L.A. County Public Health Covid-19 Report: 73 New Deaths, 21,709 New Positive Cases

deadline.com:

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 73 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 21,709 new positive cases.The number of deaths and confirmed cases relayed today may reflect delays in weekend reporting.

But today’s data brings the County to a total of 28,886 deaths and 2,631,994 positive cases.3,998 County residents are hospitalized with Covid-19 at time of reporting.

The percentage of those patients that are in the ICU was not made clear. Covid test results have now been made available to more than 11,033,000 people, with 22% testing positive.

Today’s daily test positivity rate is 9.8%.COVID-19 Daily Update:January 29, 2022New Cases: 21,709 (2,631,994 to date)New Deaths: 73 (28,886 to date)Current Hospitalizations: 3,998 pic.twitter.com/Y4NE1fMMIM— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) January 29, 2022The Department of Public Health noted that over the course of the past week, all Covid metrics apart from deaths—including cases, hospitalizations and the daily test positivity rate—have been on the decline.