Month: January 2021

A year ago, as the coronavirus began spreading from Wuhan, China, on its way to becoming a global pandemic, there was pushback against maligning China or its hard-hit city with the labels like “China virus” or “Wuhan virus.” President Trump waved away those concerns — and added “Chinese virus” and “kung flu” to his descriptors. There hasn’t yet been the same pushback for the “U.K. variant.” It’s one of a number of mutations being called after the place where they were detected. The others include the “South African variant” and the “Brazilian variant.” But the variant first detected in Britain is making the most news. On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted it would become the dominant strain in the United States within two months. Mike Ryan, the World H...

SAN DIEGO — County health leaders reported 3,027 new cases of coronavirus and 28 deaths Saturday as Mayor Todd Gloria joined other mayors in their call for cities to receive the COVID-19 vaccine directly. News Now: San Diego enters new phase in race to vaccinate New data from the county Saturday shows 11% of 27,475 tests were confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The number of hospitalizations rose by 149 and the number of intensive care admissions increased by six. ICU capacity was at 10% with a total of 1,790 people hospitalized with the virus countywide and 428 in intensive care. Seven new community outbreaks were confirmed, bringing the total to 44 outbreaks tied to 184 cases in the past week. Saturday’s caseload followed 2,695 new cases and 32 deaths ...

Los Angeles county, which has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has reached its grimmest milestone yet as officials confirm more than 1 million total cases of Covid-19. The county continues its trend of at least 100,000 new cases every week, with L.A. seeing a total of 1,003,923 cases to date. Saturday’s numbers confirm 14,669 new Covid-19 cases and 253 new deaths, bringing L.A. to a total of 13,741 deaths. To date 7,597 people are currently hospitalized, with 22% of patient receiving care in the ICU. In addition to the latest count, Los Angeles Public Health officials have confirmed the first case of the U.K. Coronavirus variant B.1.1.7. The varying strain, which caused the U.K. to undergo another lockdown, is more contagious, officials say. Though Sat...

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