Los Angeles County on Tuesday recorded its deadliest day yet during the coronavirus crisis with 40 more fatalities and 670 newly diagnosed cases.
A total of 360 county residents have died from COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, as the total number of positive cases tops 10,000, a new milestone for this unprecedented global pandemic that has claimed 125,476 lives across the U.S.
and decimated the economy. L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer announced the new numbers during her daily press briefing held downtown at the Board of Supervisors headquarters.