Alex Stone ABC News - July 22, 2021 - KRDO's Afternoon News

COVID-19 numbers nationwide are continuing their quick upward trend.  The rise has been dramatic in recent days among mainly the unvaccinated.  In Northeast Florida hospitals are reporting they are approaching or exceeding levels seen during the worst of the pandemic.  Despite some breakthrough cases the CDC is standing firm that fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to return to masking but that discussions are currently underway to figure out if that guidance will change.  In Los Angeles cases have risen 20 fold over the same day a month ago.  LA County reported over 2500 new cases on Wednesday.  If CA were to still be using color coded tiers LA would be in the most restrictive purple tier again.