1 hr 35 min agoLos Angeles is reporting one Covid death every eight minutesFrom CNN's Cheri MossburgRefrigerated overflow morgue containers outside the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, January 6. Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty Images Refrigerated overflow morgue containers outside the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, January 6. Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty Images One person is dying from Covid-19 in Los Angeles every eight minutes, according to a new tweet from the county. Los Angeles County hospitals are still operating in contingency care, but given the overwhelming demand, could venture into crisis care mode. The country has the second-highest toll of coronavirus cases in the world, with more than 10.3 million cases recorded, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Source: The Nation January 07, 2021 21:05 UTC