10 People in L.A. County Test Positive for COVID-19 Every Minute

losangelesblade.com:

LOS ANGELES – Every minute, on average, 10 people in L.A. County test positive for COVID -19, and these 15,000 individuals who test positive each day were capable of infecting others for two days before they had any symptoms or knew they were positive.

At least 10-12% of people infected with the virus end up hospitalized at some point, and more than 1% of people diagnosed with COVID-19 end up dying.

Since this surge began in early-November, deaths increased by more than 1,000%. Deaths increased from 12 deaths a day in early-November to more than 200 daily reported deaths last week.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 137 new deaths and 12,617 new cases of COVID-19. “The number of new cases and deaths reported