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Los Angeles Passes 2 Million Total Covid Cases Since Start Of Pandemic; Omicron Surge Continues

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With infections still surging, Los Angeles County’s cumulative number of Covid cases throughout the pandemic surpassed the 2 million mark today, with 43,582 new cases confirmed.

Those new cases lifted the county’s cumulative case total to 2,010,964 since the pandemic began. Daily cases in the county set an all-time high on Sunday at 45,584.Another 13 deaths were also confirmed, giving the county an overall death toll of 27,798.The number of Covid-positive patients in county hospitals also continued an unnerving rise, reaching 3,472, according to state figures.

That was up from 3,364 on Sunday. The number of hospitalized patients being treated in intensive care has also begun to rise, going from 435 on Sunday to 482 on Monday.The number of hospitalized Covid-positive patients has not been this high since February of last year, during a severe winter surge that at one point pushed the patient number above 8,000.

A state ensemble forecast released today showed the number of Covid-related hospitalizations in California peaking late this month at 30,000.

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