It’s the last day of 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping for 2021.
Here’s what else happened on the final day of the year as the coronavirus pandemic raged on.
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8:55 p.m. COVID-19 variant found in California; Dr. Fauci says more states ‘likely’
Memorial Hospital registered nurse Delaney Russom, left, and respiratory therapist Jamie Lovelady consult on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Bakersfield, Calif.
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SAN DIEGO – California has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom – the second confirmed case in the U.S.