LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County reported another 55 COVID-19 deaths today, while the number of hospital patients with the virus fell below 700.
The 55 new deaths gave the county an overall pandemic death toll of 31,138.
Another 1,157 cases of COVID were also confirmed Wednesday, lifting the cumulative total from throughout the pandemic to 2,807,057. The average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus was 0.9% as of Wednesday.
According to state figures, there were 666 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Wednesday, down from 706 on Tuesday. The number of those patients being treated in intensive care units was 122, down from 133 a day earlier.
County health officials said they were working to increase the number of providers who can offer residents access to anti-COVID therapeutics, while also striving to raise awareness about their availability.
