The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today confirmed 37 new deaths and 2,770 new cases of COVID-19. To date, the department has identified 153,041 positive cases of COVID-19 in all areas of Los Angeles County, and a total of 4,084 deaths.
Of the 37 deaths, 25 people were over the age of 65, nine people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65, and two people who died were between the ages of 18 and 40. Thirty-one people had underlying health problems, including 21 people over the age of 65. The age of 65 years.
Ninety-two percent of the people who died had underlying health problems.
To date, there are 2,188 confirmed hospitalized cases, with 28% of ICU confirmed cases and 18% confirmed in ventilator cases. This is the fourth consecutive day of hospitalization with more than 2,100 confirmed cases, and data indicates that younger people between the ages of 18 and 40 are hospitalized at a higher rate than that observed at any point in the pandemic.
