The 145 deaths reported by the county, along with eight announced by Long Beach health officials and four by Pasadena, lifted the overall county death toll to 9,165. The county also reported another 16,525 new COVID cases, while Long Beach reported 1,002 and Pasadena 80, pushing that overall number to 665,036.
The county s most current modeling estimates that one in every 95 residents who aren t hospitalized or in quarantine are infected with the virus and capable of spreading it. That s a slight improvement from last week, when the estimate was one in 80 residents. The transmission rate of the virus the average number of people every COVID patient infects with the virus was estimated at 1.11 on Wednesday, down slightly from 1.2 last week.
LOS ANGELES — With the coronavirus surging and hospitals filling, Los Angeles County has hit another grim milestone this week: surpassing 9,000 total deaths.
Los Angeles County on Tuesday tallied 96 new deaths, the third highest single-day count. The county is now averaging 85 deaths a day ove
L.A. County hits record 145 daily COVID deaths, officials warn about vaccine scams
Dec. 24, 2020 at 6:00 am
The COVID-19 surge in L.A. County continues unabated with 16,525 new cases and a record daily death count of 145 reported on Dec. 23.
County health officials urged everyone to stay home for the holidays and warned residents to turn down any vaccine offers from private individuals as scams are circulating.
“The winter holidays invite us to spread joy and light to those around us. Perhaps as we weigh the request to delay travel plans and gather only with members of our own household we can find comfort in making these sacrifices, because we know that by staying home we’re giving others the ultimate holiday gift; we may be saving their lives,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer in a Dec. 23 public briefing.
Los Angeles County set another grim record on Wednesday, confirming another 145 deaths due to COVID-19 the highest single-day number reported since the pandemic began.
LOS ANGELES California has now recorded more than 2 million novel coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, according to a county-by-county tally conducted by The Times, the first state in the nation to reach that alarming milestone, another marker of the wrenching toll the pandemic is in