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New, potentially more contagious coronavirus variant found in California.

NEW: California reports first case of coronavirus mutation first found in the UK. Gov. Newsom just announced that the new strain of the coronavirus identified in the UK has now been found in Southern California.

The surge isn’t hitting hospitals equally. Those in South LA and the San Gabriel Valley are being hit the hardest.

Of the 20 most populous cities in the U.S., San Francisco has the lowest death rate per capita from COVID-19. If the entire country had followed the city’s approach, says a @UCSF doctor, there would be just 50,000 dead from the pandemic instead of 220,000+

BREAKING: U.S. reports first case of coronavirus mutation first found in the UK. Colorado has reported the first case of a coronavirus mutation which was first found in the UK. It's a man in his 20s with no travel history.

Universal Mask Wearing Could Save Some 130,000 Lives In The U.S., Study Suggests.

Not fast enough. Almost 2,000,000 vaccinated. Goal was 20,000,000 vaccinated by end of the year.

#California remains stable, with flat cases & hospitalizations. #SoCal at a better level than prior baseline. #NorCal not quite at prior baseline. California remains WELL below average for per-capita fatalities in USA.

JUST INCDC is changes how close contact is defined. Instead of previously defining close contact as >=15 *consecutive* minutes w/in 6 feet of #COVID19 case, it’s now w/in 6 feet of an infected case for >=15 minutes cumulatively over 24-hours.

HOSPITALIZATIONS: Covid-19 hospitalizations were increasing by 5% or more, based on a weekly average, in 37 states as of Sunday, according to a CNBC analysis of data collected by the Covid Tracking Project. Additionally, Alaska, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin and West Virginia all hit record highs in the average of hospitalizations, the data show.

Covid hospitalizations in the U.S. are steadily rising; an objective measure of increasing disease burden around the country.

Covid-19 hospitalizations in the US rise to their highest level since Aug 27.

Of the 15 colleges with the largest breakout, this is the hospitalizations reported: - more than 40,000 total cases for top 15 - active cases <1,000 - hospitalized ever, 9... - deaths, 0 See more

U.S. pauses Eli Lilly’s trial of a coronavirus antibody treatment over safety concerns.

A billion people have traveled by air this year, says Delta's Ed Bastian on @CNBC. "A BILLION people. And only 44 documented cases of suspected transmission" on an aircraft." And all of those happened in the early weeks," when masks "were not in place." $DAL

Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant

LATEST: Pres. Trump has been treated with a single 8-gram dose of Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail, and "completed the infusion without incident," according to a statement from his physician.

Hydroxychloroquine didn't prevent Covid-19 among health care workers in new study.