On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 14 new deaths resulting from Covid-19, and 265 new positive cases.
While the number of hospitalizations continues to decrease across the County as vaccines are doled out, the number of deaths and confirmed cases reported may reflect delays in weekend reporting.
The numbers reported today by Public Health bring the County to a total of 24,166 deaths and 1,238,607 confirmed cases.
330 County residents are currently hospitalized with Covid-19, 24% of whom are in the ICU. Test results have been made available to more than 6,691,000 people, with 17% testing positive.
Four of today’s new deaths were of people over the age of 80, with two people between the ages of 65 and 79 lost to the virus. Seven who died were between 50 and 64 years of age, while one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 29.
