirus cases rising. Is a new wave coming soon?
2 years, 8 months ago

Here we go again: California coronavirus cases rising. Is a new wave coming soon?

LA Times  

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez tosses holy water during the annual Blessing of the Animals ceremony on April 16. “We’re expecting a small surge that may mirror something that we saw in Delta last summer, in early July, but it’s happening now, in May,” Dr. Curtis Chan, deputy health officer for San Mateo County, said in an interview. “People …

Coronavirus cases on the rise in L.A. County, prompting calls for spring break caution
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus cases on the rise in L.A. County, prompting calls for spring break caution

LA Times  

Patty Pitchford, center, takes part in a moment of silence for victims of COVID-19 during a rally of SEIU Local 721 on March 31 in downtown Los Angeles. also wanes over time.” Given that many residents are likely to travel or gather in the coming weeks — either for spring break or to mark holidays such as Easter, Ramadan or …

Coronavirus Today: Welcome to a new era
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Today: Welcome to a new era

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Friday, March 4. And we’re not the only Southern California county with a “low” coronavirus community level. “Today, I’m happier.” Madison Howell enjoys some celery juice outside Kreation Organic Juicery in Larchmont Village on Friday. “Hopefully these data will reinforce the need for decision makers to act before it is too late.” California’s vaccination progress …

Omicron brought ‘more severe disease in kids’; 2 Orange County teens died this month
2 years, 10 months ago

Omicron brought ‘more severe disease in kids’; 2 Orange County teens died this month

LA Times  

The Omicron surge resulted in hospitals in Orange County seeing more severe illness in children, officials said, a finding reflected across the nation. There have been a total of five pediatric COVID-19 deaths among residents of Orange County, California’s third-most populous county, since the pandemic began two years ago. But during this surge of Omicron, we really saw more illness …

L.A. and Orange counties post highest COVID death rates in 11 months
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. and Orange counties post highest COVID death rates in 11 months

LA Times  

Felicia Bagneris takes information from a motorist at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Los Angeles on Jan. 29. And Orange County reported 136 COVID-19 deaths over the last week, also the highest such numbers since last March, according to a Times analysis of state data released Thursday. Nationally, between 2,300 and 2,400 …

COVID-19 still spreading widely in L.A. County, though signs of decline continue
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 still spreading widely in L.A. County, though signs of decline continue

LA Times  

Health officials on Saturday reported more encouraging signs that the Omicron wave may be past its peak in Los Angeles County, though the coronavirus is still circulating widely and a large number of people are becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. The small decreases in new cases, hospitalizations and the test positivity rate suggest the coronavirus is no longer spreading exponentially, …

L.A. County reports highest daily total of coronavirus deaths in more than 9 months
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. County reports highest daily total of coronavirus deaths in more than 9 months

LA Times  

A palliative care physician hands a patient some liquid inside the COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. Los Angeles County public health officials reported 66 coronavirus deaths on Saturday, the highest number in more than nine months. Average daily deaths, however, remain far below last winter’s peak, when during a seven-day period that ended Jan. …

Los Angeles County hits 2 million coronavirus cases
3 years ago

Los Angeles County hits 2 million coronavirus cases

LA Times  

L.A. County health officials are urging that gatherings be postponed for a few weeks as COVID case rates skyrocket. With the Omicron variant spreading with ferocious speed, Los Angeles County has reached another milestone in the pandemic: more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases. L.A. County described exceeding the 2 million mark as a “grim milestone.” Last week, the county …

L.A. County sees a record 44,000 new coronavirus cases as staff shortages strain hospitals
3 years ago

L.A. County sees a record 44,000 new coronavirus cases as staff shortages strain hospitals

LA Times  

Emergency rooms across California are coming under strain as they contend both with a deluge of new coronavirus-positive patients and people coming in to demand tests — all as their workers are increasingly being stricken by the rapidly spreading Omicron variant. Chinsio-Kwong said that, anecdotally, she’s heard anywhere from 10% to 20% of workers are unavailable due to coronavirus-related reasons, …

Orange County reports third pediatric death of COVID-19, growing hospitalizations
3 years ago

Orange County reports third pediatric death of COVID-19, growing hospitalizations

LA Times  

Women wearing masks walk past business along Harbor Boulevard in Costa Mesa on Thursday. The Orange County Health Care Agency reported Thursday the death of a child from COVID-19, making this the third pediatric death in the county from the disease since the pandemic began in 2020. On Friday during a media briefing, Orange County health officials painted a dire …

