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For Immediate Release:
February 22, 2024
COVID-19 Indicators Continue to Decline in LA 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.
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Metric
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Date of Weekly Report
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2/21/2024
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2/14/2024
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2/7/2024
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1/31/2024
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Daily average cases
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187
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218
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262
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376
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SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 2022-2023 peak concentration value
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30%
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52%
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36%
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64%
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Daily average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related
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2.6%
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3.0%
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3.5%
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3.5%
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Daily average number of COVID-positive hospitalizations
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376
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482
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570
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658
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Daily average deaths
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3.6
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5.7
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5.6
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5.0
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Percent of all deaths due to COVID-19
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2.4%
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2.3%
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2.2%
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3.3%
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All daily averages are 7-day averages. Data for past weeks are subject to change in future reports. Time periods covered by each metric: cases from 2/7/24 onward = week ending each Sunday; cases prior to 2/7/24 = week ending each Saturday; wastewater = week ending each Saturday, with a one-week lag; ED data = week ending each Sunday; hospitalizations = week ending each Saturday; deaths from 2/7/24 onward = week ending each Tuesday, with a three-week lag; deaths prior to 2/7/24 = week ending each Monday, with a three-week lag; death percentage = week ending each Monday, with a one-week lag.
Case data is presented by episode date, an approximation of the date the illness began, and death data is presented by date of death. This is a change from how case and death data were presented prior to July 26, 2023, which was by date of report. Daily average cases do not include Long Beach and Pasadena; daily average deaths include Long Beach and Pasadena.
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A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at?http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/COVIDdata?including:
? COVID-19 Locations & Demographics (data by demographic characteristics and geography, active outbreaks, and citations)
??COVID-19 Response Plan
??COVID-19 Vaccinations
??Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:
? Los Angeles County Department of Public Health:
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/
? California Department of Public Health:?https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:?https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htmlncov/index.html
? CDC Spanish?https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
? World Health Organization?https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
? LA County residents can also call 2-1-1
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