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New variant and crowded housing turned LA into coronavirus epicenter – Business Insider – Business Insider
LA’s average daily coronavirus deaths quadrupled from December to January, while hospitalizations rose from around 2,500 per day to 7,500 per day.
Scientists repeatedly warned that the winter holidays would usher in disastrous spikes in coronavirus cases across the US. But few places suffered as gravely as Los Angeles, now the epicenter of the nation’s outbreak.
LA County has recorded nearly 1.1 million cases and 16,000 deaths to date more than any other county in the US.
Things turned particular dire in early December, when LA moved into California’s “extremely high risk” tier an indication that the virus was spreading widely in the community….
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