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ER Doctor Saw COVID-19 Devastate New York. Now, He's Doing It Again In California

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with
Medical personnel from Riverside University Health Systems hospitals administer a coronavirus test to an individual during drive-through testing in the parking lot of Diamond Stadium on March 22 in Lake Elsinore, Calif.

Dr. Louis Tran, an emergency physician, spend much of May in New York City ICUs treating patients with COVID-19. Now, he's back at home in San Bernardino County in California, fighting the same virus on a different coast.

This week, and became the state with the highest number of COVID-19 severe illness and are less likely to die from the virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. on some indoor businesses, including restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and bars on July 13.

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