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• Illinois Infant With COVID-19 Dies, Cause Of Death Unknown

  28-03-2020 23:29
  
  An infant and a state employee at the Department of Human Services were among the fatalities announced Saturday.
  
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• ‘More Than Ever, It Is Crucial We Practice Social Distancing’: LA County Reports 6 New COVID-19-Related Deaths

  28-03-2020 23:18
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Los Angeles County has confirmed six new COVID-19-related deaths, and 344 new cases related to the virus, health officials said Saturday.
  “We are sad to announce six additional deaths from COVID-19 today,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Los Angeles County Public Health Director. “More than ever, it is crucial that we practice social distancing, and if we are sick, even with mild illness, we make every effort to self-isolate from others for at leas
  
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• ‘More Than Ever, It Is Crucial We Practice Social Distancing’: LA Co. Reports 6 New COVID-19 Deaths

  28-03-2020 23:18
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Los Angeles County has confirmed six new COVID-19-related deaths, and 344 new cases related to the virus, health officials said Saturday.
  “We are sad to announce six additional deaths from COVID-19 today,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Los Angeles County Public Health Director. “More than ever, it is crucial that we practice social distancing, and if we are sick, even with mild illness, we make every effort to self-isolate from others for at leas
  
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• 12 Confirmed Cases Of Coronavirus, 1 Death At Yucaipa Nursing Facility

  28-03-2020 22:00
  
  YUCAIPA (CBSLA) — 12 people at nursing facility in Yucaipa have tested positive for COVID-19 and a resident of a second Yucaipa nursing facility is presenting symptoms of the disease, officials said Saturday.
  In a press release, San Bernardino health officials said that the county is working to test all employees and residents of both facilities.
  “This is the first instance we have had in our county of a concentrated COVID-19 outbreak,” said Acting County Health Officer Dr. Eri
  
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• O.C. Sees 85 New Cases Of COVID-19, 1 New Death, Public Health Officials Announce

  28-03-2020 21:51
  
  ORANGE (CBSLA) — Orange County public health officials on Saturday announced 85 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the county’s total number of cases to date to 403. Of those, officials say four people have died.
  This is a developing news story. More information will be added as soon as it becomes available.
  
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• Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Return To US After Coronavirus Diagnosis

  28-03-2020 21:48
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are back in the U.S. after being diagnosed with COVID-19 and quarantined in Australia.
  In a social media post Saturday, Hanks shared an update, saying that the couple will continue to shelter in place at home.pic.twitter.com/f6wLTkz90m
  — Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 28, 2020
   
  “We’re home now and, like the rest of America, we carry on with sheltering in place and social distancing,” Hanks wrote. He thanked those wh
  
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• FDA Green Lights Rapid Coronavirus Test That Can Provide Results In Under 15 Minutes

  28-03-2020 21:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to a coronavirus test that can provide results in less than fifteen minutes.
  The administration authorized the test for emergency use.
  The manufacturer, Abbott Laboratories, says it expects to deliver 50,000 tests per day beginning next week.
  The technology is the same that powers some rapid flu tests looking for genes that are present in the virus.
  Last week, the FDA approved another rapid test that prov
  
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• Investigation Continues Into Shooting Death Of Man In Gardena

  28-03-2020 20:44
  
  GARDENA (CBSLA) — Authorities on Saturday were investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man in Gardena.
  The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says the shooting unfolded just before 8:20 p.m. Friday in the 1100 block of West 164th Street.
  It was there that authorities responded, and transported the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  The shooting is being investigated. Authorities have asked anyone with more information to call the Los
  
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• LA City Attorney Warns Residents Against Fake At-Home Coronavirus Test Scams

  28-03-2020 18:42
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer is warning residents against scams related to COVID-19 at-home.
  In a video message Saturday, Feuer reminded Angelenos that the FDA has not approved an at-home test for the coronavirus.
  “It’s not like a home pregnancy test; you can’t just buy it,” he said. “Knowing that we can’t just buy a test means anyone trying to sell us one is a scammer. And this is happening in a variety of ways.”
  Feuer said
  
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• Report: Coronavirus Could Kill Hundreds Of Homeless People In LA County

