Covid-19 Deaths in Los Angeles County Pass 28,000
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
HEALTH
Covid-19 Deaths in Los Angeles County Pass 28,000
County’s public health office warns of ‘worrisome rates of community transmission’
By Nick Kostov and Bojan Pancevski
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Updated Jan. 16, 2022 7:15 am ET
Los Angeles County said more than 28,000 residents have died from cases linked to Covid-19 since the pandemic began almost two years ago.
The county’s public health office registered 66 deaths linked to the coronavirus Saturday, the biggest daily number since early last April and a fourfold increase from one week earlier. Most deaths linked to Covid-19 in the past week were among people who got infected after Dec. 20, when the new Omicron variant was widely circulating.
The public health office said the recent jump in hospitalizations and “the extraordinarily high number of new cases reflects worrisome rates of community transmission.”
In France, lawmakers are expected Sunday to pass a bill supported by President Emmanuel Macron that would bar the unvaccinated from entering restaurants, cafes and many other public venues, rather than allowing them to enter by showing a negative test.
The vote comes after some 54,000 people on Saturday took part in protests in French cities against tightening restrictions on those who reject a Covid-19 vaccination, according to the Interior Ministry. That was about half as many people across the country as last week, when protesters vented against Mr. Macron’s recent comment that, “The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off.” (1), (2)
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(1) https://www.wsj.com/articles/tracking-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-11611355360
(2) https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-omicron-battle-plan-hassle-the-unvaccinated-11641737453
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/france-prepares-to-vote-on-stricter-covid-laws-for-unvaccinated-people-11642333051
It's a catch-all article. It starts off being about Los Angeles, and it immediately switches to France.
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Los Angeles County said more than 28,000 residents have died from cases linked to Covid-19 since the pandemic began almost two years ago
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