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Registered nurse Kyanna Barboza adjusts the ventilator on her COVID-19 patient at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
LOS ANGELES, CA Los Angeles County health officials sought to get through to residents just how dire the coronavirus outbreak is in Los Angeles County despite the numbing effects of months of warnings.
Countywide, there were nearly 18,000 new cases 297 deaths confirmed Thursday, and the anticipated surge caused by holiday gatherings likely hasn t resulted in hospitalizations or deaths yet. Hospitals and morgues remain overwhelmed, and the more contagious U.K. variant of the disease is likely to become widespread by March in Los Angeles. According to county estimates, about a third of all Los Angeles County residents have already had the coronavirus sometime over the last year.
Los Angeles Covid-19 Update: County Supervisors Reportedly Discuss New Business Closures In Closed-Door Meeting Deadline 1/15/2021
The morning after Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti revealed that the County Board of Supervisors is considering new business closures in case of an increase in Covid-19 numbers, the board was reportedly doing just that behind closed doors on Friday.
While there has been some disagreement about whether cases are dropping, have stabilized or begun to rise, health officials say there is no doubt area hospitals are unsustainably flooded with patients. As a result, the county is experiencing one death every six minutes.
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