Two additional LAPD employees test positive for COVID-19

Two more Los Angeles Police Department employees have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, authorities said Saturday.  

That means a total of 63 LAPD employees have tested positive, according to  Jessica Kellogg, public information officer for the Emergency Operations Center.

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Twenty-two LAPD employees have recovered and returned to full duty, Kellogg said. One remained hospitalized. All the others are at home and recovering.  

There were no new cases of COVID-19-positive Los Angeles Fire Department employees, keeping that number at 20, she said. Eleven have recovered and returned to work and none are hospitalized, Kellogg said.

The remaining nine are isolated and recovering at home.

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