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Barbara Ferrer
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Coronavirus: 128 New Cases & Two More Deaths In L.A. County; 20,000 Testing Kits Headed To Region, With 5,000 Results Daily By Friday
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deadline.comBy Erik Pedersen Managing Editor Los Angeles City and County officials used their daily coronavirus update Monday to note that a deal has been reached to bring some 20,000 testing kits to the region but also gave more sobering numbers about the number of local cases.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of Public Health for L.A. County, said 128 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the county, along with two more deaths.
That brings the total number of cases in L.A. County to 536, and seven people have died. She noted that 80% of the cases are among people ages 18-65 and 42% are 18-40. “This virus can, in fact, affect people across the board,” Ferrer stressed, and she — and other officials who were on the update — continued to hammer home
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