COVID-19 testing center (Photo – Vincent De Groot)
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reached the somber milestone of 8,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths and 3,113 people currently hospitalized on Dec. 8, 2020.
By News Desk
To date, Public Health identified 466,321 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County.
L.A. County Public Health has confirmed 64 new deaths and 8,547 new cases of COVID-19. The 5-day average for daily new cases reported with COVID-19 is 8,993, nearly double than the 5-day average for daily new cases we saw on the day after Thanksgiving, which was 4,751, and triggered the Temporary Stay at Home Health Officer Order. This is newer cases reported each day for COVID-19 than at any point during the pandemic.
Of the 3,113 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized, 24% of these people are in the ICU. The County’s number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is increasing at a dangerous pace, and today’s number marks the first time in the pandemic we have reported more than 3,000 people currently hospitalized for COVID-19. Today’s number is nearly 1,000 more hospitalizations than a little over a week ago, when on November 30, the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 was 2,185.
Testing results are available for nearly 3,955,000 individuals with 11% of all people testing positive.
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health, said:
Our hearts go out to the families and friends experiencing the sorrow of losing a loved one to COVID-19.
I know we all want this to be over, but the only way we can truly move on forward in our recovery journey is if we all follow the basic Public Health safety measures.
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