Riverside County apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ vaccine appointment website meltdown
Just hours after thousands of residents experienced massive technical issues while trying to sign up for a vaccine clinic, Riverside County has announced it will change its website.
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The county made 3,900 appointments available Thursday at noon. However when residents went to sign-up, many were met with a blank white 504 error code page. Others who were able to get into the website filled out pages of registration forms only to find that the appointments had been filled.
Watch: Newsom provides coronavirus pandemic update
Governor Gavin Newsom delivered an update at noon Monday on the state of California s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
California has hit another grim coronavirus milestone. Data from Johns Hopkins University on Monday showed the nation s most populous state has recorded more than 30,000 deaths since the pandemic started nearly a year ago.
Deaths have exploded since a COVID-19 surge began in October. It took the state six months to record its first 10,000 deaths. But in barely a month the total rose from 20,000 to 30,000.
Over the weekend, the state reported a two-day record of 1,163 deaths. Hospitalizations also have exploded and many hospitals are stretched to the limit. Health officials have warned the worst is yet to come later this month.