'794 cases if that's what they finalize, is hundreds of cases more in a single day than any other prior day since the start of the pandemic. I think there's reasons to be very concerned about that,' said San Francisco Supervisor Haney.
So many families gathered this weekend, but COVID-19 didn't hide as Santa Claus was coming to town.
"We had three consecutive days of record numbers of cases in fact Christmas day we had the highest number of cases ever," said Dr. Willis.
As people gather and travel they can layer their defense against the omicron variant with vaccines, boosters, testing and wearing an N95 or well fitted double mask; a cloth mask on top of a surgical disposable mask.Limiting the size and number of indoor gatherings also reduces risk. "What I think we're all coming to terms with now and it is scary is that this isn't going away," said Supervisor Haney.VACCINE TRACKER:
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