Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsLos Angeles’ stay at home orders started in March as the cases of COVID-19 began surging across the United States, but UCLA researchers have learned that the coronavirus may have started its spread in L.A.
as early as December.UCLA researchers announced Thursday that they saw an increase of patients dealing with coughs and acute respiratory failure in its hospitals and clinics in late December, which suggests that the virus could have been circulating months before the U.S.
confirmed its first definitive cases.The number of patients with similar symptoms began to rise through February. UCLA says the spike in patients experiencing respiratory system-related symptoms represents an.
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