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The number of coronavirus cases and related deaths in Los Angeles County continued to surge over the first two days of the three-day holiday weekend, with health officials on Saturday reporting a combined tally of nearly 30,000 cases.
Officials reported 29,423 new coronavirus cases over Christmas Day and Saturday combined. Officials said Friday’s case numbers were delayed a day because of an interruption of internet service in the L.A. area by Spectrum.
Local health agencies also reported 136 deaths over the two-day period. The county has averaged about 14,000 new coronavirus cases a day and 88 COVID-19 deaths daily over the past week.
LA County hospitals running dangerously low on oxygen, supplies as ER units are overwhelmed Author: ong-Gong Lin II, Soumya Karlamangla and Luke Money, Los Angeles Times Updated: December 25, 2020 Published December 25, 2020
During the coronavirus pandeimic Michelle Goldson, RN, is working inside the ICU at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles. ICU availability in Southern California is at 0% amid a deluge of COVID-19 patients. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Share on Facebook LOS ANGELES Christmas arrived in Los Angeles County with hospitals in a full-blown coronavirus crisis. There are now so many patients that some hospitals are running dangerously low on oxygen and other supplies critical to treating those with COVID-19.
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