AdvertisementThe new variant has also been reported in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Francisco, San Bernardino, San Diego, Humboldt, Lake, Mono, Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties. Providers should use other available vaccine doses “out of an extreme abundance of caution,” Pan said, until Moderna and state and federal health officials finish their investigation. On Sunday, the total number of California residents to have received a positive coronavirus test reached 2.96 million. In L.A. County, officials reported 108 deaths and 11,366 new positive cases Sunday, bringing the total to 13,848 deaths and slightly more than 1 million cases. Meanwhile, in Orange County, health officials reported 1,448 new cases and 47 deaths.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 18, 2021 04:18 UTC