COVID-19 Pandemic

Update: NBC 7 San Diego is sad to report Hector Villaseñor, 72, of Chula Vista, passed away from COVID-19 on Jan. 8 following a trip to Mexcio to visit his brother, who was dying from cancer. More on his story here. A Chula Vista family’s trip to Mexico to visit a dying relative took an unfortunate turn when several of…

San Diego County supervisors are proposing a new COVID-19 resolution to respond to hard-hit communities in the South Bay.

Supervisors are proposing a new resolution to respond to the hard hit communities in the South Bay. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado has more.

An Eastlake man who visited his dying brother in Mexico is now hospitalized with COVID-19. Seven other family members got the disease and one died. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan shares their story.

Local hospitals are facing a difficult month ahead as COVID-19 cases continue to surge, surpassing previous records. San Diego county reported more deaths this week than ever before. As 2021 begins, locals are looking back at how the pandemic started compared to where we’re at now.   “[In] March it really seemed like, I mean, everyone was really scared,” said…

We’re facing a difficult month ahead as COVID-19 cases continue to surge, surpassing previous records. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado is giving us an overview of where we stand now compared to the early months of the pandemic.

With the turn of the calendar to 2021, some San Diegans are optimistic about turning the corner and getting back to normal life, or at least something close to it. But as record-setting case data and critically-low hospital bed and staff availability show us, the current coronavirus case surge is showing no signs of slowing down. As far as how…

San Diegans are hoping 2021 brings better fortune as far as the coronavirus is concerned.

Weeks before the state rolled out its color-coded tier system for reopening counties, a pandemic expert warned reopening the economy so soon would eventually just lead to more shutdowns. New England Complex Systems Institute founder Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam has advised presidential administrations and worked to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. “All you’re doing is perpetuating the situation,”...

NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas caught up with pandemic expert about the tactics the country has deployed so far.

Just about every family in the South Bay has been affeced by COVID-19. NBC 7’s Melissa Adan shares how the recent rise in cases is affecting them.

Across the South Bay, almost every family knows someone who has been impacted by COVID-19. This as the case rate in San Ysidro and two Chula Vista neighborhoods are rapidly growing. “Me and the kids we think we got COVID like around December and we got very sick,” said Danica Roldan. “Ever since that happened my respiratory problems haven’t...

A COVID-19 vaccine will be available to the first group of Americans in three weeks, according to Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the Chief Science Adviser for Operation Warp Speed.

A COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be available to the first group of Americans in three weeks. NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado breaks down the timeline and whether people are willing to take it.

One San Diego comedian isn’t laughing after his unemployment relief checks went from $600 per week to less than $100.

One San Diego comedian isn’t laughing after his unemployment relief checks went from $600 per week to less than $100, reports NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas.

UC San Diego is just a few weeks out from fall quarter and hundreds of students and faculty have signed a letter asking the university to drop in-person classes. Mustafa Kahn, a post-graduate student at UCSD, feels the letter’s authors make a valid argument that outbreaks are likely, posing a threat to the community’s safety. After all, he pointed...

UCSD students say they don’t have to look far to see examples of dangerous COVID-19 outbreaks on college campuses. NBC 7’s Jackie Crea has the story.

On the front lines of the fight against coronavirus is San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) The public health department is responsible for daily briefings and tracking on COVID-19 infection rates, hospital availability, and services for those who fall ill.

NBC 7 Investigates reporter Alexis Rivas spoke to workers who feel the county is not meeting their safety needs.