  28-03-2020 17:14
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As many as 400 people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County could die from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report published Friday by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and two other universities
  Researchers found that the pandemic will likely kill over 3,400 homeless people across the United States. Up to 1,200 of those deaths could come from California, and over 7,000 homeless people could be hospitalized in the state due to COVID-19.
  2,600 of those
  
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• Free Grocery Giveaway Helps Families Impacted By Coronavirus Pandemic

  28-03-2020 16:59
  
  KOREATOWN (CBSLA) — After over a million people filed for unemployment in California over the last two weeks, organizations in Los Angeles are stepping up to help provide essentials to families in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
  Urban Partners Los Angeles gives away groceries at First Unitarian Church in Koreatown each week, usually serving about 200 people. This Saturday, they’ll be giving away 1,000 bags of groceries.
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• Gelson’s Pacific Palisades Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus, Store Closes For Cleaning

  28-03-2020 16:24
  
  PACIFIC PALISADES (CBSLA) — An employee at the Gelson’s Pacific Palisades location has tested positive for COVID-19, the market said in a statement this week.
  According to the statement, the employee last worked in the store on March 22 and is expected to recover. The store was temporarily closed for cleaning and is expected to reopen Saturday.
  MORE: ‘There’s Plenty Of Food’: Grocery Stores Say Empty Shelves Are Not Sign Of Food Shortage
  “We are alerting all G
  
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• University of Washington Web App Models Coronavirus-Related Projections By State

  28-03-2020 15:58
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A health research institute at the University of Washington has put together a web app that models COVID-19 projections by state.
  Peak resource predictions for California (credit: The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations)
  The model gives projections for the date of peak resource use in each state, including ICU beds and ventilators. The model also projects the deaths per day and total deaths related to COVID-19.
  MORE: LA City Council Approves Relief Measures F
  
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• LA District Attorney Race Heads To Runoff Election, Super Tuesday Results Certified

  28-03-2020 15:31
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The race for Los Angeles County District Attorney will head to a runoff election in November after current D.A. Jackie Lacey failed to secure more than 50 percent of the votes in the Super Tuesday election.
  Results of the March 3 primary were certified Friday by the L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s Office.
  Lacey will have to compete in the November 3 runoff election against former San Francisco D.A. George Gascon in her bid for reelection. Lacey had
  
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• LA City Council Approves Relief Measures For Residents Impacted By Coronavirus Pandemic

  28-03-2020 07:25
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles City Council Friday approved emergency relief measures aimed at helping people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic make it through the next several months.
  The council approved an ordinance that provides for an emergency 10-day paid leave requirement during the COVID-19 state of emergency for businesses within the city of Los Angeles with 500 or more employees.
  RELATED: Person In Isolation May Be First Homeless COVID-19 Case In LA
  The intent of the or
  
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• CHP Reports Increase In Speeding Violations Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

  28-03-2020 06:54
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Clear highways, even during rush hour, have become a sign of the times as stay at home orders have forced people indoors to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
  “It surprised me,” Shanelle Gonzalez, a California Highway Patrol officer, said. “It scares me too.”
  Gonzalez, who works with the Southern Division of CHP, said now that fewer people are on the road, she’s dealing with a new set of dangers as drivers, facing little resistance
  
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• Ventura County Reports 2 More Coronavirus-Related Deaths, 22 Additional Cases

  28-03-2020 04:00
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Ventura County officials Friday reported 22 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and two more virus-related deaths.
  The county now has 83 confirmed cases and three deaths; the county’s first death was reported Sunday.
  “Public Health extends our deepest condolences to the individual’s loved ones in the wake of this tragedy,” Dr. Robert Levin, Ventura County public health officer, said following Sunday’s death.”In these uncertain
  
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• ‘I’ve Never Been This Sick In My Life’: Man Suspected Of Having COVID-19 Talks About Surviving Virus

  28-03-2020 03:35
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Dinh Thai still has a dry cough that makes it hard for him to breathe.
  “It’s crazy,” he said before he started coughing. “That’s the cough. It just comes out of nowhere.”
  It’s clear from listening that the cough is deep in his chest.
  “It’s really low, and I feel it also in the back of my throat,” Thai said. “And the combination of shortness of breath is what makes it scary.”
  Thai, a freelance writ
  
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• 7 More LAPD Employees, 3 More LAFD Employees Test Positive For Coronavirus

