Thirteen more people have died and additional 534 individuals have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in L.A. County over the past 24 hours.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county’s Department of Public Health, released the numbers during a Thursday afternoon press briefing held inside Board of Supervisors headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
Of the 13 who passed away, 12 were over the age of 65 and 11 had underlying health conditions. As of today, 78 people have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, raising the county’s mortality rate from 1.8 to 1.9 percent.
The county’s case county has risen by 1,047 over the past 48 hours, a figure similar to the previous 48-hour frame. Currently, there are 4,045.