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Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties have all seen upticks in coronavirus case rates.
The deepest fears of some New Yorkers are crawling to the surface as the metropolis continues its recovery from the pandemic.
China is trying to tackle its biggest coronavirus outbreak without a tool it could have adopted months ago: Western-developed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Coronavirus infections have increased 63% statewide, bringing the case rate to 231 for every 100,000 California residents. Hospitalization rates are rising but remain low.
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Shanghai officials say fewer than 1 million people in the city remain under the strict lockdown imposed to stop transmission of the coronavirus.
North Korea says it has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of patients with fevers amid the country’s first declared COVID outbreak.
Testing for coronavirus infections has plummeted globally, making it tougher for scientists to spot emerging variants.
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