By Erik Pedersen
08.05.2020 - 00:27 / deadline.com
By Tom Tapp
Deputy Managing Editor
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 29,427 total cases of COVID-19 and 815 new cases as of Thursday. Since reporting of those numbers includes a lag time, it is quite possible that the total number of cases in L.A. County has topped 30,000.
L.A. County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer warned that as the county eases sequestration recommendations on Friday, those approximately 30,000 cases could grow quickly.
“If we don’t
By Erik Pedersen
By Dino-Ray Ramos
By Bruce Haring
The latest COVID-19 briefing from Los Angeles County officials indicates that there have been 35 additional fatalities and 1,072 new confirmed cases. L.A.
By Tom Tapp
LOS ANGELES – As officials across 53 of California’s 58 counties continue to implement various stages respectively for the limited reopening of their economies, public health officials recorded 132 new COVID-19 related deaths Tuesday. That grim count marked the most deaths in a single day since the previous count of 117 late last month.
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
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 Bruce Haring