AMTV, Los Angeles, Feb 22 – Los Angeles County Public Health will end this weekly COVID-19 news release effective today. A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 are updated weekly and will continue to be available on the Public Health COVID data webpage. Public Health will continue to monitor COVID-19 circulation and issue press releases as needed to update the public on any potential changes in COVID-19 status in Los Angeles County.
COVID-19 indicators continue to decline in Los Angeles County, with many indicators at or approaching pre-surge levels. This week, Public Health reports 187 average daily COVID-19 cases, a decrease from the 218 reported last week. Reported cases do not include home tests, so the actual number of COVID-19 infections in the community is higher.
Wastewater concentrations of SARS CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are at 30 percent of the 2022-2023 winter peak for the week ending Feb. 10. This is a decrease from 52 percent one week prior.
During the week ending in Feb. 17, there was an average of 376 COVID-positive hospitalized patients, a decrease from the average of 482 COVID-positive hospitalized patients for the previous week.
There were 3.6 daily average COVID-19 deaths for the week ending Jan. 30, a decrease from the 5.7 average daily deaths reported for the week before.
The following table shows case, wastewater, emergency department, hospitalization, and death data in Los Angeles County over the past four weeks.