That's partly due to vaccination numbers in the state. California has given 40 million vaccines, inoculating 72% of adults with at least one dose.
But COVID-19 is still a threat, however much success the state — and the rest of the country — may have had. The state isn't close to herd immunity, with demand dropping even with incentives.
Speaking Monday to reporters after the NATO summit in Brussels, President Joe Biden opened his remarks referencing the fact that while average coronavirus cases and deaths are “dropping dramatically” in the U.S., “there’s still too many lives being lost,” which he called “a real tragedy.”
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