Hospitals in Los Angeles County inundated with COVID-19 patients, treat some in gift shops

“The very high numbers I will report today are, sadly, not a surprise,” said Los Angeles Public Health Chief Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon on Friday.

“The rate of new cases this month is translating into a disastrous increase in the number of people with severe COVID-19 symptoms being sent to our local hospitals,” said a statement from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department on Wednesday.

UPDATED, 6:05 PM: Los Angeles Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda has been released from the hospital where he had been since mid-November. The team reported that the Hall of Famer is “resting comfortably” at his home.

On January 30th, Los Angeles County announced it had passed the dark milestone of 10,000 deaths related to Covid-19 in 2020. It was a grim end to a grim year. Now, less than a week later, the county has already passed 11,000 pandemic-related deaths.

told TMZ on Tuesday the A View to a Kill and That '70s Show star died on Monday night at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. A representative for Roberts, Mike Pingel, previously announced that the actress died on Sunday after she collapsed on Christmas Eve.

mistakenly announced her death.The former Bond girl died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where she’d been hospitalized since Christmas Eve after collapsing in her home after a hike, TMZ reported.Roberts was 65.Her partner, Lance O’Brien, told the gossip site that he received a call from her doctor around 9 p.m.

Los Angeles County hospitals are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients that EMS workers were told Monday to ration oxygen, according to reports.  The L.A.

“The anticipated surge from the holiday gatherings has begun,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Monday. While the daily 9142 new cases recorded in the region on Monday was less than half of the record highs seen in recent weeks, Ferrer said the low number reflects the closure of many testing sites and a delay caused but the holiday.

announcing her death on Sunday, according to reports.A day after releasing a statement saying that the 65-year-old former Bond girl had died, her rep Mike Pingel on Monday made the stunning admission to TMZ that he’d been mistaken.The rep said Roberts’ longtime partner, Lance O’Brien, had informed him of her passing at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.She’d been hospitalized there since Christmas Eve, when she collapsed at home after walking her dog, Pingel said.Pingel told the outlet

Tanya Roberts, the actress best known for playing a Bond girl in A View to a Kill andMidge Pinciotti on That '70's Show, has died. She was 65.

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has died. Best known for her roles as a Bond girl and on, Roberts died Sunday after a brief hospitalization, ET has learned.

Charlie's Angels star Tanya Roberts has died aged 65, after collapsing on Christmas Eve and never recovering. A representative for the actress told TMZ that she collapsed at her home in Los Angeles after walking her dog the day before Christmas.

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