Los Angeles, CA–Los Angeles residents are urged to avoid grocery stores this week as coronavirus cases continue to spike across the U.S. According to the White House Corona Task Force during their daily press briefings, the virus is expected to hit a “deadly apex” within the next two weeks.
There has also been an increase of coronavirus cases in grocery store workers across the U.S.
As of this weekend there is said to be a total of 8,500 deaths and 312,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus currently in America.
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“This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe,” Birx warned.