While the number of daily COVID-19 deaths has fallen dramatically in California in the last few months, the state’s death toll has become the third-highest in the nation, with nearly 17,000 lives lost. Twenty-six other states have seen more COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 residents than California, including North Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Louisiana and Iowa. California averaged 57 daily deaths over the last week, a far cry from late July and early August, when the daily death toll at times exceeded 150. AdvertisementL.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Monday that private gatherings — which are allowed on a limited basis — remain a troubling potential source of infections. These limited doses will be for a limited number of people, and we don’t anticipate mass availability until 2021.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 19, 2020 18:23 UTC