COVID deaths remain high on Wednesday, while the number of new cases and people hospitalized in Los Angeles County continues to decline, but health officials say it’s still too soon to determine if the latest surge is over.
The persistently high number of daily deaths in recent weeks is a result of the massive spike in hospitalizations the county experienced over the past two months. Deaths are always the last to decline after a surge.
County health officials announced 262 more COVID-related deaths on Wednesday. The county’s cumulative death toll is now 14,384 people.
The highest number of deaths in a single day was 318 deaths, which was recorded on Jan. 8.
There are 7,253 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County on Wednesday. That’s 69 fewer people than were hospitalized on Tuesday when there were 7,322 people hospitalized.
The county’s all-time high for COVID hospitalizations occurred on Jan. 7, when there were 8,098 people hospitalized.
According to the state, there are currently 1,692 people are in the ICU with COVID in LA County.
LA County reported 6,492 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The county now has a cumulative total of 1,038,092 cases since the pandemic began in March.
To date, about 5.28 million people have been tested for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Of those tested, an overall average of 19% are testing positive.
Health officials urged people trying to make appointments for COVID vaccines to remain patient. The website to make appointments crashed for several hours Tuesday after the county announced that people aged 65 and over can be vaccinated.
The website — vaccinatelacounty.com — is running again, but due to limited vaccine supplies, available appointments are limited.
The county has also expanded the capacity of its call-in reservation system, which is available from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 833-540-0473. Officials urged residents to use the call system only if they are unable to make appointments through the website.
West Hollywood recorded 12 new cases for a cumulative total of 1,782 cases since the pandemic began. The city had no new deaths; the cumulative death total is 21 deaths.
Below are the numbers for areas near West Hollywood:
- Beverly Hills – 24 new cases for a total of 2,094 cases and no new deaths for a total of 20 deaths.
- Carthay neighborhood – 9 new cases for a total of 778 cases and 1 new death for a total of 37 deaths.
- Culver City – 12 new cases for a total of 1,769 cases and 2 new deaths for a total of 61 deaths.
- Hollywood – 27 new cases for a total of 4,385 cases and no new deaths for a total of 40 deaths.
- Melrose neighborhood – 35 new cases total of 6,680 cases and 7 new deaths for a total of 147 deaths.
- Miracle Mile – 4 new cases for a total of 737 cases and no new deaths for a total of 9 deaths.
- Park La Brea – 3 new cases for a total of 472 cases and no new deaths for a total of 1 death.
- Santa Monica – 32 new cases for a total of 3,641 cases and no new deaths for a total of 97 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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