COVID-19 case numbers continued to stabilize in Los Angeles County on Thursday following a weeks-long surge, with public health officials saying the average number of daily new infections has dropped 30% over the past week.
Average hospitalizations are down 7% from last week, but patient numbers remain dangerously high, as reflected in deaths that topped 200 for the second day in a row, health officials said.
Estimates from the county Department of Health Services showed that since Nov. 3, about 23% of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 have died. That’s up from 12% in September and October. Health officials said the increase is not indicative of a decline in quality-of-care, but the result of overwhelmed hospitals admitting only the very sickest of patients in recent weeks.
County health officials announced 262 more COVID-related deaths on Thursday. The county’s cumulative death toll is now 14,641 people.
The highest number of deaths in a single day was 318 deaths, which was recorded on Jan. 8.
There are 7,263 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County on Thursday. That’s 10 more people than were hospitalized on Wednesday when there were 7,253 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 1,687 people are in the ICU with COVID in LA County.
LA County reported 8,512 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. The county now has a cumulative total of 1,046,021 cases since the pandemic began in March.
To date, more than 5.3 million people have been tested for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Of those tested, an overall average of 19% are testing positive.
West Hollywood recorded 21 new cases for a cumulative total of 1,803 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 – 20 new cases for a total of 2,114 cases and no new deaths for a total of 20 deaths.
- Carthay neighborhood – 7 new cases for a total of 785 cases and no new deaths for a total of 37 deaths.
- Culver City – 10 new cases for a total of 1,779 cases and 1 new death for a total of 62 deaths.
- Hollywood – 41 new cases for a total of 4,426 cases and 2 new deaths for a total of 42 deaths.
- Melrose neighborhood – 51 new cases total of 6,731 cases and 1 new death for a total of 148 deaths.
- Miracle Mile – 10 new cases for a total of 747 cases and no new deaths for a total of 9 deaths.
- Park La Brea – 2 new cases for a total of 474 cases and no new deaths for a total of 1 death.
- Santa Monica – 29 new cases for a total of 3,670 cases and 5 new deaths for a total of 103 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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