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By City News Service
Dec 18, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More health care workers across Los Angeles County received initial doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine today, part of an ambitious effort to ensure the health and availability of doctors, nurses and other front-line workers amid surging virus cases and hospitalizations.
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services began operating vaccination clinics at three of the four medical centers it operates County- USC, Olive-View UCLA and Harbor-UCLA.
“Already this morning, the vaccinations clinics are going very, very well, said county DHS Director Dr. Christina Ghaly. “They re busy and we ve been able to vaccinate a large amount of staff within DHS, and that will continue throughout December. We can t respond to the increasing threat of this virus if our workforce doesn t stay healthy. So the fact that our front-line workforce can be there getting the vaccination and is ready to get the vaccination means so much for
As COVID-19 rapidly spreads throughout L.A. County, some areas pay the cruelest price [Los Angeles Times]
The December surge in COVID-19 had spread widely into communities across Los Angeles County, touching more lives than ever before and making the chances of being exposed to the virus much more likely than ever.
New daily cases have hit levels that are hard to fathom, including one day this week when more than 20,000 new COVID cases were reported in the county. An estimated one in 80 people in L.A. County are now contagious with the virus; that’s far worse than in late September, when scientists calculated that one in 880 county residents were infectious.
California breaks daily coronavirus case record again as deaths continue to rise [Los Angeles Times]
More Californians are dying of COVID-19 now than at any other point in the pandemic.
But as ferociously as the coronavirus has spread this autumn, it still continues to stalk certain communities much more than others.
More than 1,500 people lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last week a number that represents 7% of the state’s more than 22,000 total coronavirus-related fatalities.
The death tolls seen Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 295, 394, 288 and 265, respectively represent the four deadliest days the state has seen throughout the entire pandemic, according to data compiled by The Times.
California breaks daily coronavirus case record again as deaths continue to rise
A commuter at Union Station wears a mask.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
More Californians are dying of COVID-19 now than at any other point in the pandemic.
But as ferociously as the coronavirus has spread this autumn, it still continues to stalk certain communities much more than others.
More than 1,500 people lost their lives to COVID-19 in the last week a number that represents 7% of the state’s more than 22,000 total coronavirus-related fatalities.
The death tolls seen Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 295, 394, 288 and 265, respectively represent the four deadliest days the state has seen throughout the entire pandemic, according to data compiled by The Times.