L.A. County currently has 1,216 positive cases of coronavirus
An additional nine people have died amid the coronavirus pandemic in L.A County with newly-reported positive cases coming in at 421, representing the largest spike thus far in the area.
No further information is currently available for the nine people who have passed away, Ferrer said, as some families and next of kin are still being notified. She made adjustments to previously reported figures, saying that the death of the minor who presumably passed away from COVID-19 is still being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control, and another individual who died was a resident from another county.
Ferrer cautioned that the assumption must be made that the spread of COVID-19 is "happening across the county." She used an example that if there are 1000 positive cases and each of those individuals transmits it to two other people, in a few weeks time, "there could be a million infected in L.A County. And if 20 percent of those need hospital care...that could mean 200,000 need to be hospitalized. We absolutely need everyone to help us.
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