The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 38 more deaths and 691 additional cases of coronavirus on Saturday. Twenty-eight of the people who died were over age 65, seven were bet…
, the county’s public health director, said in a statement. “As we plan for L.A. County’s recovery phase, we are mapping a path forward that allows us to appropriately acknowledge the very real risks of COVID-19 and together, do everything possible to continue to slow the spread and save lives.”
Ferrer noted that there have been 182 confirmed cases among the county’s homeless population, with the majority of them occurring among people at the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row, where an outbreak was confirmed in mid-April. She also said there have been 106 known instances of pregnant women in the county who tested positive.
Los Angeles County continues to represent about half of the cases and deaths across the state. Officials in Sacramento reported Saturday that the state had 52,197 cases and 2,171 deaths.
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