Orange County's COVID January death toll surpasses delta wave months

Orange County’s COVID January death toll surpasses delta wave months

“The key numbers keep going down, which is good,” Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and UC Irvine [associate] professor of [public] health, told City News Service on Friday. “… Things are moving in the right direction partly because these things have a natural cycle and we’re on the downward cycle of it. It’s also partly because people took it seriously and masked up, and continuing that is still on the menu. … Masking is still prudent.” Noymer said he does not expect Super Bowl parties will trigger another reversal of the trends.