LA County reports 5,100 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 4 new cases of MIS-C in kids
By KJ Hiramoto article
LOS ANGELES - Although the rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines appear to show a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, new numbers from Los Angeles County Public Health on the other hand show the grim reality of Southern California being nowhere close to escaping the said tunnel.
On Friday, LA County Public Health reports 5,100 current hospitalizations due to COVID-19. In addition to the hospitalizations, the county reported 16,504 new cases and 96 new deaths from the virus.
Since Monday, LA County has reported more than 71,000 new cases, health officials say. To date, the county s death toll from COVID-19 stands at 8,757.
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