Health & Fitness
COVID Hospitalization Numbers Steady in LA County
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County are close to the number reported last week as case numbers continue to climb again.
LOS ANGELES, CA — COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County are close to the number reported last week as case numbers continue to climb again.
The county reported 3,052 new cases on Tuesday, Dec. 21. Across the county, 741 people are hospitalized as of Sunday.
The number of hospitalizations has decreased slightly since last week, when there were 770 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals on Wednesday, Dec. 16.
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Another 25 deaths were reported Tuesday, bringing the number of total deaths in the county as 27,473.
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COVID-19 Daily Update: December 21, 2021 New Cases: 3,052 (1,570,230 to date) New Deaths: 25 (27,473 to date) Current Hospitalizations: 741 pic.twitter.com/FZteXXf0CO
— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) December 21, 2021
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the omicron variant is likely to become the dominant coronavirus strain in the coming weeks. It currently represents 3 percent of new infections.
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