One day after reporting the highest number of fatalities across Los Angeles County during the coronavirus pandemic, the region has topped it once again by reporting 42 more deaths in a 24-hour period on Wednesday.
Forty people lost their lives on Tuesday, with the total number of deaths across the county at 402 since the pandemic started.
Currently, there are 10,496 positive cases in L.A. County, and the mortality rate remains consistent with Tuesday at 3.8 percent.
The total number of deaths account for nearly half of the state’s COVID-19 casualties, a figure that now stands at 821. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A.