By Tom Tapp
24.04.2020 - 23:49 / deadline.com
By Tom Tapp
Deputy Managing Editor
Los Angeles County reported 52 more coronavirus-related deaths on Friday. That’s fewer deaths than the 68 reported on Thursday, and it represents the first decrease in recent days. The new reporting moves the region’s total death toll from the virus to 848.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the County Department of Public Health, said on Friday that there were 1,035 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number to 18,517. She stressed that these numbers were an
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer informed the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
By Tom Tapp
By Anita Bennett
As florists, golf courses and trails open across Los Angeles County today, Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer remained cautiously optimistic about moving into phase two of the area’s COVID-19 recovery plan.
By Tom Tapp
By Bruce Haring
By Anita Bennett
The death toll in Los Angeles County has surpassed 1,000 with an additional 56 lives lost over the past 24 hours due to COVID-19 illness, it was announced Wednesday. Of those who have died, 92 percent have faced underlying health issues, a percentage that has remained consistent over the past two weeks, said L.A.
By Marc Malkin
By Anita Bennett
Another 46 people have died in Los Angeles County since Monday due to COVID-19 illness, bringing the total number to 663. For a second straight day, the number of newly diagnosed positive cases has increased significantly — Tuesday by 1,400, Monday by 1,491 — due to a backlog of cases, Dr.
Appearing on CNN 360 Monday evening, U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA), told host Anderson Cooper that “Unless we test, we will never know the extent of the spread of the #coronavirus and the extent of the challenge for us to eradicate it. It’s never too late to do the right thing. And in this case, doing the right thing can still save countless lives.”