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San Diego County public health officials have reported 4,427 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths, bringing the county's totals to 164,500 cases and the death toll remaining at 1,592. -
Hospitals struggling to provide enough oxygen for the sickest coronavirus patients in the Los Angeles area are starting to get help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. -
Southern California funeral homes are turning away bereaved families because they’re running out of space for the bodies piling up during an unrelenting coronavirus surge. One funeral home is averaging about 30 body removals a day — up from about five during normal times. -
San Diego County public health officials have reported 4,478 new coronavirus cases along with three additional cases of a new, more contagious variant of the virus first discovered in the U.K. -
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria signed an executive order this week calling for stronger enforcement of COVID-19 health orders by police and the City Attorney’s Office. -
San Diego County public health officials reported 3,083 new COVID-19 infections and a record 62 deaths due to the virus Thursday as they urge San Diegans to not gather in non-household groups for New Year's Eve celebrations. -
California has surpassed 25,000 deaths from coronavirus. The state became the third in the U.S. to reach the number, behind New York and Texas. -
The state-owned Sinopharm says its vaccine has a 79% efficacy rate — surpassing the widely accepted standard of 50% efficacy. -
Medical staff are liaisons to the sick and dying for relatives not allowed at bedsides. The emotional toil at one Montana hospital is a case study of what caregivers are grappling with across the U.S. -
Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.
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