SUNDAY: On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 5 new deaths and 3,045 new cases from Covid-19. There also 1,071 current hospitalizations.
The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s data brings the County to a total of 24,685 deaths and 1,303,343 positive cases.
Covid test results have now been made available to more than 7,329,000 people, with 16% testing positive. Today’s daily test positivity rate is 5.9%.
COVID-19 Daily Update:
August 1, 2021
New Cases: 3,045 (1,303,343 to date)
New Deaths: 5 (24,685 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,071 pic.twitter.com/OpRnA3YF7I— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) August 1, 2021
In the previous day’s statement, Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer expressed sorrow for all those lost by COVID-19 and urged those not vaccinated to seriously consider changing their minds.
“The data overwhelmingly shows the vaccines to be effective at preventing serious illness that causes hospitalization, and death,” Ferrer said. “To really beat back transmission, however, we need to have higher levels of vaccination, particularly among our younger residents. The tragic reality is that almost every single person hospitalized and dying from COVID-19 is unvaccinated and these hospitalizations and deaths are, for the most part, preventable.”
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SATURDAY: On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 11 new deaths from Covid-19, along with 3,318 new positive cases and 1,008 hospitalizations.
Public Health said that hospitalizations are up 45% since last Saturday. 23% of those currently hospitalized are in the ICU.
The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s data brings the County to a total of 24,682 deaths and 1,300,313 positive cases.
COVID-19 Daily Update:
July 31, 2021
New Cases: 3,318 (1,300,313 to date)
New Deaths: 11 (24,682 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,008 pic.twitter.com/oSYHyh10Ey— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) July 31, 2021
Covid test results have now been made available to more than 7,322,000 people, with 16% testing positive. Today’s daily test positivity rate is 6.1%.
Three of today’s new deaths were of people over the age of 80. Three people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, while an additional three were between 50 and 64 years of age. The other two people who passed away were between the ages of 30 and 49.
On Saturday, Public Health reiterated that Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging across the county and the country, also noting the efficacy of vaccines in combating the virus.
“The data overwhelmingly shows the vaccines to be effective at preventing serious illness that causes hospitalization, and death. To really beat back transmission, however, we need to have higher levels of vaccination, particularly among our younger residents,” said Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “The tragic reality is that almost every single person hospitalized and dying from COVID-19 is unvaccinated and these hospitalizations and deaths are, for the most part, preventable.
COVID Vaccines are Extraordinarily Safe, Effective Against the Virus and Variants of the Virus and Readily Available Without an Appointment – 11 New Deaths and 3,318 New Confirmed Cases of #COVID19 in L.A. County. Click https://t.co/5nnHhHedjG for More Information. pic.twitter.com/9UwonkoPlV
— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) July 31, 2021
“We recognize that many teens and young adults that have not yet been vaccinated have heard or read that the vaccines aren’t safe and that COVID causes only mild illness. Neither is true,” added Ferrer. “Almost 25,000 LA County residents have died from COVID-19, and COVID is now the leading cause of death. And the three authorized vaccines used in the United States have undergone the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history.”
Covid vaccines remain available to L.A. residents and workers 12 years and older.
L.A. County’s health order, requiring residents to mask up in indoor public spaces, regardless of vaccination status, remains in effect, after being reintroduced on July 17.