According to state figures, there were 1,170 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Wednesday, up from 1,153 on Tuesday. Of those patients, 123 were being treated in intensive care units…
With the county teetering on the edge of the “high” COVID-19 activity level — potentially leading to a new indoor mask-wearing mandate — virus-related hospitalizations climbed slightly higher on Wednesday, JULY 13 in Los Angeles County, while another 6,530 new infections were reported.
According to the county, roughly 40% of the patients were actually admitted for COVID illness, while about 60% were admitted for other reasons. The 15 new deaths announced Wednesday lifted the county’s virus-related death toll to 32,478. Health officials have said that a majority of the deaths occurred in people with at least one underlying health condition, mainly hypertension, diabetes and heart disease.
The 6,530 new cases reported Wednesday gave the county a cumulative total from throughout the pandemic of 3,189,901. Ferrer has said repeatedly that the daily infection number released by the county, while high, is still an undercount of actual case numbers, since many people now rely on at-home tests that are not reported to the health department.
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