The variety of coronavirus sufferers in Los Angeles County’s hospitals rose for the second yr in a row at this time, from 659 on Saturday and 630 on Friday to 672, in response to state knowledge.
Of those sufferers, 162 have been handled within the intensive care unit, up from 172 the day gone by.
The most recent numbers come because the county reported 1,118 new circumstances of COVID-19 and 11 further deaths on Sunday, bringing the cumulative whole of 1,493,170 circumstances and 26,637 deaths for the reason that pandemic started, in response to the Los Angeles County’s Division of Well being.
The variety of circumstances and deaths seemingly replicate weekend reporting delays.
About 90% of all native deaths associated to COVID-19 have been folks with pre-existing situations, in response to the county’s Ministry of Well being. The most typical diseases are hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart illness.
The common each day charge of individuals testing optimistic for the virus was 1.1% on Friday.
“As we proceed to expertise vital transmissions throughout the county, it can be crucial that these contaminated, even when they don’t present signs, isolate themselves from others for at the very least 10 days to cease the virus from spreading to others,” stated the director for public well being of the county stated Barbara Ferrer on Friday. “And anybody who’s in shut contact with an contaminated individual and isn’t vaccinated should go into quarantine and never take part in actions with others.
“Meaning not throwing or going to events, going to work or college, or procuring in shops. So as to interrupt the chain of transmission, the contaminated or uncovered should do their half by staying away from others. “
On Friday, the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration authorised the usage of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for youngsters ages 5-11 might come as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.
The pediatric vaccinations can be supplied underneath an emergency allow, which might additionally apply to the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, in addition to the Pfizer vaccine for folks aged 12 to fifteen years. Pfizer’s vaccine has full federal approval for these ages 16 and older.
Ferrer stated Thursday that the county can have about 150,000 doses of Pfizer’s pediatric vaccine available to begin administering the pictures after they’re authorised.
Ferrer stated there have been greater than 79,000 COVID circumstances in youngsters aged 5-11 within the county and one demise throughout the pandemic.
About 37,000 circumstances have occurred in youngsters as much as 4 years of age, additionally with one demise, and greater than 89,000 circumstances in youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17 with 5 deaths.
“An infection tendencies in youngsters are following an infection tendencies in adults, and after a current drop within the variety of circumstances in youngsters, we are actually seeing a small plateau within the variety of circumstances,” Ferrer stated. “For the week that ended October 10, 12% of LA County’s circumstances have been in youngsters ages 5-11, and youngsters in that age group make up 9% of the county’s inhabitants.”
In Los Angeles County, 80% of residents 12 and older have acquired at the very least one dose of vaccine, whereas 72% are totally vaccinated, Ferrer stated. Of the overall county’s inhabitants of 10.3 million folks, together with these underneath 12 who aren’t but eligible for vaccination, 69% have acquired at the very least one dose and 61% are totally vaccinated.
Black residents nonetheless have the bottom vaccination charges, with solely 56% receiving at the very least one dose. This compares with 64% of Latinos, 74% of Whites and 83% of Asians.
Youthful black residents have notably low vaccination charges, with the youngest age group being 43% with at the very least one dose.
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