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Updated 4 hours ago COVID-19 has now claimed more than 604,000 American lives. NBC 7 Investigates has been tracking death rates per county, and found a staggering contrast across California. Some counties reported nearly four times as many COVID-19 deaths as others. According to the COVID-19 deaths reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), San Diego County has seen 132 deaths per 100,000 people. That’s better than the average for California counties 164. Riverside County has reported 209 deaths per 100,000 people, and Imperial County has reported 323 deaths - the highest rate in the state. Public health officials say there are several factors at play in the death rate disparities, such as the types of jobs people work in each county and public interventions, like stay-at-home orders and mask mandates, which San Diego County put in place in May 1, 2020. ....
Community gathers to honor fallen law enforcement 2021 memorial looks a little different due to COVID-19 restrictions EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - The Imperial Valley Law Enforcement Memorial in partnership with local law enforcement agencies honors our fallen officers Friday evening. Last year’s motorcade was cancelled due to the pandemic. Authorities have since been eager to honor their fellow officers and agents, with the rest of the community. Typically for the law enforcement memorial, we do a whole stand-in ceremony at the courthouse on the steps. Due to COVID, we re unable to do that,” says Sergeant for the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office Steven Green. So, we came up with a game plan, and the best we could think of to honor the fallen officers, was to set up the flags and the display at the courthouse in the yard there; and then to do a motorcade from here as we normally do every year, from here to the courthouse. ....