SCVNews.com | Friday COVID-19 Roundup: 107th Death at Henry Mayo; L.A. County Hospitalizations Decreased by 8%
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials on Friday confirmed 256 new deaths and 9,277 new cases of confirmed COVID-19 countywide, as Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia reported three new deaths. New cases are considerably lower this week, with a decrease of 30 percent in the seven-day average of daily cases from last week. The test positivity rate has also dropped to 12.7 percent. On Jan. 1, the test positivity rate was 20.8 percent; this is a reduction of 39 percent in three weeks. On Nov. 1, just before our surge began, the County’s test positivity rate was 3.8 pe...