Orange County reports third COVID-19 death of a child younger than 5
3 years ago

Orange County reports third COVID-19 death of a child younger than 5

LA Times  

Orange County health officer Dr. Clayton Chau, shown at a news conference last year, said the county’s third COVID-19 death of a child younger than 5 shows “we must continue to do everything we can to protect our loved ones.” Orange County officials confirmed Thursday night that a child under the age of 5 died in December of complications from …

Orange County hospitals filling up, ambulances delayed amid Omicron surge
3 years ago

Orange County hospitals filling up, ambulances delayed amid Omicron surge

LA Times  

A healthcare worker walks outside UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange. Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, a deputy health officer with Orange County, urged the public not to come to emergency rooms unless it’s an emergency, and said it’s inappropriate for people to go there just to get a coronavirus test. Like elsewhere in California, Orange County’s coronavirus numbers are trending in …

Nearly 45,000 new coronavirus cases reported in L.A. County over the holiday weekend
3 years ago

Nearly 45,000 new coronavirus cases reported in L.A. County over the holiday weekend

LA Times  

Registered nurse Rafaela Ramirez walks inside the respiratory tent outside the emergency department at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles last week. L.A. County recorded 23,553 new cases on Saturday and 21,200 more on Sunday, far above last winter’s peak average of 16,000 cases a day. “During this surge, given the spread of …

New coronavirus cases top 16,000 in L.A. County, among highest of pandemic
3 years ago

New coronavirus cases top 16,000 in L.A. County, among highest of pandemic

LA Times  

People wait in line to get the COVID-19 test at Union Station on Dec. 27. Health officials in L.A. County confirmed 16,510 new positive cases Wednesday, a staggering figure they attributed to surging transmission of both Delta and Omicron. “As cases continue to rise, it is important that we all use the tools available to help us curb the spread,” …

Jump in child COVID hospitalizations in N.Y. sparks concerns in California amid Omicron
3 years ago

Jump in child COVID hospitalizations in N.Y. sparks concerns in California amid Omicron

LA Times  

A jump in child COVID-19 hospitalizations in New York is a warning to get more children vaccinated in California and elsewhere as the Omicron variant continues to surge, according to California health officials. “Interestingly, the duration of hospital stay was lower, the need for oxygen was lower,” Fauci said on ABC’s “This Week.” Still, because Omicron is causing such a …

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in L.A. County as Californians brace for winter surge
3 years ago

COVID-19 cases continue to rise in L.A. County as Californians brace for winter surge

LA Times  

Los Angeles County health officials reported 3,512 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, more than double the number of cases recorded just a few days before. That tally follows 3,730 new cases reported in L.A. County on Saturday — the highest single-day total in months — sparking concerns of another winter surge stoked by holiday festivities. Businesses in L.A. County are …

COVID-19 hospitalizations rising in parts of California, a potentially ominous sign
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 hospitalizations rising in parts of California, a potentially ominous sign

LA Times  

August Lopez, 6, holds his 8-year-old sister Ruby’s hand as she gets her COVID-19 vaccine at Arleta High School on Monday. Health officials have been warning about a potential new rise in COVID-19 in California as seniors who got their shots last winter — and haven’t received a booster shot — may start to see their immunity wane, leaving them …

70,000 Californians have died from COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

70,000 Californians have died from COVID-19

LA Times  

COVID-19 has now killed 70,000 Californians, illustrating the pandemic’s still-deadly consequences even as its latest wave recedes. While that overall death toll is the highest in the nation, other large states have seen cumulative death rates over the course of the pandemic that far surpass California’s. “It’s heartbreaking to know that we still have so many premature and largely preventable …

Child under age 5 dies of COVID-19 in Orange County
3 years, 4 months ago

Child under age 5 dies of COVID-19 in Orange County

LA Times  

Nationwide, at least 500 children have died of COVID-19. The child, who was under the age of 5, died in August, the Orange County Health Care Agency said Friday. Of more than 25,000 total COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles County, seven children have died in Los Angeles County — two among children under the age of 12, and five adolescents …

Orange County says it’s too soon to tell whether COVID-19 surge is finally peaking
3 years, 4 months ago

Orange County says it’s too soon to tell whether COVID-19 surge is finally peaking

LA Times  

Javier Garcia wears a mask in Laguna Beach while sweeping outside Broadway by Amar Santana in May. An Orange County health official said Wednesday it was too soon to say whether the county has reached the peak of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that has been fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant. “I don’t want to jump …

