LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the highest number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reported in a day with 8,860 new cases and 2,668 people currently hospitalized on Friday.
The number of new cases surpassed Thursday’s high of 7,854 by more than 1,000 cases and is the third time this week Los Angeles County has surpassed the previous all-time high of new cases.
Of the 2,668 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized, 24% of these people are in the ICU. This is the fourth consecutive day the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 surpassed the all-time high; this is a doubling from two weeks ago when daily hospitalizations were 1,298.
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