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Related: About this forumLA County sets grim milestone with 140 COVID-19 deaths in a single day
Los Angeles County reported 140 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the largest number of fatalities counted in a single day in the county as coronavirus cases continue to surge.
More than 13,000 COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday alone, according to a tally from the Los Angeles Times.
County health officials have warned health care providers not to send patients to area emergency rooms unless necessary, the newspaper reported. The officials also sent a memo to health care providers on Wednesday saying local hospitals have reached a breaking point.
"It is critical that as a healthcare community we look at all available opportunities to help decrease the surge on hospitals and our 911 system, where possible," Sharon Balter, the county's chief of communicable disease control and prevention, wrote in the memo, according to the Times.
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MichMan
(11,867 posts)nwliberalkiwi
(367 posts)Very porous
MichMan
(11,867 posts)Or is it "please obey the orders, but nothing will happen if you don't?"