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LA police, fire agencies had over 200 COVID-19 outbreaks

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Public health officials have identified more than 200 coronavirus outbreaks at police or fire agencies throughout Los Angeles County since the start of the pandemic, according to data obtained by the Los Angeles Times.The 211 outbreaks, accounting for more than 2,500 cases between March 2020 and last month, represent 9% of total workplace outbreaks across the county, the newspaper reported Sunday.

However, they have continued to occur regularly even as vaccination rates increased among police and fire personnel and the number of individual coronavirus cases per outbreak has fallen since last winter.The data showed 38 outbreaks at public safety agencies were identified in April of this year — the most in any month since.

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