Los Angeles County, as well as the state of California, have battled brutal surges of infections , hospitalizations and deaths in the past weeks, drivenin part by Thanksgiving gatherings, health officials said. Arizona health officials say the number of new cases remains high, with hospitalization and death tallies also increasing. How vaccine distributions are goingVaccinations are ongoing across the country, but experts say it will be months before vaccines are widespread enough to turn the course of the pandemic. So far, more than 12.4 million vaccine doses have been distributed nationwide and more than 2.7 million have been administered. In California, four men in San Diego County were discovered this week to have been infected with the variant, health officials there said Thursday.

Source: CNN January 01, 2021 08:53 UTC