The coronavirus continues to take hold over Los Angeles county as Public Health officials confirmed a total of 8,949 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday alone.A marker of increased resident gatherings and travel, the new statistic comes after the Thanksgiving holiday and as the county’s officials impose new safer-at-home ordinances to slow the spread.
Los Angeles Public Health has also confirmed 2,769 current hospitalizations and 44 new deaths caused by Covid-19.With a daily average of over 8,460 new cases in the last three days, Los Angeles is at almost double the threshold officials said would require new safer-at-home order, which was 4,500 new daily cases.
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