The latest numbers come one day after local officials reported 3,756 new infections, along with 17 more virus-related deaths, lifting the county’s cumulative totals from throughout the pandem…
The number of Los Angeles County residents in the hospital with the coronavirus decreased by 41 people to 1,267, according to the latest state data released Saturday, Dec. 10.The latest numbers come one day after local officials reported 3,756 new infections, along with 17 more virus-related deaths, lifting the county’s cumulative totals from throughout the pandemic to 3,577,685 cases and 34,296 fatalities.
County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said the move will not trigger a return to any lockdowns or business closures that were imposed at the height of the pandemic. But she warned that being in the “high” category means the virus is rampant in the area, and the odds of being exposed are growing.
Ferrer has said the county will re-impose an indoor mask mandate if it remains in the “high” category and if the county’s virus-related hospitalization numbers reach two thresholds:— if the percent of staffed hospital beds occupied by COVID patients tops 10%. “We’re not sure that we’ll get there,” she said. “We’re going to be hopeful that in fact we’re starting to see perhaps some leveling in the need for people to be treated at hospitals,” Ferrer told reporters.
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