One person is dying from Covid-19 every 10 minutes in Los Angeles County

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(CNN) Los Angeles County public health officials reported 148 new Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, the second day in a row that the county reported its highest number of new deaths.

"A person now dies every 10 minutes in L.A. County from COVID-19," Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said in a statement, "and since many of these deaths are preventable our collective focus should be on doing right to save lives."

According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Thursday news release, there are about 6,500 people hospitalized with Covid-19 in the county, 20% of whom are in intensive care units -- a pandemic high. In the last week alone, the department said, the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals has increased by more than 1,600.

"I hope we can each find the strength and courage to take responsibility for each other's well-being," Ferrer said, urging Southern Californians to follow public health guidelines like staying home and wearing a mask while out in public. "These are the only tools that will work right now."

Most of the state remains under stay at home orders triggered by a region's ICU capacity falling below 15%. According to the state Department of Public Health, ICU bed capacity in both the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions are at 0%, and its likely the stay home orders will be extended for most of the state.

Hackleberryhound on December 25th, 2020 at 21:40 UTC »

For perspective, there are 10.3 million people in LA county.

Kahzgul on December 25th, 2020 at 19:42 UTC »

The scariest part to me as a resident of LA county is that so many people are still out and about, clearly not caring at all about the pandemic. Chin diapers as far as the eye can see. Sure there’s social distancing in the stores. But the folks lining the streets to go shopping aren’t practicing safety at all. Really discouraging to those of us who have been staying in as much as possible since March.

RBGs_ghost on December 25th, 2020 at 18:57 UTC »

California is the second worst state in the country right now for COVID infections.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesper100klast7days

Edit: Yes people I understand California has a lot of people. Yes I understand that they were doing better than other states at some point within the past year. The link is set up per capita for the last 7 days showing the current numbers. You can sort however you desire though.