Gavin Newsom acknowledged Sunday that state and local health officials have stumbled in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine equitably among Latino and Black communities in California. Black residents were dying at a rate of 23 deaths per 100,000 people. But California still has a long way to go in improving its vaccination rate per capita, hampered by a shortage in supply coming from the federal government. Those delays forced officials to shut down several mass vaccination sites, including Disneyland and Dodger Stadium. AdvertisementIn Los Angeles, all six city-run vaccination sites, including Dodger Stadium, will resume operations on Tuesday, according to the mayor’s office.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 22, 2021 02:03 UTC