California has so far bucked the spring COVID-19 surge that has hit other parts of the country. AdvertisementAuthorities pointed Monday to a case study out of Illinois, where a significant coronavirus outbreak in a rural county was linked to a single bar reopening. Advertisement“Due to improvements in reporting new test results, today’s test numbers are higher than normal and reflect data from multiple days,” state officials wrote in a Friday update. AdvertisementWith hundreds of thousands of Californians rolling up their sleeves every day, the state is rapidly armoring itself against another potential surge. Health officials said one of the attendees of the bar reopening tested positive for the coronavirus a day before the celebration but attended anyway.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 06, 2021 12:02 UTC