Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced 69 more coronavirus-related fatalities on Friday.
That’s much higher than the average number of daily COVID-related deaths reported last week, which was about 38. The new deaths increased the countywide death toll related to the pandemic to 4,624.
County health officials have been warning about an anticipated increase in deaths, following a sharp increase in hospitalizations that began in mid July, roughly two weeks after the Fourth of July weekend.
Officials are blaming the rise in fatalities on numerous public gatherings that weekend, despite health restrictions banning them. “As we are seeing increases these past few days in the numbers of people.
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