The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health affirmed 2,551 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. This is a 20-overlap expansion in a month, with 124 new COVID-19 cases provided details regarding June 21.
Wednesday’s test positivity rate is 5.2%; the rate was 0.7% every month prior, public health authorities said.
Of the new cases revealed by public health, 83% are among people younger than 50 years of age with 65% of new cases among people between the ages of 18 and 49 years of age, the department said.
There are 585 people with COVID-19 as of now hospitalized and 23% of these people are in the ICU. On June 21, there were 213 people hospitalized with COVID-19.
Of the seven new deaths revealed Wednesday, two people that passed away were between the ages of 65 and 79, three people who passed were between the ages of 50 and 64, and one individual who passed was between the ages of 30 and 49.
One passing was accounted for by the City of Long Beach. Until this point, Public Health distinguished 1,273,390 positive cases of COVID-19 across all spaces of L.A. County and a sum of 24,594 deaths. Testing results are accessible for in excess of 7,200,000 people with 16% of people testing positive.