Los Angeles County public health officials continued to report a decline in coronavirus case numbers Sunday, raising hope that more restrictions on businesses might soon be relaxed. Still, the county recorded just 438 new cases and 20 related deaths, according to the public health department, capping several weeks of sustained declines. There were 750 COVID-19 patients in county hospitals as of Saturday, a decline of nearly 33% from two weeks before. AdvertisementOrange County is in the same boat, with two qualifying metrics but an adjusted case rate of exactly 4.0. Although the pace of inoculations has ramped up over the last few weeks, officials say that a shortage of vaccine remains the chief constraint.
Source: Los Angeles Times March 21, 2021 22:29 UTC