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People stand in line to receive their COVID-19 test at Cal State San Marcos, Jan. 2, 2022.

San Diego County reports 2,736 COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths as omicron declines

San Diego County's Health and Human Services Agency reported 2,736 new COVID-19 infections and 29 deaths Friday as hospitalizations dropped by 91 patients.

Diana Merchant self-tests for COVID-19 at a drive-through testing site in Whittier, Calif., on Jan. 25. The U.S. passed 900,000 deaths during the global pandemic on Friday.

900,000 Americans have died of COVID in 2 years of the global pandemic

The U.S. death rate from COVID-19 continues to increase daily, as the rolling seven-day average for daily COVID-19 deaths has been above 2,000 since Jan. 23.

A man wearing a face mask walks past a "Now Hiring" sign in front of a store on Jan. 13, in Arlington, Va. The labor market remains tight despite a recent spike in omicron-related coronavirus infections.

In a big surprise, the job market surged in January even as omicron cases spiked

U.S. employers added 467,000 jobs last month despite a surge of coronavirus infections. The unemployment rose to 4% from 3.9% in December.

Nurse Elisa Gilbert checks on a patient in the acute care COVID-19 unit at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Jan. 21. The highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus is putting a significant strain on health systems nationally, resulting in staffing shortages and changes in capacity strategies.

Americans get sicker as omicron stalls everything from heart surgeries to cancer care

Slammed by COVID-19, many U.S. hospitals have put off essential procedures. Delays are leading to consequences like heart attacks and sending people to emergency rooms to get care.

A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination super station at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, Calif. Feb. 2, 2021.

San Diego County COVID cases cross 700,000 mark, but new cases trending downward

San Diego County is seeing a decrease in positive COVID-19 tests, but a rising death toll had public health officials Thursday remind residents vaccines can save lives as the county reported 2,925 new infections and 25 deaths.

Christa Jones, a nurse in the Sharp Grossmont Hospital intensive care unit, takes a moment to comfort a COVID-19 patient. April 20, 2020.

Pandemic milestone: 700k COVID-19 total cases reported in San Diego

San Diego County is passing another pandemic milestone, reaching just over 700,000 cases since the pandemic was declared.

Only about 40% of people who are eligible have gotten a COVID booster shot

Science shows the value of boosters against COVID, but many vaccinated people haven't gotten the shot. About 40% of people who are eligible have been boosted, which could be bad if COVID surges again.

So you've got COVID. Here's what to do

Omicron is still spreading and it's crazy contagious. Experts share seven steps to deal with an infection, protect your household from getting sick and stay sane in the process.

National Guard Specialist Austin Alt stands as he fills in as a substitute teacher due to staffing shortages caused by the coronavirus disease pandemic and other non-illness related absences at Pojoaque Valley Middle School in Pojoaque, New Mexico.

New Mexico asks National Guard to work as substitute teachers to keep classrooms open

New Mexico is short 1,000 teachers. National Guard volunteers now serve as substitute teachers.

A Cuban industrial complex prepares to start production of one of the country's newly developed COVID vaccines.

A small island nation has cooked up not 1, not 2 but 5 COVID vaccines. It's Cuba!

Cuba has one of the world's highest COVID vaccination rates, with more than 85% of the nation fully immunized and kids as young as 2 getting inoculated. And it's done so using homegrown vaccines.

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