California has surpassed 25,000 COVID-19 related deaths

Michelle Goldson, RN is working with a covid positive patient inside the ICU at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17, 020 in Los Angeles, CA.
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California surpassed 25,000 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday. 
The state also recorded 3 more cases of the more transmissible coronavirus variant found in the UK. 
COVID-19 cases are surging in the state and are only expected to continue to rise. 
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