The latest numbers come as local health officials reported 727 new positive COVID tests and 25 additional deaths linked to the virus, bringing the county’s cumulative totals to 2,823,354 case…
Los Angeles County’s coronavirus metrics continued to trend in the right direction today, as the number of COVID-positive patients in county hospital dropped by another 39 people to 432.The overall hospitalization total hasn’t been this low since July 2021.
The latest numbers come as local health officials reported 727 new positive COVID tests and 25 additional deaths linked to the virus, bringing the county’s cumulative totals to 2,823,354 cases and 31,462 fatalities since the pandemic began. The rolling average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus, which had remained largely unchanged at 0.7% for the past week, dropped to 0.6% as of Saturday, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The department also noted Saturday that 2,517 additional cases have been added to the cumulative total of positive cases due to a backlog from the winter surge. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told reporters Thursday that the county’s virus metrics have continued a steady decline, but said officials are keeping a close watch on the spread of the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant of the virus. BA.2 has been spreading rapidly in some countries, and Ferrer noted that it is believed to be about 30% more contagious than Omicron.
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