Officials confirmed 46 more coronavirus-related deaths and 4,015 additional cases Tuesday — the highest number the county has reported in a single day.
Coronavirus conditions in Los Angeles County continued to deteriorate on Tuesday as officials released numbers that marked another new record for daily new cases and the inflection rate continued to surge.
Officials confirmed 46 more coronavirus-related deaths and 4,015 additional cases the highest number of infections the county has reported in a single day.
That’s largely due to the roughly 2,000 test results that were backlogged from July 2 to July 5.
The seven-day average for the county’s daily positivity rate — those who test positive for the virus — has climbed to 11.6%.
On Monday, it was just below 10%.
There are currently 1,969 people hospitalized for COVID-19 — 27% of whom are in intensive care. The number of hospitalizations started to rise beyond 1,900 on July 1. That number is noticeably higher than the 1,350 to 1,450 daily hospitalizations seen about three weeks ago.
Officials have previously warned of the possible limitation in hospital capacity if patients with the coronavirus have to start competing with others without, but there is currently not a depletion in the county.
