L.A. County Coronavirus Saturday Report: 2 New Cases Confirmed Of New UK Variant, Overall Cases Continue To Drop
The Los Angeles Department of Public Health has actually verified 2 additional cases of the UK variation of COVID-19, amounting to 14 total cases in LA County.
Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer advises even more care with the potential rise of cases due to the freshly introduced coronavirus variation. “With the U.K. alternative distributing in the County, we will likely see more variant cases determined in the County. We must stay diligent with our safety measures even though we see total reductions in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
The Department of Public Health has actually likewise confirmed 136 deaths and 2,393 new cases of coronavirus in L.A. County. To date, the department has actually tallied 1,179,063 cases throughout all locations of LA county with 19,793 deaths.
There are currently 2,498 hospitalizations in L.A. County, a 30?crease from the 3,426 hospitalized the week previously. Of all present hospitalizations, 30%are in the ICU.
Today’s positivity rate significant 3.8%, a drop of 1.5%from the last week’s rate of 5.3%.
Homeowners under 50 years old constitute 64%of the brand-new coronavirus cases reported today, with citizens in between the ages of 18 to 49 years of ages driving the majority of these cases. Residents 65 and older represent 71%of the reported deaths although they comprise simply 15%of the brand-new cases.
COVID-19 Daily Update:
February 20, 2021
New Cases: 2,393(1,179,063 to date)
New Deaths: 136 (19,793 to date)
Existing Hospitalizations: 2,498 pic.twitter.com/tgLJi3C9BI— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) February 20, 2021
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