SCVNews.com | Wednesday COVID-19 Roundup: 60th Henry Mayo Death; L.A. County Again Tops All-Time High Daily Deaths, Hospitalizations
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Wednesday again reported the highest number of new COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations ever reported in a single day since the pandemic began, as Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia reported its 60th COVID fatality. Public Health confirmed 145 new deaths and 16,525 new cases of COVID-19 countywide — one of the highest number of new cases ever reported — and 6,155 people with COVID-19 are currently hospitalized, 20% of them in the ICU. “Two-thirds of these patients are suffocating due to the inflammation that’s in their lungs t...