coronavirus: Los Angeles County reports 1,073 new cases and 40 deaths
Los Angeles County public health officials on Saturday reported 1,073 new cases of the coronavirus and 40 related deaths.
Long Beach, which has its own health department, reported an additional 57 cases, bringing the county’s total to“Our hearts go out to everyone who has lost someone they love to COVID-19,” Barbara Ferrer, the county public health director, said in a statement. “We share in your sorrow, and wish you healing and peace.”
There were 1,648 coronavirus patients in county hospitals, with 26% in intensive care and 20% on ventilators, officials said. The metric is one of several that officials are closely watching in order to determine when to lift additional stay-at-home restrictions, and it continues to decrease slightly.Overall, about 16% of all positive cases recorded by the county have required hospitalization at some point.with Supervisor Sheila Kuehl.
More than 298,000 people have been tested and received their results, with about 11% testing positive. Still, the county remains below its goal of performing 15,000 tests a day. Over the past week, it has performed an average of 11,404 tests each day, according to
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