LA County reports more than 800 new COVID-19 cases among health care workers
By KJ Hiramoto
LOS ANGELES - Health officials in Los Angeles County shared disturbing data involving our frontline workers.
Los Angeles County Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said during Monday s briefing that the county is seeing 842 new COVID-19 cases from health care workers in the area.
LA County also reported 2,741 new COVID-19 cases while seeing 93 new deaths from the virus across the area on Monday. The new numbers bring up the total number of cases across LA County to 1,149,064 while raising the death toll to 18,135. Officials also specified that Mondays tend to yield lower numbers due to a lag in reporting.
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