Los Angeles law enforcement agencies reported hundreds of officers and staff were quarantined this week after testing positive for COVID-19. LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said 573 personnel were quarantined with five of those in the hospital. “That’s a big chunk of people,” Villanueva said on a Facebook livestream Jan. 5. “It’s not close to what we had last year with the Delta variant, so this is good news.” The sheriff also reported that 2,913 inmates were quarantined throughout the county’s jail facilities. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), which has about 9,500 sworn officers, reported that 500 officers were staying home after testing positive for the virus. One employee was hospitalized and in “extremely grave” condition, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said during a press conference Jan. 6. Moore said that the average time for employees to return to work was about three weeks. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti assured the …