Weekly coronavirus numbers look flat
And it is clear that while some are certainly celebrating, others have no intention of going into crowded and confined spaces with unmasked strangers.Kristian Andersen, an influential immunologist and molecular biologist at Scripps Research in San Diego, said he has no plans to change his masking habits.Though fatigue has made many abandon pandemic measures, the expert, who has made a career tracking viruses across the globe, said caution remains wise.
The San Diego County health department announced 405 new cases in its weekly COVID-19 report Wednesday, nearly double the 220 posted just one day earlier. To be sure, it’s nowhere near the kind of spike seen in late December when the Omicron variant arrived, crushing local emergency rooms and pushing lines into parking lots at testing centers.
The local death rate has continued to be slower than it was over the winter, with four additional deaths announced over the past week. Two were fully vaccinated and two were not; all had other underlying medical conditions, with three in their 80s and one in their 50s.