{"id":1152660,"date":"2021-12-25T02:49:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-25T07:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1152660"},"modified":"2021-12-25T02:49:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T07:49:50","slug":"california-hit-by-christmas-omicron-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-hit-by-christmas-omicron-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"California Hit by Christmas Omicron Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-hit-by-christmas-omicron-surge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1152660&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Omicron has increased in California from a single infection three weeks ago to up to 70 percent of reported cases across the state, figures released Thursday reveal.<\/p>\n<p>AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-health-california-public-health-san-francisco-b40e2aa3dbb6b8993a439ee0cca250a0\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;omicron is present in 50-70 percent of new coronavirus cases in California, the state which has the largest population in the U.S.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The California government has <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=ca-covid19response-august2020&amp;utm_term=coronavirus%20information&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA_JWOBhDRARIsANymNOadwdvkogZj-ZNeZUqEHwlZQbC_U1ZlR-a4WPrBGjYabkmBY5r28DoaAqbFEALw_wcB\">recorded<\/a> that as of the 23rd of December&nbsp;4,969,615&nbsp;Californians have tested positive for the virus, which is roughly 12 percent of the state-wide population.<\/p>\n<p>As of the 22nd of December, 1,585,313&nbsp;of these cases alone are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publichealth.lacounty.gov\/media\/Coronavirus\/data\/index.htm?utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery&amp;utm_term=\">reported<\/a> to be in Los Angeles County. Officials are concerned about the growth of omicron, with numbers of new cases doubling to 6,500 from Tuesday to Wednesday and hitting 8,633 on Thursday, in LA County.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The State of California became the worst of the 50 states in distributing its share of coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, as other states picked up their pace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wMs7yKVpg0\">https:\/\/t.co\/wMs7yKVpg0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1353103400318218241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>This sharp rise in cases has been described by Dr Barbara Ferrer, the county\u2019s public health director, as \u201cone of the steepest rises [in cases] we\u2019ve ever seen over the course of the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ferrer did not seem optimistic for the Christmas holidays saying, \u201cthese numbers make it crystal clear that we\u2019re headed into a very challenging time\u201d, she continued, \u201cif our case numbers continue to increase at a rapid pace over this week and next, we could be looking at case numbers we have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19251114\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237388067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19251114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237388067-1024x634-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"613\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pharmacists load syringes with the Covid-19 vaccine for administration at a pop-up clinic in the international arrivals section of Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California on December 22, 2021. (FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrat governor of California&nbsp;Gavin Newsom suggested vaccines are the way to beat the surge: \u201cwe have something we never had in the past, and that\u2019s the power of these life-saving vaccines and the power to get boosted to get through this arguably fifth wave of this pandemic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat run state has some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/coronavirus\/article256796277.html\">strictest<\/a> coronavirus restrictions in place in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that Taco Bell will be giving away free tacos to residents who are vaccinated. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJtVPO0rXn\">https:\/\/t.co\/aJtVPO0rXn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1403784083117912067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Students are currently required to have a vaccine if they wish to attend a Californian school or public university, healthcare workers must be vaccinated, all employees (regardless of vaccine status) must wear a mask, one that does not let any light shine through, in their place of work, and&nbsp;there is a mask mandate in place&nbsp;for all indoor public locations across the state.<\/p>\n<p>These restrictions are in place as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/23\/preliminary-reports-suggest-omicron-variant-milder-but-concerns-linger\/\">studies<\/a> reveal the omicron variant is up to 80 percent less likely to hospitalise those who have it compared to previous strains of the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omicron has increased in California from a single infection three weeks ago to up to 70 percent of reported cases across the state, figures released Thursday reveal. 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