COVID-19 may have been in LA as early as last December, UCLA-led study suggests

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA researchers and colleagues who analyzed electronic health records found that there was a 50% increase in patients with coughs and acute respiratory failure at UCLA Health hospitals and clinics beginning in late December 2019 and continuing into February, suggesting that COVID-19 may have been circulating in the area months before the first definitive cases in the U.S. were identified.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news