FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
‘Light at the end of tunnel’ or a small blip? Flattening COVID-19 numbers bring hope in California [Los Angeles Times :: BC-CORONAVIRUS-CALIF-:LA]
Despite hospitals overflowing with patients, heartbreaking numbers of deaths and COVID-19 infection rates hovering at dangerous levels, there are some signs that the daily increase in the number of coronavirus cases is beginning to flatten in California.
It may take a few more days or weeks to be assured of the trend — and the flattening could be reversed if people ease up further on mask wearing and social distancing. But a number of state and local officials are voicing cautious optimism that the unrestrained, exponential daily worsening of the pandemic has slowed.