Here s California s plan to speed up coronavirus vaccinations. Will it be enough?
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An emergency medical technician disinfects a gurney after transporting a patient in Orange County.Jae C. Hong / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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People wait outside of St. Rose Hospital to get either their first or second dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Hayward, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Staff Monica Gomez, left, with registered nurse Oraly Heraz, are photographed at the register table for staff to check in to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Bay Area Community Health, a community clinic, in South San Jose, Calif., Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Josie LepeShow MoreShow Less
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials on Friday confirmed 18,313 new cases and 318 new deaths of COVID-19 countywide, surpassing the previous all-time high of one-day total COVID-19 deaths in the County. In addition, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia reported its 83rd death since the pandemic began.
To date, Public Health identified 889,405 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 11,863 deaths.
To date, the Santa Clarita Valley has tallied 19,205 COVID-19 cases – 337 more cases since Thursday – and 136 deaths.
Public Health reported over 200 daily deaths this week. For comparison, the County on average has approximately 170 deaths each day from all other causes combined, including heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, car crashes, suicides, and homicides.
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Traveling nurse Freddie Miller hasn’t been home for more than a month.
He spent Thanksgiving working a contract at a Santa Clara County facility. And he provided care to nursing home residents at Escondido Post Acute Rehab on Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day before his two-week contract ended and his employer Aya Healthcare, which is a traveling nurse staffing agency sent him to yet another facility on a new contract.
Despite missing his family and friends back in Naples, Fla., getting to work with nursing home residents and novel coronavirus patients throughout the holiday season has been emotionally fulfilling for the 23-year-old nurse.