Los Angeles County COVID-19 cases continue to rise after a record-breaking week – Los Angeles Times

18July 2020

After the worst week for new transmissions considering that the COVID-19 pandemic began, Los Angeles County reported an additional 2,770 favorable cases and 37 deaths on Saturday. For the fourth successive day,

L.A. County saw more than 2,100 people hospitalized for COVID-19, the Department of Public Health said. Of those patients, 18% are on ventilators and 28 %remain in the intensive care unit.Public health officials said they are especially concerned that adults younger than 40 are being hospitalized at the greatest rate yet during the pandemic. Of the 37 individuals whose deaths were reported Saturday, 25 were older than 65, authorities said.

Two of the victims were younger than 40, both with underlying health conditions. Ad Cases have actually continued to surge unchecked throughout California, with more than

380,000 overall confirmed cases Saturday. Hospitalizations have more than doubled and deaths have actually almost tripled considering that Gov. Gavin Newsom began permitting companies to reopen May 8.”The basic truth of this battle is that this infection is affecting more and more of us every day,”Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Friday.

After a spike in cases, Newsom closed bars in seven counties, including Los Angeles, on June 28, and in-restaurant dining on July 1. Officials have actually stated that it will take a minimum of 3 weeks to discover whether those closures had an impact. Ad Health officials have asked locals

to cover their faces

when they leave their homes, and to avoid the”three Cs “of the pandemic: crowded places, restricted areas, and close contact with anyone not in their family. If you think you have COVID-19, stay home, get tested as soon as possible and behave as

if you have the virus up until you receive your test results, authorities state. That means self-isolating for 10 days, and for three days after any symptoms diminish. “We are all experiencing the disappointment from this pandemic, “Barbara Ferrer, L.A. County's public health director, said in a ready declaration.” I ask that we each behave with kindness and consider that we can all avoid illness and death. “Citizens of L.A. County still represent over half the deaths in California. But as cases rise in other areas, the county's share of the overall number of cases is decreasing: about 40 %now, compared with about half in May. Ad In the last 2 weeks, cases have spread much faster in a number of rural counties– consisting of Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino– than in L.A. County, according to a Times analysis.Across California, transmission rates for coronavirus continued to increase. The overall variety of confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 375,000 Friday, and the variety of deaths went beyond 7,600. Hospitalizations also have actually continued to rise statewide, stressing professionals due to the fact that a high rise in patients could overwhelm

the health care system.Meanwhile, in Orange County, health officials on Saturday reported 702 newly verified COVID-19 cases and 25 additional deaths, as the general variety of cases continued to rise

. Ad The variety of validated coronavirus cases countywide stands at 29,011, and 494 associated deaths considering that the pandemic began. The number of infections in Orange County has actually grown dramatically over the last month and is now second just to Los Angeles County's overall.

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