Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 22 deaths due to Covid-19 and 624 new positive cases.
COVID-19 Daily Up-To-Date:
November 27, 2021
New Cases: 624 (1,524,912 to date)
New Deaths: 22 (27,121 to date)
Current Hospitalizations 556 pic.twitter.com/l3tO7Zu7qz— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) November 28, 2021
The reported deaths and confirmed cases may be due to weekend reporting delays. But today’s data brings the County to a total of 27,121Deaths and 1,524,912 positive cases.
Reporting at the time of this report 556 County residents are hospitalized with Covid-19. Effective November 24, 29% are in the ICU. Nearly 9,370,000 people have received their testing results. 15% of those who tested positive were able to access them. The positivity rate for this population is 1.4%.
Public Health urges everyone to enjoy Thanksgiving safe. Los Angeles County has 28 new deaths and 1 081 confirmed cases of COVID-19. View https://t.co/CJXJonAMsp pic.twitter.com/IyqgYVHKlQ
— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) November 25, 2021
Although the Delta Variant is the predominant strain in L.A. Country and has been spreading rapidly, public health officials have expressed concern about the Omicron variant. South Africa was identified by the World Health Organization as a “variant of concern”It is being closely monitored. There is no information on whether Omicron is more contagious, deadly or resistant to vaccines or treatments than other COVID-19 strains.
“The most important strategy remains making sure that everyone 5 years and older gets fully vaccinated or receives their booster dose as quickly as possible to reduce transmission of the virus currently dominating across the county. The vaccines are effective against the Delta variant and earlier strains of the virus which allows us to remain hopeful that the approved vaccines will also provide some protection against Omicron.”
Public Health Prepares for Omicron’s Potential Challenges View: https://t.co/x8Yv9fjGcZFor more information. pic.twitter.com/mTOr3oqg6G
— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) November 28, 2021
There is still much to learn about the new variant. However, enough information is available to allow the county to take steps for reducing transmission. This can help the county prepare strategies to mitigate the concerns.