California's coronavirus emergency declaration is ending.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed the first influenza-related child death in Michigan for the 2021-2022 flu season.

“I was yelling at him, ‘Please, don’t stop breathing. Don’t die. Please, don’t stop breathing,’” Craiger said.

More than 40% of Americans now live in areas running out of ICU space, with only 15% of beds still available. According to data through Thursday from the COVID Tracking Project, hospitalizations are still high in the West and the South, with over 80,000 current COVID-19 hospital patients in those regions. “Initially, when the COVID surges were hitting one part of the country at a time, traveling nurses were able to go to areas more severely affected. “There’s a lot of these agencies that are out there charging absolutely ridiculous sums of money to get ICU nurses in,” Boom said. Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, is treating adult ICU patients, under age 30, in the children’s hospital.

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Here’s what’s happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY— Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300 with the country’s attention focused largely on the fallout from the deadly uprising at the Capitol. The country is now in the most lethal phase of the outbreak yet, even as vaccines are being rolled out. — An ongoing study suggests that older American adults are showing resilience and perseverance despite struggles with loneliness and isolation during the pandemic. THE NUMBERS: The U.S. is averaging about 249,000 new cases per day, and about 3,300 deaths. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

States with the highest number of COVID-19 casesCalifornia - 2,619,829 cases Texas - 1,923,399 cases Florida - 1,449,252 cases New York - 1,101,445 cases Illinois - 1,017,322 cases Ohio - 762,603 cases Georgia - 736,926 cases Pennsylvania - 708,221 cases Tennessee - 640,606 cases North Carolina - 602,774 cases Arizona - 596,251 cases Michigan - 559,655 cases Indiana - 552,594 cases Wisconsin - 544,618 cases New Jersey - 516,608 casesNote: Numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases above include presumptive positive cases. The remaining states listed above reported an increase in virus cases, but have maintained their ranking over the last seven days. States with the highest number of COVID-19 deathsNew York - 39,282 deaths Texas - 29,645 deaths California - 29,106 deaths Florida - 22,666 deaths New Jersey - 19,756 deaths Illinois - 19,108 deaths Pennsylvania - 17,376 deaths Michigan - 13,913 deaths Massachusetts - 12,985 deaths Georgia - 11,314 deaths Arizona - 9,938 deaths Ohio - 9,544 deaths Indiana - 8,892 deaths Louisiana - 7,833 deaths Tennessee - 7,618 deathsSince our last report: California saw the highest weekly increase in virus deaths of all states, reporting more than 2,500 new deaths since last week. All states listed above reported an increase in virus deaths, but have maintained their ranking over the last seven days. MORE: Global COVID: Tracking countries with the most virus cases, deaths on Jan. 9, 2021Click here for the latest coronavirus news

California is particularly hard hit, with skyrocketing deaths and infections threatening to force hospitals to ration care. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)LOS ANGELES – California health authorities reported Saturday a record one-day total of 695 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. Already, many hospitals in Los Angeles and other hard-hit areas are struggling to keep up and warned they may need to ration care as intensive care beds dwindle. With new figures released Saturday, the county surpassed 12,000 deaths caused by COVID-19 — 1,000 of which happened in the last four days. “We’re going to see high levels of hospitalization and, sadly, deaths over at least the next two to four weeks.”Los Angeles County has a fourth of the state’s population, but it accounts for about 40% of COVID-19 deaths.

California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. Overall, the scourge has left more than 365,000 dead in the U.S. and caused nearly 22 million confirmed infections. Britain, with one-fifth the population of the U.S., likewise reported on Friday its highest one-day count of deaths yet: 1,325. California, Arizona, Texas and Florida together had nearly 1,500 deaths and 80,000 cases on Thursday and have been setting daily records this week, as have Mississippi and Nevada. At St. Joseph Hospital south of Los Angeles, nurses in the COVID-19 ward described being overwhelmed as the deaths mount.

Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)New research suggests Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in the two more-contagious variants of the coronavirus that have erupted in Britain and South Africa. Bushman, who wasn't involved with the Pfizer study, cautioned that it tested just one vaccine against one worrisome mutation. Pfizer and researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston conducted laboratory tests to see if that mutation could thwart the vaccine. The Pfizer study found that the vaccine appeared to work against 15 additional possible mutations, but E484K wasn’t among those tested.

California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. The virus is surging in several states, with California hit particularly hard, reporting on Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths. On Wednesday, the day a horde of protesters breached the U.S. Capitol, disrupting efforts to certify the election of Joe Biden, the U.S. recorded 3,865 virus deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. “Real life turned out to be much worse.”In California, health authorities Thursday reported 583 new deaths, a day after 459 people died. Florida broke its record for the highest single-day number of cases with over 19,800, while its death toll reached 22,400.

California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. California health authorities reported Thursday 583 new deaths and a record two-day total of 1,042. Carmela Coyle, the association’s president and chief executive, said the group has been negotiating with state officials but they aren’t acting fast enough. “It’s a slap in the face to safe patient care to actually call charting and documentation ‘red tape,’” she said. State health officials did not respond to questions on how they expect the heath orders to be applied or how many patients or hospitals might be affected.

PONTIAC, Mich. Deputies were sent to St. Joseph Hospital on Monday after receiving a report of a gunshot victim with wounds in his lower extremities. The victim told officials he was walking in the area of Sanford and Wall Street when a vehicle drove past him and stopped at the intersection. He said a passenger jumped out with a gun and demanded he get on the ground. The victim told officials he refused to get on the ground and was shot twice in the leg by the suspect. The victim said the shooter stole $82 from him before jumping back into the vehicle.