Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends August 9th

               NEW CASES               DEATHS              HOSPITALIZATIONS

1ST           3,045                    5                       1,075

2ND          2,361                    5                       1,096

3RD          2,293                  20                       1,138

4TH          3,734                  16                        1,242

5TH          3,672                  19                        1,279

6TH          3,930                  17                        1,370

7TH          4,283                  13                        1,383

8TH          3,031                    8                        1,433

9TH          2,919                    6                        1,437     

In the past two weeks, Los Angeles County has seen a near-doubling in the number of people hospitalized each day for COVID-19 illness. There are 1,437 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized; on Monday, July 26 there were 745 people hospitalized with COVID-19.

 

The majority of the increase has been among unvaccinated people, while hospitalizations remain very low among vaccinated people. Between May 1 and July 17, 3,158 people were hospitalized in Los Angeles County; 92% of those hospitalized were not fully vaccinated.

 

Today, Public Health confirms 2,919 new cases of COVID-19 and 6 deaths. The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend.