The coronavirus has eclipsed heart disease as the leading cause of death in Los Angeles County, California.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, told CNN, “More people are dying each day from COVID-19 than from other diseases that we track and get information on.”
On average, 44 people a day die from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County now. Heart disease claims 31 a day.
There are 1,533 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus in California. Over half of those, 757, are in Los Angeles County.
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Nationwide, 50,372 people have succumbed to COVID-19.
California has one of the most restrictive coronavirus policies in the nation. Residents must stay at home unless they are going out to get food, caring for a relative or friend, or going to an essential job.
Some localities that have seen their daily cases of the coronavirus drop, such as San Luis Obispo County, are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to lift some of the restrictions. Thus far, Newsom has resisted.
