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LA County COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly quadruple in one month

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Five deaths and 2,361 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by Los Angeles County Monday, and the number of people hospitalized with the virus has nearly quadrupled since last month.

The new infections brought the county’s total from throughout the pandemic to 1,305,704. The additional five deaths raised the county’s death toll of 24,690.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County is 1,096, compared with 280 people who were hospitalized a month ago on July 2, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. State figures for hospitalizations in the county are reported slightly differently and show 1,273 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, which was reported at 354 people on July 2. State reports show that there are 264 people in Los Angeles County intensive care units, 20 more than Sunday.

The county has been experiencing sharp increases in daily case numbers, hospitalizations and test-positivity rates over the past several weeks, with the increases attributed to the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus.

The average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus in the county was 6.2% as of Monday, down from the 6.3% rate reported Friday. By comparison, that percentage was 1.3% on July 2. From Jan. 1 through June 30, 99.8% of the people who have died from COVID-19 were unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said.

While the pace of vaccinations has slowed significantly, Ferrer said the county has now seen two consecutive weeks of small increases in the number of people receiving a first dose. Between July 19 and 25, about 70,000 doses were administered in the county, up about 7,500 from the previous week.

Of the county’s 10.3 million residents, 60% have received at least one dose, and 52% are fully vaccinated. Roughly 1.3 million residents under age 12 remain ineligible for the vaccine. There are 772 county sites offering vaccinations this week, including pharmacies, clinics, community sites and hospitals and 312 sites where mobile teams are offering vaccinations, which are concentrated in higher-need, harder hit areas.

“Vaccinations are widely available throughout L.A. County and are free of charge to anyone, regardless of their country of origin or immigration status,” Ferrer said.

“Many sites are open on weekends and have evening hours and government IDs and/or insurance are not needed. Because of the high rate of community transmission in L.A. County and across the nation, increasing vaccination rates is critically important to curtailing the Delta variant. It is never too late to get vaccinated and get protected.”

Statewide cases also are increasing, largely among unvaccinated populations, health officials said. The vast majority of new cases in California are among the unvaccinated, with 600% higher case rates among the unvaccinated than for those who are vaccinated.

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27 comments for "LA County COVID-19 hospitalizations nearly quadruple in one month"

  1. Things are so bad here at the AVTimes.com, they’re arbitrarily scrubbing commenting from their coronavirus articles, critical of the national socialist democrats.

      • Notice all the small n’s, s’s and d’s in recurring phrase” “national socialist democrats” lately?

        Why won’t they stand by their user name? How can they be more hated than me?

    • Different laws for different people, per the national socialist democrats, it’s okay illegal immigrants aren’t vaccinated. But, you have to be. Or, you loose your job, to an illegal immigrant.

    • Crybaby national socialist democrats are whining. They want their one-party totalitarian movement to be capitalized. Somebody, quick, call the whaaambulance!

      • … I got your back. I’ll do it for you:

        NATIONAL SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT!

        Want to see it Again? (oh, yest! yes! yes!)

        NATIONAL SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT!

      • lol…the transference is strong with this one.

        Show me a single Trumpist, anywhere, that doesn’t advocate for single party totalitarianism.

        Note, that is not whether they will SAY they want it, it is whether they advocate for “Trump’s way is the only way…if you vote for a democrat your vote should not count and you should be restricted from casting it…even if you say you are a republican if you do not support Trump you are just a RINO so your vote shouldn’t count either.”

        Then they have the gall to act like it is everyone else doing what they are doing.

        • 3 different comments that all that catch phrase again “NSD”, made within minutes of each other. Is that possible. Maybe, but again more possible that it’s one person making it seem like they are correct using different names to back their point. Pathetic.

          • What kills me Matt are the names they select. Noi Mary, Sue or Steve but Belinda, Violet, Douchebag, etc.

            You can tell they are on the losing side of every issue. Their comments are what that looks like.

