California’s overall pandemic trends appear to be improving but as some health officials have been warning, the improvements are not guaranteed to last.
AdvertisementLos Angeles County did not report case numbers on Saturday or Sunday because of a planned upgrade in its processing systems, but the trend heading into the weekend appeared consistent with continued declines in cases.
Nonetheless, coronavirus transmission levels remain high, and so are COVID-19 hospitalization levels.Hospitals in the Central Valley and rural Northern California remain under considerable duress and have the state’s highest rates of hospitalization for COVID-19. For every 100,000 residents, the San Joaquin Valley has 36 people in the hospital with COVID-19; in rural Northern California, there are 32; and in the Greater Sacramento area, there are 27.
Some experts expressed hope that vaccination mandates, or shot-or-test requirements, will boost vaccination rates. Last week, President Biden
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