California’s number of average daily coronavirus cases is down 16% over the past two weeks, falling to fewer than 3,000 cases a day. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sounded the alarm Monday about a sudden rise in weekly coronavirus cases. AdvertisementThe nation is now seeing 60,000 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week — an alarming 10% increase compared with the previous week, when there were about 54,000 new coronavirus cases a day. Previously, daily coronavirus cases had flattened in the range of 40,000 to 50,000 new cases a day. Daily COVID-19 hospitalizations are up 4% compared with the previous week, and daily COVID-19 deaths are up nearly 3%, resulting in roughly 1,000 deaths a day.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 30, 2021 16:32 UTC