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LOS ANGELES - County public health officials said Friday they've ordered the continued closure of LA Apparel's manufacturing facilities in South Los Angeles, announcing that more than 300 workers have been confirmed with the coronavirus and four have died. The company's manufacturing complex on 59th Street was originally closed June 27 after inspectors found "flagrant" violations of infection-control protocols and the company "failed to cooperate" with the county's investigation of what were then about 150 total infections. According to the county Department of Public Health, an official order was issued Thursday mandating the "continuous closure" of the facility. Get breaking news alerts in the FOX 11 News app. Download for iOS or Android. Officials with LA Apparel could not ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County is seeing an increase in fatalities in coronavirus cases, county leaders said Friday. In Volusia County, there have been a total of 3,454 positive cases in Volusia County since March, according to the Florida Department of Health. The county has also had an increase of 14 deaths compared to the week prior, bringing the area total to 72 deaths. “If you test positive, please notify anyone you’ve come into close contact with so that they can prevent further spread,” Patricia Boswell, Administrator, Florida Department of Health in Volusia County said. According to officials, 288 people have required hospitalization because of the virus. According to the DOH data of coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities, there are now five in Volusia that have re...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County is seeing an increase in fatalities in coronavirus cases, county leaders said Friday. In Volusia County, there have been a total of 3,454 positive cases in Volusia County since March, according to the Florida Department of Health. The county has also had an increase of 14 deaths compared to the week prior, bringing the area total to 72 deaths. “If you test positive, please notify anyone you’ve come into close contact with so that they can prevent further spread,” Patricia Boswell, Administrator, Florida Department of Health in Volusia County said. According to officials, 288 people have required hospitalization because of the virus. According to the DOH data of coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities, there are now five in Volusia that have re...

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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County is seeing an increase in fatalities in coronavirus cases, county leaders said Friday. In Volusia County, there have been a total of 3,454 positive cases in Volusia County since March, according to the Florida Department of Health. The county has also had an increase of 14 deaths compared to the week prior, bringing the area total to 72 deaths. “If you test positive, please notify anyone you’ve come into close contact with so that they can prevent further spread,” Patricia Boswell, Administrator, Florida Department of Health in Volusia County said. According to officials, 288 people have required hospitalization because of the virus. According to the DOH data of coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities, there are now five in Volusia that have re...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti began his Friday coronavirus news conference by reminding residents, “This threat is real. This threat is growing.” He emphasized that Angelenos need to wear masks whenever they’re outside. “There are lives at stake,” he said. “We need both individuals and businesses to act on this.” The Los Angeles County Health Department revealed on Friday that 9.3 percent of all people tested were positive for coronavirus. In late May, Garcetti said, that number was 8 percent. The daily positivity rate — a composite of a 7-day rolling average — is now even higher, at 10 percent, he said. “Hospitalizations have been rising,” continued the mayor, spiking as high as 2,023 earlier this week and down slightly on Friday to 1,995. Twenty-six percent of those ...

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Autopsies found blood clots in “almost every organ” of coronavirus victims, according to a top New York City pathologist, who called the results “dramatic.” Early on, doctors found blood clots “in lines and various large vessels” of COVID-19 patients, Dr. Amy Rapkiewicz told CNN on Thursday. But then autopsies showed the damage was far worse. “The clotting was not only in the large vessels but also in the smaller vessels,” said Rapkiewicz, chairman of the department of pathology at NYU Langone Medical Center. “And this was dramatic because though we might have expected it in the lungs, we found it in almost every organ that we looked at in our autopsy study.” The autopsies also revealed that large bone marrow cells called megakaryocytes — which typically don’t travel out...

Leaders with the Minnesota Department of Health said they will not be changing any safety guidelines until further evidence of airborne transmission warrants it. ST PAUL, Minn. — The World Health Organization now recognizes the potential for airborne spread of the coronavirus through microscopic particles that remain in poorly ventilated air for hours. The change comes after 239 scientists from around the world issued an open letter saying recent studies have shown “… beyond any reasonable doubt that viruses are released during exhalation,” and that they can pose a risk of exposure at distances beyond two meters. ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Springfield-Greene County Health Department has notified the public of potential community exposures from six new COVID-19 cases. Five of the new cases reside in Greene County and one resides in another jurisdiction. Health officials shared the following timeline of potential exposures from the cases: Saturday, June 27: Visited Walmart Neighborhood Market at 3536 W Mt Vernon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, masked) Wednesday, July 1: Visited Walgreens at 2640 E Sunshine St from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.(infectious but not symptomatic, not masked) Thursday, July 2: Visited Sun Tan City at 1412 S Glenstone around 4 p.m. (infectious and symptomatic, masked) Thursday, July 2: Visited CVS at 1153 E Elm St between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. (infectious and s...