The past 24 hours have delivered the deadliest frame yet during the coronavirus pandemic in L.A. County with public health officials confirming another 28 deaths and 711 newly-diagnosed positive cases.
The latest statistics were announced Saturday afternoon by the county's Department of Public Health which had been reporting fatalities hovering around a dozen per day in the week leading up and new cases mostly in the 500-range.
Of the 28 who passed away from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, 21 had underlying health conditions and 17 were over the age of 65.
Nine were between the ages of 18 and 65, and six of them had underlying health conditions. Over the past 48 hours, there have been 1,238 new cases, a jump of more.