UCLA Hospital Copes With Pandemic Surge As California Becomes First State With 3 Million COVID-19 Cases

TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 21: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Anthony Banash receives a COVID-19 Pfizer vaccination at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on January 21, 2021 in Torrance, California. Banash was the first patient to receive the vaccine at the hospital. California has become the first state in the nation to record 3 million known COVID-19 infections. Los Angeles County reported more than 250 COVID-19 fatalities on January 21. According to Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services, the chance a patient will die after being hospitalized from the coronavirus has increased to roughly 1 in 4. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)