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California again shatters coronavirus records with deadliest month yet
California has again shattered its record for Covid deaths, with 432 fatalities reported on Wednesday as the state faces its deadliest month in the pandemic and a dire shortage of hospital resources.
The state also announced its first known case of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the UK. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, said he had just learned of the finding in a Southern California case Wednesday.
He announced it during an online conversation with Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious-disease expert. Fauci said: “I don’t think Californians should think that this is odd, it’s to be expected.” At least one other case has also been detected in Colorado.
California’s case rate is now far outpacing every other state in the US, and a catastrophic surge in Los Angeles county is forcing hospitals to turn away ambulances and make plans to ration care. The state’s new single day record for deaths is equivalent to one death every three minutes, according to LA Times data, which shows more than half of the fatalities are in LA.
The crisis is only expected to get worse as holiday travel and celebrations for Christmas and New Year’s Eve further spread the virus and crush the hospital system in the coming weeks. The state has reported more than 5,300 Covid deaths this month, exceeding the monthly record of 3,800 fatalities in August.