Sunday COVID-19 numbers for Los Angeles County are down, but it is unclear if this is just a weekend lag in reporting or whether the most recent surge has passed its peak.
There are 7,498 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County on Sunday. That’s 99 fewer people than were hospitalized on Saturday when there were 7,597 people hospitalized.
The county’s all-time high for COVID hospitalizations occurred on Jan. 7, when there were 8,098 people hospitalized.
Approximately 1,550 people are in the ICU, roughly 23% of all the county’s hospitalized COVID patients.
LA County reported 11,366 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The county now has a cumulative total of 1,014,662 cases since the pandemic began in March.
County health officials announced 108 more people dead from the coronavirus. The county’s cumulative death toll is now 13,848 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 5.22 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 17 new cases for a cumulative total of 1,742 cases since the pandemic began. The city had one new death; the cumulative death total is now 20 deaths.
Below are the numbers for areas near West Hollywood:
- Beverly Hills – 18 new cases for a total of 2,047 cases and 1 new death for a total of 20 deaths.
- Carthay neighborhood – 5 new cases for a total of 765 cases and no new deaths for a total of 35 deaths.
- Culver City – 17 new cases for a total of 1,710 cases and no new deaths for a total of 57 deaths.
- Hollywood – 30 new cases for a total of 4,250 cases and 1 new death for a total of 39 deaths.
- Melrose neighborhood – 45 new cases total of 6,552 cases and 1 new death for a total of 137 deaths.
- Miracle Mile – 3 new cases for a total of 716 cases and no new deaths for a total of 8 deaths.
- Park La Brea – 5 new case for a total of 462 cases and no new deaths for a total of 1 death.
- Santa Monica – 30 new cases for a total of 3,551 cases and 1 new death for a total of 96 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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