New coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue tumbling on Tuesday, but COVID deaths in Los Angeles County returned to high levels after several days of low numbers over the weekend when there are often delays in reporting.
County health officials announced 205 more COVID-related deaths on Tuesday. The county’s cumulative death toll is now 17,057 people.
The highest number of COVID deaths in a single day in the county is 318 deaths, recorded on Jan. 8, while the second highest is 316 deaths, which occurred on Jan. 30.
There are 5,259 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County on Tuesday. That’s 139 fewer people than were hospitalized on Monday when there were 5,398 people hospitalized.
The county’s all-time high for COVID hospitalizations occurred on Jan. 7, when there were 8,098 people hospitalized.
The state reported there are currently 1,371 people in the ICU in LA County.
LA County reported 3,763 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. The county now has a cumulative total of 1,124,558 cases since the pandemic began in March.
To date, more than 5.55 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 4 new cases for a cumulative total of 1,948 cases since the pandemic began. The city had no new deaths; the cumulative death total is 24 deaths.
Below are the numbers for areas near West Hollywood:
- Beverly Hills – 11 new cases for a total of 2,259 cases and no new deaths for a total of 23 deaths.
- Carthay neighborhood – 5 new cases for a total of 837 cases and no new deaths for a total of 45 deaths.
- Century City – 3 new cases for a total of 536 cases and no new deaths for a total of 9 deaths.
- Culver City – 20 new cases for a total of 1,928 cases and no new deaths for a total of 69 deaths.
- Hollywood – 19 new cases for a total of 4,837 cases and no new deaths for a total of 52 deaths.
- Melrose neighborhood – 26 new cases total of 7,276 cases and no new deaths for a total of 164 deaths.
- Miracle Mile – 3 new cases for a total of 819 cases and no new deaths for a total of 13 deaths.
- Park La Brea – 2 new cases for a total of 517 cases and no new deaths for a total of 1 death.
- Santa Monica – 14 new cases for a total of 3,952 cases and no new deaths for a total of 118 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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