Are herd immunity, California coronavirus variant preventing West Coast spring surge?
Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
April 12, 2021
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Hundreds wait in queue for the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) in Oakland. A tier just opened on April 1st for vaccinations of people from age 50 and above with exceptions of 16year-olds and above with severe health conditions, these can receive vaccination.Pat Mazzera/ SOPA Images via Getty Images
LOS ANGELES — With coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations climbing nationwide, is California also headed for a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic?
The Midwest, New England and the New York areas have faced troubling rises in coronavirus cases, and some have expressed concern that Los Angeles County has previously been only a few weeks behind trends coming out of New York. In the last week, average daily coronavirus cases nationally are up 5% over the previous week and the change in new COVID-19 hospitalizations is up 7%.