Celebs in News

'We are so very proud of her': 12-year-old raises over £3,000 in memory of brother

Jail for man caught with over 13,000 images of child sex abuse

Jacqueline Jossa helps to raise over £50,000 in one day in memory of Caroline Flack with In The Style collection

Oldham takes 'another step towards normality' as over 50,000 vaccinated against Covid-19

NHS Lanarkshire has now given over 100,000 people their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

deadline.com Mark Ghaly Britain California county Los Angeles testing virus vaccine Mark Ghaly Britain California county Los Angeles

California Identifies Over 1,000 Cases Of “West Coast” Covid-19 Variants, Health Officials Reveal

03.02.2021 - 01:33

Reading now: 441

deadline.com

deadline.com:

Over the past few weeks, California’s Covid-19 numbers have dropped dramatically, easing fears of a continued surge in cases.

But state health officials have also begun to warn about the spread of new variants of the virus that may be more adaptable and/or more vaccine resistant.The first of these is B.1.1.7, also known as the UK variant.

B.1.1.7 is thought to be about 50% more transmissible. Los Angeles County health officials identified the first case of B.1.1.7 in the region in mid-January but, according to CA Health and Human Services Director Dr.

Mark Ghaly on Tuesday, the strain is “not rapidly increasing” in the state. Ghaly said that 133 cases have been recorded to date, “largely in the southern part of the state.” But there is