            I second your “pathetic” with a few synonyms to further make the point.

            miserable, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, rueful, sorry, wretched

            That’s our Trumpist, Beecee, Sonya, et al. I left out the Yolandas and such.

            Wait for it. I might be called a “nerd”. Yikes! Oh, the humanity!!!

            They are such simple people like trolls under bridges.

            Of course, Trumpist is THE BLACK KNIGHT from Monty Python. He never gives up. “Tis but a scratch.”. See synonyms above.

  2. Covid death rates plummet this year. Study finds Masks don’t work. Covid death rates revised. Natural immunity proves to be better and longer lasting then the vaccine. Young people don’t seem to be affected by COVID-19…..these should be the True Headlines. Stop the scare and abuse to our kids and economy. Dr Faucii should be in jail for supporting the making of this Wuhan Lab Virus and its cover-up and causing so much mistrust in our government. President Biden and VP(that nobody likes)Harris should be impeached for border crisis, fuel price and inflation crisis in our country they caused. Faucii-Biden-Harris-Pelosi wear two masks for their two faces(liars)! Stop the scare look at death rates not overblown cases. Delta variant is more contagious but a lot weaker very few deaths. Just look at death data.

    https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/04/nearly-a-quarter-of-alameda-countys-covid-deaths-werent-due-to-covid/amp/#aoh=16279981883944&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

    • You daft…the mortality rate is down BECAUSE of the vaccinations. Your own data is an argument FOR getting vaccinated.

      Jason, I appreciate your enthusiasm and willingness to stand up and get involved, but geeezzz you need to work on your critical thinking skills.

    • Zink, your statements are, once again, imbecilic with nothing true to add to any conversation, and makes it impossible to take you seriously in anything again.

      You must need two masks just to look at yourself in the mirror.

      • And yet the vaccinated people continue stubbornly refusing to die, or need hospitalization.

  3. … we’re definitely not getting the straight scoop on the coronavirus. One lie, right after another, not to save their lives can the policy community come clean with what’s really been going on –

    • If you aren’t getting “the straight scoop” try listening to fewer sources…by eliminating the known dafts like Faux News and their multitude of repeaters. I pay attention to the press releases direct from CDC, NIH and the county health department; and only read the various reporting about the press releases for entertainment purposes.

    • And, just how would you know you were getting the straight scoop?

      How do you know what’s a lie and what is the straight scoop?

      Please tell us.

      • I can’t speak for Tim, but, in my case, I am fortunate enough to have a gift in language, so I tend to use Google Scholar (a lot) and find the actual research papers and study them, myself, to confirm the accuracy of what I am getting elsewhere. I grant you that I am an oddball for doing so, but I’m kind of a stickler when it comes to information: I like getting it from the source, or at least as close as possible, and more information is generally preferable to less (which is what you get with all of the predigested news sources – whether accurate, or not).

        • Pretty sure he just watches what he wants to hear and that’s why it’s his choice as a “straight scoop”.

          • Indeed, good sir. You asked a question. Sounded legit, to me, so I answered honestly. ;-)

            As for ‘Nelson,’ I just consider him another of the myriad of multi-named jokers, trolls, and bots (oh my!) that inhabit these demesnes and ignored him as such.

    • I’ve lost count how many times the mainstream media flat out lied and flip-flopped on the origin of “The Donald Trump Virus.” As though he’s the one who went into the lab, and cooked it up.

      • lololol…the only place I have ever heard anyone say “the Donald Trump virus” is on Fox News when they were accusing “the mainstream media” of “calling it the Donald Trump virus.” I thought that it was ridiculous then, and seeing you parroting it has me completely convinced.

      • Tim said it better than I. I just want to add that you are an idiot… by definition. Not meant as an ad hominem, but a direct observation.

          • Aww, Trumpist, you’re too kind.

            Don’t worry. You still get in a few good ones, here and there. Usually in the nonpolitical arenas, I’ve noticed.