. More people have died in the field after a 9-1-1 call for ambulance and emergency services in recent months — during the Coronavirus pandemic — than in previous years, according to county emergency services officials.
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January this year saw the sharpest uptick: up to 516 people died in the field following a 9-1-1 call for service, a statistic that comes from a Feb. 3 daily report by the county’s Medical Health Operational Area Coordination (MHOAC).