With COVID-19 hospitalizations potentially peaking in early September, O.C. health official urges caution
3 years, 4 months ago

With COVID-19 hospitalizations potentially peaking in early September, O.C. health official urges caution

LA Times  

As Orange County contends with its third COVID-19 surge, hospitalizations may peak in the first few weeks of September. “So we’re not out of the woods yet, and people really need to be very careful in the next coming weeks,” Chinsio-Kwong said. The county health officer also said the current surge more closely mirrors last year’s summer surge. “The hope …

Orange County reports sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations: What to know
3 years, 4 months ago

Orange County reports sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations: What to know

LA Times  

Orange County officials are expressing growing concern about the spread of the coronavirus amid a nationwide surge caused by the highly contagious Delta variant. “Very few of us are going to get out without either getting COVID illness or getting vaccinated,” said Dr. Matthew Zahn, Orange County’s deputy health officer and a pediatric infectious disease expert. There continue to be …

Rate of positive coronavirus tests rises in Orange County as it falls in L.A. County
3 years, 5 months ago

Rate of positive coronavirus tests rises in Orange County as it falls in L.A. County

LA Times  

Vanessa Harper, left, manager with Behavioral Health Serves and neurologist and chief of staff Dr. Brian Boyd, right, seen in the emergency department at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Feb. 2021 in Orange, CA. Nine Orange County hospitals recently reported that it was taking more than an hour for many patients to be offloaded from ambulances to emergency rooms, Schultz …

Orange County moves into yellow tier, the most lenient for COVID-19 reopenings
3 years, 7 months ago

Orange County moves into yellow tier, the most lenient for COVID-19 reopenings

LA Times  

The Promenade on Forest Avenue is a pedestrian-only experience featuring shopping and restaurants in Laguna Beach. In addition to Orange County, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Amador counties also advanced to the yellow tier — continuing a slew of reopenings that have sparked optimism that the worst of COVID-19 may now be in the rearview mirror and that the state …

California’s coronavirus case rate now the lowest in the continental U.S.
3 years, 8 months ago

California’s coronavirus case rate now the lowest in the continental U.S.

LA Times  

California’s coronavirus case rate is now the lowest in the continental U.S., an achievement that reflects months of hard-won progress against the pandemic in the aftermath of the state’s devastating fall and winter surge. The state’s latest seven-day rate of new cases — 40.3 per 100,000 people — is dramatically lower than the nationwide rate of 135.3 and edged only …

Nearly 8800 new coronavirus cases, infections up by 10% in last week
3 years, 8 months ago

Nearly 8800 new coronavirus cases, infections up by 10% in last week

Dutch News  

Another 8,797 coronavirus cases were recorded in the Netherlands on Thursday, the third highest figure since the start of the year. Over the last seven days the average number of cases per day increased by 10% to 7,317, just below the level at the beginning of April, according to the latest figures from the public health agency RIVM. Jaap van …

Los Angeles County’s daily coronavirus cases continue to decline, as transmissions appear to slow
3 years, 9 months ago

Los Angeles County’s daily coronavirus cases continue to decline, as transmissions appear to slow

LA Times  

Jasmine Aguilar and Adam Ziegenhals, both of Echo Park, have drinks at the Ham and Eggs bar in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County public health officials on Sunday recorded 546 new cases of the coronavirus and 10 related deaths amid signs viral transmission was continuing to decrease. People who are seeking shots at city-run vaccination sites must provide valid identification …

L.A. County cautions holiday vigilance as COVID-19 case numbers rise in other states
3 years, 9 months ago

L.A. County cautions holiday vigilance as COVID-19 case numbers rise in other states

LA Times  

Los Angeles County public health authorities are urging people to remain vigilant in observing coronavirus protocols when traveling or socializing during the spring holidays, cautioning that other states are seeing a rise in cases. Although California’s numbers continue to decline, health officials are concerned about an uptick in COVID-19 cases in several states, including New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and …

L.A., Orange counties dramatically improve COVID rates, await word on major reopenings
3 years, 10 months ago

L.A., Orange counties dramatically improve COVID rates, await word on major reopenings

LA Times  

L.A. County Sheriff’s Department custody assistant Brandon Simons receives a COVID-19 vaccine while holding his 1-year-old son, Colton, at a mobile vaccination site at the Pomona Fairplex on Friday. According to new state data released Tuesday, Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties recorded coronavirus case rates low enough to enable them to escape the strictest, or purple, tier of …

Coronavirus cases plummet to pre-Thanksgiving levels. Are more reopenings next?
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus cases plummet to pre-Thanksgiving levels. Are more reopenings next?

