LA County reports 1,876 new cases of coronavirus, 26 more deaths

Los Angeles County reported 1,876 caller cases of COVID-19 and 26 further deaths associated with the microorganism connected Saturday, Nov. 20.

The latest figures brought the county’s cumulative totals to 1,518,732 cases and 26,999 fatalities since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Meanwhile, the fig of coronavirus patients successful Los Angeles County hospitals dropped by different 11 radical to 573, 1 time aft tumbling beneath the 600 mark. Of those patients, 149 were successful intensive care, up from 144 connected Friday, according to authorities figures.

The rolling mean regular complaint of radical investigating affirmative for the microorganism was 0.9% arsenic of Friday.

Health officials locally and nationally proceed to fearfulness a spike successful cases with the upcoming wintertime holidays, and with colder upwind starring to much indoor gatherings.

On Thursday, region Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer noted that the region appears to person avoided immoderate spike successful cases pursuing Halloween, attributing that occurrence to higher numbers of vaccinated residents and different precautions.

But she said lawsuit numbers are rising successful galore Western states and successful Europe, providing an aboriginal informing of what could prevarication up if radical go lax astir microorganism prevention.

On Friday, Ferrer urged residents to person booster doses of vaccine.

“While the vaccines proceed to supply important extortion against the virus, information present shows that the effectiveness of the vaccine declines capable implicit clip that it is important to get an further dose to person amended extortion against the virus,” she said. “With booster doses presently disposable to anyone who received their 2nd dose of Pfizer oregon Moderna vaccines astatine slightest six months ago, oregon received a Johnson & Johnson vaccine astatine slightest 2 months ago, it is important that healthcare workers and those they attraction for instrumentality vantage of casual entree to these further doses.

“With 4.8 cardinal residents eligible for boosters, our anticipation is that galore much individuals volition beryllium coming successful for this further dose earlier the Thanksgiving holiday.”

Ferrer said Thursday that existent figures amusement unvaccinated radical are 9 times much apt than vaccinated radical to get infected, and 67 times much apt to beryllium hospitalized.

Ferrer said 82% of region residents aged 12 and implicit person received astatine slightest 1 dose of COVID vaccine, and 73% are afloat vaccinated. Of the county’s wide colonisation of 10.3 cardinal people, 71% person received astatine slightest 1 dose, and 63% are afloat vaccinated.

She said the fig of radical who received a archetypal dose of vaccine successful the past week jumped up sharply, owed chiefly to the enlargement of vaccine availability to see children aged 5-11.

Black residents proceed to person the lowest vaccination rates, astatine 54%, followed by Latina/o residents astatine 59%, whites astatine 72% and Asians astatine 80%.

Of the astir 5.99 cardinal residents who were afloat vaccinated arsenic of Nov. 16, 75,249 person subsequently tested affirmative for the virus, for a complaint of 1.26%, Ferrer said. Of the vaccinated population, 2,528 person been hospitalized, for a complaint of 0.042%, and 422 person died, a complaint of 0.007%.