on Saturday, and Angels The county public health department has reported 7 new deaths from COVID-19 And 644 new positive cases.
275 county residents are currently hospitalized with Covid-19; 26% of them are in the intensive care unit.
While the data showed deaths from Covid remain low, hospitalizations are up slightly, and there have been three times as many cases within the county over the past week. Saturday 26th June Public Health has reported only 366 new cases of COVID-19, with 229 in hospital.
COVID-19 daily update:
July 3, 2021
New cases: 644 (1,251,848 so far)
New deaths: 7 (24,498 so far)
Number of current hospitalizations: 275 pic.twitter.com/VuWH8txp1o– LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) July 3, 2021
In any case, the numbers of cases and deaths announced today may reflect delays in weekend reports.
Public health numbers released today bring Los Angeles County to a total of 24,498 deaths from Corona Virusand 1,251,848 confirmed cases. Test results have now been made available to more than 7,053,000 people, and 16% of them have tested positive. Today’s daily test positivity rate is 1.3%.
One person whose death was reported today was over the age of 80. The three deceased persons were between 65 and 79 years old. Two of those who died were between 50 and 64 years old, while one was between 30 and 49 years old.
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Today, Public Health noted that Los Angeles County is in a “much better place,” from a Covid perspective, than it was on last Independence Day. However, the department urged caution, given the increasing presence of Covid-19 variants (eg delta variant), which are contributing to the high number of cases.
Los Angeles County is in a much better place than last Independence Day, however, caution is still needed as cases rise; It reports 7 new deaths and 644 new cases #covid19. click https://t.co/x2P8wzFIgm for more information. pic.twitter.com/q7cG4Oc5aM
– LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) July 3, 2021
“We are grateful to everyone for the tremendous progress we have made over the past year, yet we are not out of the woods yet,” said Barbara Ferrer, director of public health. If you are planning to meet with others on this holiday, please take reasonable precautions to avoid transmission of the virus, especially if you are gathering with individuals and children who have not yet been vaccinated. If you haven’t been vaccinated, consider getting vaccinated now to increase your protection as other public health precautions have been lifted; Talk to a friend or loved one who has been vaccinated and ask them about their experience. Vaccines provide us with the best way to end this epidemic that has plagued us for so many months.”
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