On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released new Covid-19 data, reporting 37 new deaths and 813 new positive cases of the virus.
While public health said the positive percentage of LA County is now the lowest since the pandemic began, the numbers and deaths reported at 1.1% may reflect delays in reporting over the weekend.
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The numbers reported today bring the province to 23,467 deaths and 1,225,256 confirmed cases.
At the time of reporting, 508 residents are being admitted to hospital with Covid-19, of which 24% are in the Intensive Care Unit.
Nine of today’s new deaths were from individuals over 80, and 13 people between the ages of 65 and 79 lost to the virus. 11 individuals who died were between 50 and 64 years old, with three between 30 and 49 years old, and one between the ages of 18 and 29.
Test results have now been made available to more than 6 192 000 people, with 18% positive. To date, more than 4,715,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Los Angeles County, with 1,652,149 individuals receiving second-dose and 136,232 the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Public Health also continues to detect cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the province. MIS-C, which has a serious inflammatory condition associated with Covid-19, among those under 21, resulted in the death of one child in LA County, while affecting a total of 169. All children with MIS-C were admitted to the hospital, while 39% were treated in the ICU.
Today, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer greeted the “tremendous progress” in LA County regarding Covid-19 while still being cautious.
“April is a critical month in our COVID-19 recovery journey,” she added. ‘In the last few weeks, businesses and public spaces have reopened, and many more people have been outside and around others. With increasing contact between non-domestic members, there are many more opportunities for the transmission of COVID-19, especially if public health guidelines are not followed. As we see in many other states, we can lose our ability to move forward on the recovery journey, if we can not find it in us to follow safety measures, including wearing face masks and distance when we are in the area.
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