L.A. County reaches 7,000 deaths, more than 300,000 coronavirus cases – By David Rosenfeld (The Daily Breeze) / Oct 26 2020
Public health experts say the county is at a dangerous precipice of surge or recovery.
Los Angeles County eclipsed two tragic milestones that few experts could have imagined mere months ago — as officials confirmed Monday, Oct. 26, that the coronavirus had claimed 7,000 lives since the pandemic began and more than 300,000 people have tested positive.
On Monday, the county reported eight new deaths, bringing the total to exactly 7,000 people who have died, and 861 new cases for a total of 300,614 confirmed cases.
“It’s a grim reminder of the horrific impact COVID-19 has on so many of our families,” said Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “As I report these numbers every day it’s a reminder for me that this affects so many people across our communities who are grieving the loss of somebody who died of COVID-19.”
While the rates of infection in L.A. County remained among the state’s highest, hospitals have not been seeing an influx of new patients and the death rate too has stayed relatively low. Less than 800 people were in the hospital Monday from a high of more than 2,000 in July and about 18 people are dying per day over the past week down from nearly 50 in July.
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