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The state’s pandemic death toll stands at 15,799, with 930,849 confirmed cases.

The victim, an 82-year-old man, was hit with an oxygen tank by another patient with whom he was sharing a room, the authorities said.

The El Centro Regional Medical Center is bearing the brunt of the coronavirus in the Imperial Valley. Of the hospital’s 186 patients, 130 have COVID-19. CEO Adolphe Edward said the hospital building is beyond its capacity.

It’s been a baptism by fire for one recent college graduate, who was thrust into the midst of the pandemic this year as a contact tracer, while she was still in school.

The state’s vaccine webpage showed that 10,770 Alaskans had received the Pfizer vaccine so far and 232 had received Moderna shots.

In some parts of the U.S., the biggest challenge surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t distribution, but convincing people to get it, as anti-science groups are spreading misinformation.

“[Families] need to ask themselves, ‘Should I give up this one holiday or should I give up a lifetime?’” Jama Allen said after losing her parents and grandfather.

The French leader, who suffered from a cough, headaches and fatigue after contracting the coronavirus, has remained active during his quarantine period, his office said.

“He made me feel like a drug addict,” Dr. Susan Moore said, accusing a white doctor of downplaying her complaints of pain and suggesting she should be discharged.

Sisters Jessica Cheatham and Jama Allen plan to do everything they can to preserve for their kids the family’s Christmas traditions — even as they mourn the crushing loss of their mom, dad and grandfather to Covid-19.