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The state recently reported its deadliest day for fatalities associated with COVID-19.
As California continues to grapple with rising COVID-19 infections and accompanying hospitalizations, state officials are working to transform sporting and entertainment stadiums into vaccination centers.
The Associated Press reports Tuesday that popular public sites in The Golden State, such as the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium and the parking lot of the Disneyland Resort, will be converted into large scale vaccination sites as the state struggles to contain the pandemic. Petco Park in San Diego and CalExpo Fairgrounds in Sacramento will also be converted.
California is transforming baseball stadiums and fairgrounds into mass vaccination sites as the coronavirus surge overwhelms hospitals and sets a deadly new record.
The state will vastly expand its effort with new mass vaccination sites at parking lots for Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Petco Park in San Diego and the CalExpo fairgrounds in Sacramento.
The San Francisco 49ers offered up the use of Levi’s Stadium to Santa Clara County to help with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations. It's just one of the stadiums that will open up for public use.