LOS ANGELES — It was three years ago this month that California documented its first known victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, the pandemic's toll has breached a once-unthinkable level, with more than 100,000 deaths reported statewide, according to the California Department of Public Health.
Unlike the first known victim — whose tragic brush with the coronavirus was recounted in detail during the pandemic's early days — we may never know the identity of the individual who represents the latest grim milestone in an era marked with them.
