The weather is alluring. The sun and slight breeze beacons Angelinos to venture outside as if in an earlier time when spring sprung open a treasure trove of relationships and fun and freedom from care.
But in the era of the coronavirus pandemic, such magical thinking is dangerous. On the very beautiful and balmy Friday afternoon, May 15, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 47 new deaths and 962 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total positive cases to date to 36,259 cases of COVID-19 across all LA County and a total of 1,755 deaths.
Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of the 47 deaths overnight, 37 were over the age of 65 years old.
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