By Bruce Haring
05.05.2020 - 00:33 / deadline.com
By Tom Tapp
Deputy Managing Editor
UPDATED MONDAY AT 2:20 P.M. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 28 new deaths and 568 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday. That’s nearly 500 fewer new cases than were reported on Friday, continuing the rollercoaster fluctuations that have been reported this week.
As she has noted previously, L.A. County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer said that today’s big drop could be because “there’s very little testing over the weekend,”
By Bruce Haring
By Tom Tapp
Harvey Weinstein's extradition to Los Angeles to face an additional set of sex crime charges has been delayed, according to reports. A spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has reportedly confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic is the reason for the delay.
By Dino-Ray Ramos
An additional 47 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19 illness over the past 24 hours for a total of 1,755 deaths thus far in the pandemic, it was announced Friday. With residents having increased access to testing in recent weeks, more than 282,000 residents have been tested and 11 percent have tested positive.
An additional 51 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19 illness over the past 24 hours for a total of 1,709 deaths thus far in the pandemic, it was announced Thursday. One individual who died was an inmate at the Terminal Island federal prison, the eighth person there to fall victim to the coronavirus.
By Tom Tapp
Hiking to the Hollywood sign and hitting the links is being allowed Saturday as the California county hardest hit by the coronavirus cautiously reopened some sites to recreation-starved stay-at-homers. Los Angeles County permitted the reopening of trails and golf courses, but with social distancing restrictions.
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 Dominic Patten
By Bruce Haring