Los Angeles County crossed the one million cumulative COVID cases threshold on Saturday, meaning that in this county of 10 million people, one in every ten people have had COVID since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, the more contagious United Kingdom variant of the virus has now been detected in LA County.
The one out of every ten people having had the virus is not to say that one in ten people are currently contagious. The CDC says people only remain contagious for a few weeks. However, one in ten people having the virus does indicate how widespread it has become.
The county’s public health department also confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the United Kingdom. This more contagious variant was found in a man who recently spent time in Los Angeles County before traveling to Oregon, where he is currently isolating.
Although it is the first confirmed case of the variant in Los Angeles County, public health officials here believe that the new, more contagious strain is already spreading in the community, and are continuing to test samples.
LA County reported 14,669 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The county now has a cumulative total of 1,003,923 cases since the pandemic began in March.
There are 7,597 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County on Saturday. That’s 118 fewer people than were hospitalized on Friday when there were 7,715 people hospitalized.
The county’s all-time high for COVID hospitalizations occurred on Jan. 7, when there were 8,098 people hospitalized.
Approximately 1,560 people are in the ICU, roughly 22% of all the county’s hospitalized COVID patients.
County health officials announced 253 more people dead from the coronavirus on Saturday. The county’s cumulative death toll is now 13,741 people.
The highest number of deaths in a single day was 318 deaths recorded on Jan. 8; the second highest was 290 recorded on Dec. 31; the third was 288 recorded on Tuesday.
To date, about 5.19 million people have been tested for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Of those tested, an overall average of 18% are testing positive.
West Hollywood recorded 19 new cases for a cumulative total of 1,725 cases since the pandemic began. The city had one new death; the cumulative death total is now 19 deaths.
Below are the numbers for areas near West Hollywood:
- Beverly Hills – 11 new cases for a total of 2,029 cases and no new deaths for a total of 19 deaths.
- Carthay neighborhood – 9 new cases for a total of 760 cases and no new deaths for a total of 35 deaths.
- Culver City – 33 new cases for a total of 1,693 cases and 2 new deaths for a total of 57 deaths.
- Hollywood – 49 new cases for a total of 4,220 cases and 1 new death for a total of 38 deaths.
- Melrose neighborhood – 104 new cases total of 6,507 cases and 1 new death for a total of 136 deaths.
- Miracle Mile – 14 new cases for a total of 713 cases and no new deaths for a total of 8 deaths.
- Park La Brea – 9 new case for a total of 457 cases and no new deaths for a total of 1 death.
- Santa Monica – 50 new cases for a total of 3,521 cases and 1 new death for a total of 95 deaths.
The Carthay neighborhood incorporates the areas of Los Angeles between the Beverly Hills city limits and Fairfax Avenue, with Beverly Boulevard as the northern border and Wilshire Boulevard as the southern border.
The Melrose neighborhood incorporates the areas of Los Angeles east of La Cienega and west of Vermont Avenue, between Santa Monica Boulevard on the north and Beverly Boulevard on the south.
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