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Palmdale assemblyman hospitalized with COVID-19

by The AV Times Staff • July 9, 2020

Tom Lackey [Image via Twitter]
PALMDALE – Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, has been “hospitalized since Sunday with COVID-19 complications,” according to a statement from his chief of staff, George Andrews.

“He is receiving excellent treatment at Palmdale Regional Medical Center and anticipates a full recovery,” Andrews said in the statement, which was posted to Lackey’s Twitter account.

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— Assemblyman Lackey (@TomLackey36) July 9, 2020

Andrews did not say how Lackey, 61, may have contracted the virus. However, health officials have become alarmed at the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in L.A. County, saying that community spread and hospitalizations have reached the same level as in late April, when they were thought to be at their height, and they’re still rising.

“We are … at a very critical juncture in our pandemic,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in her daily briefing Wednesday. “We’re entering a phase where we’re seeing community spread and hospitalizations like we saw in late April and what we hoped would be the height of infection here in L.A. County. But … our cases are rising, the rate of infection is increasing and the number of hospitalizations are up.”

Ferrer also reported that as of Wednesday, 2,004 people coronavirus patients were hospitalized in the Los Angeles County — with that figure excluding Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own health departments.

The number of people hospitalized has been on a steady climb over the past month and is now at one of its highest points of the pandemic. The increases last week prompted county officials to warn that local hospitals could become overwhelmed in a matter of two to three weeks.

But the county’s health services director, Dr. Christina Ghaly, said Wednesday that while the number of patients is still rising, there has been a recent “leveling off” of daily admissions that has reduced that threat. She warned, however, that the “numbers are still at an all-time high.”

The seven-day average rate of people being tested who wind up being positive for the virus was 10.4% as of Wednesday — a slight drop from Tuesday’s figure of 11.6%, but above the 8.4% rate of one week ago.

Filed Under: Health, Home, Los Angeles County, Palmdale

7 comments for "Palmdale assemblyman hospitalized with COVID-19"

  1. El Residenté says

    July 9, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    This is more of a profound comment than I think most will be able to understand. In times of madness it is kindness and thoughtfulness that are the true acts of rebellion.

  2. Jesus da millenial says

    July 9, 2020 at 3:35 pm

    Get well sir.

  3. Just Desserts says

    July 9, 2020 at 8:16 am

    After Trump and the Republicans who suck up to him made handling the pandemic harder than it had to be, there’s some kind of poetic justice when they become infected such as Don Jr’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, formally on Fox News.

    They are responsible for many deaths due to the slooooooooooooooow response and/or calling it a “hoax”.

    Republicans have fought many Americans from getting “excellent treatment” as did Lackey.

    • Trumpist#1 says

      July 9, 2020 at 11:20 am

      Wow, are you completely brainwashed and delusional. Ever try thinking for yourself? I thought not!

      You blame Trump for every evil and conspiracy in the world, and you’re setting yourself up for a devastating psychological and emotional let down in November. But you guys love screaming to the sky on your knees like in 2016, don’t you, lol?

      TRUMP 2020/2024/2028 and forever.

      • Just Desserts says

        July 9, 2020 at 4:39 pm

        This isn’t 2016.

        Trump will continue getting more insane. His niece tells us what we all suspected years ago.

        How come you have been so blind? Talk about brainwashing. You’ve rinsed and repeated countless times.

        • Dump Trump says

          July 9, 2020 at 4:55 pm

          Just Desserts: Very funny and so true.

  4. Stinger says

    July 9, 2020 at 7:11 am

    I am not a fan of Lackey’s, but I do hope that he has a full and speedy recovery so that I can start kicking him again.

    Get well soon, Tom.

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