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And the doctors stress that hospitalization data in the country is still very, very limited. one scary part of that study, though, you are five times, at least five times more likely to be reinfected with omicron than you are with any other strain. so it is going to be a very challenging few weeks ahead for this country, kim. >> yeah, still some time before we get some clarity on those important questions, great reporting there, scott mclean in london. joining me now is dr. peter chin hong, he's a disease specialist at the center in san francisco. thanks for being with us, doctor. we were warn...

Be vaccinated, whether you've been infected or not. >> when we look at where we're at, as we were talking about the numbers are going down, specifically i really focus in on the hospitalization and deaths numbers. when we start to see those drop, that's a really good sign but i'm wondering, what are you look for at this point that causes you to have a little sigh of relief. >> hospitalizations are i think most sensitive indicator, hospitalization data comes from hospitals not subject to day-to-day trends, certain days of the week, more reporting from others for cases, and our hospitalization n...

Our children have had various viruses over the years and we know they'll be okay. this one is a little bit different. let's take a look at what's happened with covid-19 hospitalizations among children. so this data found the week of august 26th through september 2nd, there were more than 250,000 new cases among children in the united states. that's about up to age 18. that's a 23% increase in just one week. that's the highest weekly increase ever. to your point, jim, people might ask, well, who really cares if kids get covid, why does it matter? again, a very small percentage will go on to bec...

Mask. if you aren't vaccinated, you should be wearing a mask. >> say again. >> there is poor cdc data on children and adolescents. so i don't know how they can make that call. dr. marty wrote about this in the wall street journal and i will be brief. 335 children under the age of 18 died with a covid diagnosis. they make no -- they don't distinguish between actually covid causing the death or the child having covid and dying from something else. there are problems with the adolescent hospitalization data. there are problems with the vaccination side effect data. it goes on and on and on. so i ...

Latest Coronavirus Impacts: 192 Positive COVID-19 Cases, Two Additional Deaths Reported NBC 7 Staff What to Know for March 20 A total of 192 COVID-19 cases were reported to the county. The region’s total is now 267,728 In the past seven days, 18 community outbreaks were confirmed. Two new COVID-19 deaths were reported March 20. The region’s total is 3,494. The coronavirus pandemic reached San Diego County in mid-March 2020. Each day, local health officials give us updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus in our region. We will bring you the latest news here, every da...