Coronavirus in SoCal

LA County health officials reported nearly 7,000 new COVID-related cases and 39 more deaths over the holiday weekend.

Health officials in LA County report more 3,006 new COVID-related cases and an additional 23 deaths, this coming as the county has seen a surge during the holiday season.

LA County has reported more than 6,800 new cases of COVID-19 over a three-day period as the county continues seeing an uptick in cases and hospitalizations.

LA County is reporting an upward trend in COVID-related cases and deaths that has health officials concerned about the county re-entering a “high” COVID activity category.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reports a slight decrease in COVID hospitalizations throughout the county.

As expected, Los Angeles County moved Thursday into the federal government’s “high” COVID-19 activity category, sparking stepped- up warnings of widespread transmission of the virus and moving the area closer to another indoor mask-wearing mandate.

LA County is expected to re-impose an indoor mask mandate if it moves into the “high category” set by the CDC, and if the county’s virus-related hospitalization numbers reach two thresholds:

Los Angeles County reported more than 5,000 new COVID-19 infections in its latest data as rising case numbers continued to point to a winter viral surge, with hospitalization numbers also climbing upward again.

Los Angeles’ state of local emergency due to COVID- 19 will end in February after a City Council vote Wednesday.

People suffering from long COVID-19 experience lingering negative effects on their physical, mental and social well-being in ways similar to symptoms endured by patients who are sick with other illnesses, according to UCLA research published today.

Los Angeles County reported a significant spike in daily COVID-19 infections Wednesday, part of a recent cold-weather surge in transmission.

COVID hospitalizations are increasing again in California but doctors are cautiously optimistic we’ll be able to avoid the kind of deadly surges we saw the last two winters. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 28, 2022.

LA County health officials have recorded more than 4,800 new COVID-related cases over a three-day period raising numbers to concerning levels.