L.A. County records big drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Source: MSN/LA Times
he number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County has dropped below 1,000 for the first time in two months — underscoring the region's slow but steady progress in turning the tide of the latest coronavirus surge.
On Tuesday, 991 coronavirus-positive patients were receiving hospital care countywide. That's down about 40% from the start of September, state data show.
In mid-August — the height of the current Delta-variant-fueled wave — nearly 1,800 people countywide were hospitalized with COVID-19 on some days.
The region has also seen a significant decline in the number of people ill enough to require intensive care. As of Tuesday, 305 patients were in intensive care units throughout the county, a 31% drop since the beginning of the month.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/la-county-records-big-drop-in-covid-19-hospitalizations/ar-AAOIK7y?ocid=uxbndlbing
This is not just the percentage of people who are vaccinated, because Florida's numbers aren't too far from CA's vaccination numbers. The big difference is that CA does not have a Governor who is going out of their way to combat mitigation measures like masks or hosting conspiracy theorists who encourage people to act as though the pandemic is a hoax.
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