With Covid hospitalizations down nearly 10% statewide over the last two weeks, California health officials say the focus is turning to the vaccination front.
Medical personnel prepare to prone a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles, Nov. 19. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) California’s holiday coronavirus wave appears to have crested, with state officials announcing Tuesday that hospitalizations and new infections are starting to decrease for the first time in weeks.
In the most upbeat pandemic briefing of the new year, California Health and Human Services chief Mark Ghaly told reporters key trends are finally “moving in the right direction” and the state has trimmed once-dire hospitalization spike predictions for February. Ghaly said the New Year’s bump predicted by experts didn’t fully materialize and as a result, hospitalizations have actually decreased by nearly 10% over the last two wee
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She said she was “kind of” anxious about traveling during the pandemic. But she added: “I feel like I eat healthy and I take a lot of precautions, like sanitizing and washing my hands and wearing my mask all the time. I feel like I will be OK, even if something does happen.”
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Registered nurse Nicole Grecco looks through a small window while working in a COVID-19 unit at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government s top infectious-disease expert, said he is particularly worried about travel between Christmas and New Year’s. Fauci, who turned 80 on Thursday, said he and his wife would be celebrating his birthday and the holiday with their children on Zoom.
President Joe Biden has extended a national eviction moratorium through March, but California lawmakers are still pushing to extend statewide tenant protections.