In Florida, Texas and Arizona, despite Republican governors' prohibitions on requiring masks, school boards in mostly Democratic locales are imposing their own public safety rules.
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Drivers wait in line at a mega COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium., which was temporarily shut down recently because dozen of protesters blocked the entrance, stalling hundreds who has waited in line for hours. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
LOS ANGELES, CA After an anti-vaxxer protest group briefly shut down the nation s largest coronavirus vaccination site at Dodger Stadium last week, the group vowed to disrupt more California vaccination sites in the coming days.
The escalating tactics for disrupting vaccination efforts prompted the Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore to warn activists that they will be arrested if they block access to vaccination sites or intimidate workers and patients. It also inflamed familiar tensions between the anti-vaxxer movement epicentered in California and state lawmakers, who passed the strictest vaccination law in the nation in 2015.
Los Angeles County reports 5,925 new cases of COVID-19, 124 more deaths
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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County reported 5,925 new cases of COVID-19 and 124 additional deaths Sunday, bringing the county s totals to 1,116,892 cases and 16,770 fatalities.
The county s COVID-19 hospitalization rate continues to decline, with 5,328 coronavirus patients hospitalized as of Sunday, down from 5,669 the day before, and 27% of those patients in the ICU.
The county s hospitalization rate has been dropping steadily since it peaked at more than 8,000 in early January.
The latest numbers came one day after health officials confirmed the second local case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 first discovered in the United Kingdom, and four additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).