LA Times  

Coronavirus infections have plummeted to pre-Thanksgiving levels in California, bringing renewed optimism that a wider reopening of the still-shackled economy may be just around the corner. Gavin Newsom hinted that more counties may emerge next week from what the state calls the purple tier — the strictest of California’s four-rung reopening roadmap for businesses and other public spaces. “This will …

US virus deaths surpass 450K; daily toll is stubbornly high
3 years, 11 months ago

US virus deaths surpass 450K; daily toll is stubbornly high

Associated Press  

Coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 450,000 on Thursday, and daily deaths remain stubbornly high at more than 3,000 a day, despite falling infections and the arrival of multiple vaccines. “I’m worried about Super Bowl Sunday, quite honestly,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press. It later sp “But deaths have still been concentrated …

California COVID-19 deaths top 40,000 — or 1 out of every 1,000 residents
3 years, 11 months ago

California COVID-19 deaths top 40,000 — or 1 out of every 1,000 residents

LA Times  

One out of every 1,000 Californians has now died of COVID-19. California — the nation’s most populous state — has recorded roughly 101 deaths per 100,000 residents, the 36th-highest COVID-19 cumulative death rate among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. “We have a way to go before our hospitals are not stressed and fewer people die each day,” …

COVID-19 toll deepens in Los Angeles County as more than 5,000 die in less than a month
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 toll deepens in Los Angeles County as more than 5,000 die in less than a month

LA Times  

In 24 days, 5,106 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19, while just over 10,000 died in the previous nine months. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s official death toll stands at 15,162 after 269 deaths and 10,537 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Saturday. “We wish healing and peace to everyone mourning a loved one …

California sees record-breaking COVID-19 deaths, a lagging indicator of winter surge
3 years, 11 months ago

California sees record-breaking COVID-19 deaths, a lagging indicator of winter surge

LA Times  

Registered Nurses Cristina Marco, left, and Guillermo Dunne help move a patient last month at the COVID ICU at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. California is continuing to see record-breaking deaths from COVID-19, a lagging indicator of the winter surge that is coming even as overall coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have flattened and started to slightly decline. …

Another new coronavirus variant found across California, including L.A. County
3 years, 11 months ago

Another new coronavirus variant found across California, including L.A. County

LA Times  

At Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Registered Nurse Susha Abraham assists a COVID-19 patient who is positioned on her stomach to assist with breathing after her oxygen level dropped below 90. As the total number of coronavirus infections in California approaches 3 million, health officials said Sunday that a new strain — different from a highly contagious variant first identified in …

More contagious coronavirus strain detected in L.A. County as total cases top 1 million
3 years, 11 months ago

More contagious coronavirus strain detected in L.A. County as total cases top 1 million

LA Times  

Los Angeles County on Saturday surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases since reporting its first infection nearly a year before and also recorded its first instance of a new, more contagious variant of the virus that was initially identified in the United Kingdom. Officials hope that rapid vaccination be a weapon against the new strain, which a Centers for Disease Control …

1 in 3 L.A. County residents have been infected by coronavirus since pandemic began, new estimate shows
3 years, 11 months ago

1 in 3 L.A. County residents have been infected by coronavirus since pandemic began, new estimate shows

LA Times  

Motorists line up to take a coronavirus test in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 4. Even if half of L.A. County’s population were immune, “and yet we decide to just pretend that we don’t have to take precautions, we will still have a very, very devastating pandemic.” L.A. County averaged more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases a …

US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus
4 years ago

US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus

Associated Press  

The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before — nearly 3,900 — on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the same, deep political divisions that have hampered the battle against the pandemic. Folks look like they’re drowning when they are in bed right in front of us,” said …

Orange County launches ‘Operation Independence’ to distribute COVID-19 vaccines countywide
4 years ago

Orange County launches ‘Operation Independence’ to distribute COVID-19 vaccines countywide

LA Times  

Clinical pharmacist Stephanie Chao fills a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach in December. Orange County announced Thursday that it would be launching “Operation Independence,” in which county officials collaborate with the Orange County Fire Authority to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations to residents countywide. The announcement comes as the Orange County Health Care Agency …

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