LOS ANGELES: Another 3,830 people in the US died of causes related to Covid-19, keeping the country on track to reach 400,000 deaths before President-elect
Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. Reported cases nationwide increased by about 2,31,000 to more than 23.7 million, according to data compiled by
Johns Hopkins University and
Bloomberg. Deaths rose to 3,95,785.
Just the Greater
Los Angeles area has now surpassed 1 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, though county scientists estimate actual infections are three times higher. The milestone means one in 10 people in LA county has tested positive at some point in the outbreak. The health department reported 14,669 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total to just over 1 million. The county also added 253 new deaths, for a total of 13,741. The new cases are expected to put further strain on a health-care system. Across southern
California and increasingly in other parts of the state, the surge in cases following Thanksgiving and yearend holiday travel has pushed ICU capacity to zero.