  28-03-2020 02:53
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Seven more Los Angeles Police Department employees and three more Los Angeles Fire Department employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
  The news comes the day after LAPD announced three additional employees had tested positive for the virus, bringing the total to 15 confirmed cases within the department.
  RELATED: 5 More Coronavirus Deaths Reported In LA County; Cases Near 1,500
  “The Department has strict protocols for any employee who experiences symp
  
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• LAUSD Provides 100K N95 Masks To Local Hospitals

  28-03-2020 02:19
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Unified School District is providing 100,000 N-95 masks to ten local hospitals as supplies run low during the global coronavirus pandemic.
  As part of its planning for emergencies, the school district had purchased personal protective equipment, including masks, to use for other emergencies like fires.
  RELATED: LA Shoe Company Launches Effort To Sew Masks For Medical Workers
  “We’re all in this together and we will do everything we can to hel
  
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• Doctor At Riverside Clinic Tests Positive For COVID-19, County Reports 78 New Cases

  28-03-2020 02:02
  
  RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — Health investigators Friday were working to track down patients who might have interacted with a doctor at Riverside Medical Clinic’s Day Street location who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
  The news came as Riverside County reported 78 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total to 185. The number of virus-related deaths remained unchanged at eight.
  “This is an unfortunate situation and we are taking all steps necessary to protect the patients and s
  
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• Person In Isolation May Be First Homeless COVID-19 Case In LA

  28-03-2020 01:50
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Mayor Eric Garcetti has confirmed a homeless person in Los Angeles is in isolation as a possible patient.
  The mayor made the announcement during his daily COVID-19 briefing Friday evening.
  Garcetti said officials are re-tracing their steps to determine with whom the person may have been in contact.
  Earlier in the day, officials said there had not been any confirmed cases of the virus among the city’s homeless population.
  
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• LA Shoe Company Launches Effort To Sew Masks For Medical Workers

  28-03-2020 01:37
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Los Angeles-based shoemaker has launched a campaign to produce masks for medical workers during the coronavirus crisis.
  Tieks by Gavrieli retooled its facility, bought a fleet of sewing machines and retrained employees to create masks for what they call “Operation #sewTOGETHER.”
  “In response to the global scarcity of essential medical supplies, we’ve been donating medical-grade face masks and stitching and distributing lower-grade masks to ho
  
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• Orange County Reports 71 New Coronavirus Cases, 2 More Deaths; Sheriff Releasing Inmates Early

  28-03-2020 01:00
  
  SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Orange County Friday reported 71 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, increasing the county’s total to 321, and two additional deaths.
  The county’s first fatality, reported Tuesday, involved a 75-year-old man who was hospitalized March 17 and died two days later.
  Of the county’s 321 cases, 75 residents contracted the virus through travel, 27 by person-to-person spread and 75 were community acquired. The remaining 73 cases are under investigati
  
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• Orange County Reports 71 New Coronavirus Cases, 2 More Deaths

  28-03-2020 01:00
  
  SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — Orange County Friday reported 71 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, increasing the county’s total to 321, and two additional deaths.
  The county’s first fatality, reported Tuesday, involved a 75-year-old man who was hospitalized March 17 and died two days later.
  Of the county’s 321 cases, 75 residents contracted the virus through travel, 27 by person-to-person spread and 75 were community acquired. The remaining 73 cases are under investigati
  
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• USNS Mercy Arrives At Port Of Los Angeles To Treat Non-COVID Patients

  28-03-2020 00:33
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Naval hospital ship USNS Mercy has arrived at the Port of Los Angeles to help relieve local hospitals staggering under an onslaught of coronavirus cases.
  The massive floating hospital arrived in the port at about 8:30 a.m.
  “This does feel like the cavalry has arrived,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said.
  Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor Eric Garcetti, and other local leaders and public health officials were on hand to visit the ship shortly after its a
  
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• Sparks Guard Sydney Wiese Tests Positive For Coronavirus

  28-03-2020 00:18
  
  LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles Sparks guard Sydney Wiese is the latest professional athlete to test positive for the novel coronavirus.
  According to the Sparks, Wiese was tested for the illness after returning to the United States from playing overseas in Spain.
  RELATED: Lakers Players Test Positive For Coronavirus, ‘Currently Asymptomatic’
  Wiese said on Twitter that she was experiencing mild symptoms, including a loss of taste and smell.The symptoms I showed were loss of ta
  
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