Health officials said that despite those setbacks and 1,701 new cases being reported Wednesday, the good news is that case rates and hospitalization rates are.
Orange County Opens Southern Vaccination Site - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - County health officials say case rates and hospitalization rates are trending down, a spot of positive news as another POD site is planned.
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‘Light at the end of tunnel’ or a small blip? Flattening COVID-19 numbers bring hope in California [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-CALIF-:LA]
Despite hospitals overflowing with patients, heartbreaking numbers of deaths and COVID-19 infection rates hovering at dangerous levels, there are some signs that the daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases is beginning to flatten in California.
It may take a few more days or weeks to be assured of the trend and the flattening could be reversed if people ease up further on mask wearing and social distancing. But a number of state and local officials are voicing cautious optimism that the unrestrained, exponential daily worsening of the pandemic has slowed.
Despite hospitals overflowing with patients, heartbreaking numbers of deaths and COVID-19 infection rates hovering at dangerous levels, there are some signs that the daily increase in the number of coronavirus