By Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor Coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County crossed a grim milestone on Thursday, breaching the 2,000 threshold.
That, as the number of COVID-related deaths in the U.S. nears 100,000. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said, however, that the data show stay-at-home and other COVID precautions are slowing the spread of the virus.
Ferrer announced Thursday at the county’s daily news conference that the death total from the pandemic total to 2,016. Ferrer also announced 1,204 cases had been detected, lifting the county’s overall total to 42,037. “As more people are going back to work,” said Ferrer, “We need our employers and our employees to work together to
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