ASSOCIATED PRESS – WBAP/KLIF – Los Angeles health officials are studying the gene sequencing of all positive Covid 19 tests as of Christmas Eve of last week. With daily flights into the United States from the United Kingdom and South Africa – where the new mutated fast-spreading virus has been confirmed, scientists believe a virtual explosion of Covid 19 cases and deaths in the L A and Southern California region are likely related to the super spreading form of this Covid 19 virus.
Health officials warn this particular mutation of the deadly virus is estimated to have a 70% greater ability to spread. Word of this super spreading virus comes at a time most hospitals in Southern California are out of hospital beds or nearly so.
Meanwhile, in Texas Saturday, Covid positives show no sign of abating; Dallas County reports 1,318 new cases on Saturday and 10 deaths, and Denton County reports 516 new cases, with no reported deaths.
Austin and Central Texas are currently considered hotspots for Covid 19 viral transmission, with area health officials warning people the spread is now so entrenched, people are at risk any place they now go in the Capital City or it’s surrounding regions.
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