Just over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported by Los Angeles County by mid week, while the overall virus-related death toll reached the grim 32,000 milestone. The 2,044 new infections […]
Category: COVID-19
Our Weekly has kept readers informed about the Covid-19 pandemic since its beginning. The following is a compilation of stories we have published during the crisis. We urge readers to keep safe, wear a mask and get vaccinated so we can all put an end to this virus.
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Slight uptick in COVID cases following school spring break
Spring break appears to have sparked a jump in COVID-19 cases among school students and staff, with both the number of new cases and the rate of positive tests rising […]
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Experts discuss the mental impact of COVID-19
When COVID-19 became a widespread disease, the world underestimated the impact this virus would have on society, whether mentally, financially, emotionally, or physically. The pandemic tested everybody, and many are […]
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LA County lifts mask mandates, urges precautions against BA.2
With many COVID-19 public-health mandates now lifted, Los Angeles County officials this week urged people who may be more vulnerable to severe illness from the virus to continue taking precautions […]
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Criminal, civil jury trials will resume on Monday
Criminal and civil jury trials will resume fully in Los Angeles County’s courthouses beginning this coming Monday, Feb. 14, the court’s presiding judge announced this week, citing subsiding COVID-19 cases. […]
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COVID-positive patients continue to decrease
The number of COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals had fallen by midweek for the eighth consecutive day, decreasing from 3,720 to 3,710, according to the latest state figures. […]
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Nursing homes feel brunt of COVID and isolation
Dina Halperin had been cooped up alone for three weeks in her nursing home room after her two unvaccinated roommates were moved out at the onset of the omicron surge. […]
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COVID-19’s staggering death toll within the Black community
It is a known fact that the Black community in Los Angeles County has one of the highest case rates of COVID-19, yet one of the lowest vaccination rates. It […]
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R. Kelly contracts Covid 19 in jail
Singer R. Kelly needs more time to appeal last week’s convictions of a sex offender because he recently contracted Covid 19 and has fired most of his legal team, he […]
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Hahn calls for closure of illegal testing sites
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn this week announced she is directing county officials to monitor pop-up testing sites and close fraudulent sites that are defrauding residents. In recent days, […]
