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California s feared post-Christmas virus surge appears to begin as cases spike
Rong-Gong Lin II and Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times
Jan. 2, 2021
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LOS ANGELES The dreaded post-Christmas spike in coronavirus cases appears to be materializing in Los Angeles County, with a new rise in cases as hospitals are already in crisis from the Thanksgiving surge.
Los Angeles County posted its third highest single-day total for coronavirus cases on New Year’s Day, reporting 19,063 cases. That means that over the last seven days, there has been an average of more than 16,000 new coronavirus cases a day reported in the county about 12 times bigger than the comparable figure from Nov. 1 and the highest figure ever recorded.
Los Angeles morgues overflow as funeral homes turn away families
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Los Angeles morgues overflow as funeral homes turn away families
By Matthew Ormseth, Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money and Soumya Karlamangla
January 2, 2021 11.30am
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Los Angeles: A monthslong surge of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County is reaching its grim if inevitable zenith as deaths reach once-unthinkable levels, medical infrastructure is buckling under a flood of patients and officials fear the mortality numbers will only worsen in the coming weeks.
The county recorded an average of 151 people dying from COVID-19 each day in the past week - a figure that s almost as high as the average number of people dying daily from every other cause, about 170 a day. But more recently, those numbers have spiked considerably.