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COVID

The CDC has replaced COVID-19 Community Levels with Hospital Admission Levels, which can help individuals and communities decide which prevention actions they can take based on the most recent information. Los Angeles County is in the Low Hospital Admission Level with 2.7 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, reported on June 26 for the seven-day period ending June 21.

Public Health reports COVID-19 data weekly. The following table shows case, wastewater, emergency department, hospitalization, and death data in Los Angeles County over the past four weeks. All metrics remain stable at levels of low concern.

 

Date of Weekly Report

 

6/28/2023

6/21/2023

6/14/2023

6/7/2023

Weekly cases reported1,2

1,794

1,817

1,716

1,902

SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 20222023 peak concentration value3

8%

10%

17%

10%

7-day average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirusrelated3,4

2.4%

2.6%

2.7%

2.5%

7-day average number of COVIDpositive hospitalizations3,4

233

228

212

228

Weekly deaths reported2

28

25

36

46

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