This one state is seeing more COVID-19 infections than most other countries

[Yoni Heisler]

• The coronavirus is surging across the country, but the situation in California is especially grim.
• California this month became the first state to report more than 30,000 new infections over a 24-hour period.
• California is now seeing more COVID-19 cases than most countries across the world.

With winter right around the corner, all of the dire projections health experts warned us about are unfortunately coming true. Coronavirus infections are skyrocketing, the death rate is at record-level, and an influx of new patients is putting a dangerous strain on ICUs at scores of hospitals across the country. Over the last two weeks alone, coronavirus cases are up nearly 29% while coronavirus-related deaths are up nearly 58% during that same timeframe. Consider this: the average number of daily new coronavirus cases is now 10x higher than it was back in June.

Again, health experts warned that this was going to happen months ago. Back in October, for example, Michael Osterholm -- a prominent infectious disease doctor who works at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota -- said that December and January "are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic."

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