Los Angeles County on Wednesday tallied its 10,000th COVID-19 death, “a terrible milestone,” said Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. The records were influenced in part by a backlog of deaths from the Christmas holiday weekend. L.A. County is now averaging about 129 COVID-19 deaths a day over the past week, a figure that has never been higher. There are lengthy delays in offloading patients from ambulances, causing “some unfortunate outcomes,” county officials said Wednesday. AdvertisementUnder normal circumstances, even patients whose hearts have stopped would still be rushed to emergency rooms.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 31, 2020 04:04 UTC