The omicron surge in California may have reached its infection peak, but hospitals in the state are overwhelmed by the volume of patients.
Sunday's test positivity rate was 15.1 percent, down from 16.1 percent on Saturday and from 17.4 percent last Sunday.
California confirmed its first case of flu and COVID in one patient. The next few weeks will be critical for the COVID surge and flu season.
The county reported 102 COVID deaths in a day, mostly from Omicron, and pediatric hospitalizations hit a pandemic high.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County has seen more than 900 children testing positive for COVID-19 over the past two weeks.
Back-to-school testing last week uncovered tens of thousands of COVID cases, and overall hospitalizations and deaths are climbing.
Next week, Los Angeles residents will be able to get up to three N95 masks for free. See how to get yours.
Here's how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected hospital capacity in Los Angeles County and across CA.
Los Angeles households can order up to four rapid antigen coronavirus tests starting Wednesday
Several Los Angeles County hospitals are at ICU capacity while others are nearly at capacity in a COVID surge that is yet to peak.
LaCo reported another 39 deaths associated with the coronavirus Wednesday, as the Omicron variant continues to spread.
To help with a blood shortage crisis, anyone who donates blood in January will be automatically entered to win Super Bowl tickets and more.
A program to mail the kits fizzled under the high demand.
L.A. County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer issued the recommendation Tuesday while addressing the County Board of Supervisors.
The state is allowing infected health care workers to stay on the job as short-staffed hospitals brace for a cascade of COVID-19 patients.
The LA County Board of Supervisors voted to identify additional funding to expand COVID-19 testing, including for take-home test kits.
Health care workers are cancelling everything from joint replacements to gallbladder surgeries this week.
The Golden State does has not issued a statewide mandate for a COVID-19 vaccine, but swaths of businesses now require proof of inoculation.
Los Angeles County added 43.5k new cases Monday, pushing the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic over 2 million.
The company expanded its voluntary recall of salads containing iceberg lettuce following a 2021 listeria outbreak that killed two people.
Several COVID-19 testing locations are available at YMCA sites in Los Angeles County.
LA County introduced a take-home program for COVID-19 test kits Monday as a way to expand testing during a rapid surge in infections.
Hospitalizations are also up to nearly 3,500, and ICU patient numbers have grown by nearly 100 just since Friday, with 435 in urgent care.
Los Angeles County set another daily record with 45,584 positive COVID-19 tests Sunday in a surge driven by the omicron variant.
We asked Patch readers to share their thoughts on boosters for children ages 12-15 as the omicron variant continues to drive up cases in CA.
The county has seen the highest number of cases reported in one week since the beginning of the pandemic.
Widespread infections were recorded among students, medical staff and first responders across LA County over the last week.
California's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has soared five-fold in two weeks and hospitalizations have doubled.
Many emergency rooms are at capacity due to the latest surge of both flu and COVID-19 patients in Los Angeles County.
In some California counties, less than a 25% of vaccinated residents are boosted. One health official blames "pandemic fatigue."
"I feel really confident the event will happen here in L.A. There's no indication that it won't," said LA County's Health Director.
Omicron quickly established its grip on the Golden State and the variant has become difficult to avoid. Here's what we know.
On a day LA recorded more than 26,000 new COVID cases, health officials issued an order requiring employers to supply medical-grade masks.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Specialty Care is offering a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Los Angeles this month. Here's how to sign up.
Hold onto your masks. The Golden State extended its indoor mask mandate as cases swelled back up to unprecedented heights in recent weeks.
Updated federal data shows how the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected hospitals in Los Angeles County.
The case, a combination of coronavirus and influenza infection, was detected at the Getty Center testing site in Brentwood, reports said.
Los Angeles County's presiding judge issued an emergency order Tuesday authorizing criminal jury trials to be temporarily delayed.
Covid Hospitalizations in the county surged past 2,000, while hospitalizations among young children have nearly tripled of late.