Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Saturday that this week marks L.A. County’s lowest test positivity rate since the start of the pandemic. The test positivity rate is the percent of all COVID-19 tests performed that come back positive, and today’s rate is just 1.1% in L.A. County.  The test positivity rate peaked on December 30, ...

The current decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations is being compared to the beginning phase of the pandemic in March of last year, Los Angeles Public Health officials said Saturday. As vaccinations continue to become more readily available, Los Angeles County residents are seeing a major decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). As ...