New Los Angeles Covid Cases Shatter Single-Day Record By 10,000 Infections
deadline.comLos Angeles County reported a staggering 37,215 new Covid-19 cases today, by far the highest single-day number of the entire pandemic.
Hospitalizations and deaths have doubled in the past week as well, although those counts are still well short of the peaks set during last winter’s surge in infections.The daily cases number broke a mark set by the county just last week.
They were up 37% from the 27,091 reported last Friday. The county also reported 30 more Covid-related deaths on Thursday, which is more than double the 12 reported last Friday.Meanwhile, state figures showed there were 2,661 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Thursday, up from 2,461 on Wednesday and more than double the 1,365 recorded last Friday.
The number of those patients being treated in intensive care units was 352 on Thursday, up from 330 a day earlier.The number of Covid-positive patients hasn’t been that high since mid-February of 2021.
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