Los Angeles exceeds a million cases of Corona
The Los Angeles health authorities announced an increase in the number of coronavirus infections. To more than a million, becoming the first US county to reach this number. Followed by Cook and Maricopa provinces, which recorded the second and third highest number of infections in the country.
CNN quoted the health authorities as saying: According to the latest data, about 14,669 new infections were recorded. Bringing the total number in the province to one million three thousand and 923, and 253 deaths were recorded. For a total of 13,741 cases.
And the Public Health Department announced the registration of the first confirmed case of the new mutated strain. From Corona, which was discovered in Britain by a man in Los Angeles.
And Barbara Ferrer, Director of Health, considered the emergence of the new strain of the virus in Los Angeles. A matter of concern as the health care system is struggling as hospitals fill up with Covid-19 patients.
According to the Census Bureau, Los Angeles is the most populous county in the country. It has a population of about 10.1 million, followed by Cook, which has a population of 5.2 million, and Maricopa, with a population of about 4.2 million.
