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UPDATE: On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported 5 new deaths and 933 new COVID-19 cases. The lower number of deaths reflects reporting delays over the weekend. To date, there are 274,565 cases and 6,647 deaths. 673 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 and of the 2,700,000…

UPDATE, 1:34 PM: Devil’s Night is back on in the City of Angels, kind of. Less than a day after Los Angeles County Department of Public Health essentially shut down Halloween over the risk posed by the still strong coronavirus pandemic, they’ve put on a new costume. In a press briefing that is still going on, LACPD…

UPDATE, Sunday, July 12: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 18 new deaths and 3,322 new cases of COVID-19. Excluding the 4,015 new cases reported on July 7, which included a significant portion of backlog, this is the highest single-day total to date for the county, eclipsing the…

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today confirmed 46 new deaths and 1,155 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health has identified 58,234 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 2,489 deaths. Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions…