L.A. County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Below 2,000

Posted by: KHTS Newsroom in Coronavirus, Santa Clarita Latest News February 25, 2021 - 2:42 pm 1 Comment 878 Views

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) reported Thursday that COVID-19 hospitalizations had dropped below 2,000 people for the first time since November.

L.A. County COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped below 2,000 for the first time in three months Thursday, when there were 2,049 hospitalizations reported on November 29, 2020.

Public Health is also reporting 10 additional cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), bringing the total cases in L.A. County to 100 children including one child death. L.A. County has experienced more than a 77% increase in children with MIS-C this past month, according to LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer.

“While case and hospitalization numbers have declined, COVID-19 remains widespread and deadly and variant cases are increasing,” said Ferrer. “We still have more progress to make that will allow for further re-openings so please continue keeping your distance from others, wearing a mask correctly over both your nose and mouth, and washing your hands often.”

An additional 2,072 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Thursday, along with 132 deaths, according to the LADPH.

This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,187,474 positive cases of COVID-19 and 21,102 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.

Testing results are available for over 5,801,000 people, with a cumulative 19 percent of people testing positive.

Los Angeles County remains in the most restrictive purple tier in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. In order to move into the red tier and have additional opportunities for re-openings,

According to health officials, L.A. County’s daily case rate must be at or below 7 new cases per 100,000 people and the County’s test positivity rate must be at or below 8%. As of Tuesday, L.A. County’s adjusted case rate is 12.3 new cases per 100,000 people.

As of Thursday, there were 1,988 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 30 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This is the first time in three months that the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is less than 2,000 when there were 2,049 hospitalizations reported on November 29, public health officials said.

The Southern California Region has 19.5% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, Feb. 23, according to state health officials.

Residents are encouraged to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to not gather in crowds, stay home when sick, wear a face covering and maintain physical distance from others when outside of the home.

A travel advisory remains in effect for L.A. County. Anyone who is arriving in Los Angeles County must self-quarantine for 10 days. Residents are asked to remain at home or lodging for the 10 days and avoid contact with others.

On Thursday, 79 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 25,183 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:

18,986 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+63)
43 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
786 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+3)
3,570 in Castaic* (+8)
66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
1 in Placerita Canyon
14 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
15 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
131 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
40 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
1,045 in Stevenson Ranch (+5)
308 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+1)
178 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+2)

*As of Tuesday, Feb. 23 public health officials have recorded 1,967 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,434 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

In nearby Acton, there have been 441 cumulative cases (+2), as well as 252 cases in Agua Dulce.

There were 17 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Wednesday, Feb. 23, while 1,142 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

One additional death was reported at Henry Mayo on Wednesday, with a total of 141 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 248 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.

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L.A. County COVID-19 Hospitalizations Drop Below 2,000

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p s hiett
February 25, 2021 - 4:44 pm at 4:44 pm

Over 100 Countries Push to Loosen Rules on Vaccine Patents as US Blocks the Way

As the pandemic’s death toll nears 2.5 million, stringent rules around intellectual property rights could be preventing much of the world from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines. Over 45 million people in the United States have received at least one dose of a vaccine, according to the United Nations, while 130 other countries have not received any vaccines at all, leading to what some describe as “vaccine apartheid.” At the World Trade Organization,

South Africa and India are leading a push by over 100 nations to waive intellectual property rules that give pharmaceutical companies monopolistic control over vaccines they develop, even when the vaccines are developed largely with public funds, in order to speed up distribution of the life-saving medicines — but the U.S. has been a key impediment to loosening those restrictions.

Petty sad, I thought the World Trade Organization was meant for all the world.

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