LOS ANGELES, July 8 (Xinhua) -- California reported on Wednesday the biggest daily jump of 11,694 COVID-19 cases as the positivity rate and hospitalization rate are trending upward in the 14-day average in the most populous U.S. state. The California Department of Public Health also confir...
In Northern California, health care company Kaiser Permanente has reintroduced a mask mandate at its Santa Rosa hospital and medical offices "in response to this latest increase in COVID-19 cases," a spokesperson said in an email to CBS MoneyWatch. It applies to physicians, staff, patients, ...
California would understandably lead in a category such as total cases in a pandemic felt nationwide. However, it is the sheer volume of sick residents and the rate of increase that is particularly driving alarm.
The county accounts for nearly half of California's COVID-19 cases. The California Department of Public Health has reported 216,550 confirmed cases and 5,936 COVID-19 deaths to date. California is one of a number of U.S. states which have seen COVID-19 cases jump in recent days. Cali...
"We found that the amount of cases indicating the spread of the virus were more severe in settings that had more residents," he told CBS News on Zoom. "We know this from what we know about nursing homes." But the studies repeatedly noted a more systemic problem: a lack of medical data...
Cases in California are no longer falling, with the rate increasing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s red "high" level of virus transmission stemming from the delta variant, the outlet reported. But Southern states such as Texas and Florida – where state leaders do not en...
California, where an explosion in cases is straining intensive care units to the breaking point, will receive 160,000 fewer vaccine doses than state officials had anticipated next week — a roughly 40% reduction. California officials have been told to expect 233,000 doses. ...
into the emergency rooms with COVID-19 symptoms. while still bracing for a possible flood. As of Friday, San Francisco has 279 confirmed cases and the city saw its largest increase of COVID-19 diagnoses on Thursday. California now has more than 4,000 known COVID-19 cases.—Christina Farr...
For much of the year, the nation's most populous state did the right things to avoid a catastrophe. But now the virus is raging and California remains at or near the top of the list of states with the most new cases per capita. Even with vaccines now being administered, albeit slowly,...
California has so far fared far better than many other states. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that California has the lowest test positivity rate in the country, with 3.3% of COVID-19 tests coming back positive. But cases are surging as the more-transmissible omicron variant spreads through...