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Covid Was The Leading Cause Of Death In Los Angeles Over The Past Two Years, Data Show

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The winter Omicron surge is retreating across nearly all key data points in Los Angeles County except one: Deaths. Deaths each of the past two days have moved to near 100 from about 50 earlier in the week.

While not an all-time high, those numbers are still substantial, especially when considered in a larger frame offered by public health officials today.According to L.A.

officials, Covid has been the leading cause of death in L.A. county over roughly the past two years. Offering data from March 2020 through December 2021, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said 24,947 lives lost to Covid.

Second on the list is coronary heart disease, which was responsible for 21,513 deaths. For comparison — since it is often made — the flu took 3,422 lives in Los Angeles over the same period.The total number of deaths related to Covid since the start of the pandemic in the county now sits at 29,099.The numbers are even more remarkable given that pre-pandemic, coronary heart disease regularly stood 2X any other cause of death, whether premature or otherwise, according to L.A.

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