LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)— The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Friday validated two more cases of coronavirus in Los Angeles County, bringing the county’s total to13
One of the new clients was said to be another physician screening tourists at Los Angeles International Airport. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county health department, said the department believes the brand-new case is connected to the other medical screener who evaluated favorable for the virus earlier in the week.
The other individual became part of a group of tourists recently in Italy. Several others in the group have actually been confirmed to have the infection.
On Thursday, Public Health reported four cases of coronavirus in the county. The 4 clients were likewise part of a group of tourists just recently in Northern Italy in addition to 3 other individuals who were confirmed Tuesday.
The 13 cases in L.A. County are:
- 8 individuals in the travel group to Italy
- Two agreement staff members who were carrying out coronavirus medical screenings of showing up travelers at LAX
- Two family members of a person who lives outside the county and was also validated with the virus
- A tourist from the area of Wuhan, China, and the county’s first case. That individual has actually since recovered.
Ferrer stressed that all of the county’s cases have actually been traced to an exposure source, so there are no local events of unknow