Health care workers collect swab samples for COVID-19 testing at the parking lot of the Langley Center in Monterey Park, California, the United States, Jan. 2, 2022. (Xinhua)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- New COVID-19 cases continued to soar in Los Angeles, the most populous county in the U.S. state of California and the country, recording almost 45,000 over the New Year's holiday weekend, local public health authorities said Sunday.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a daily release that the county, home to more than 10 million residents, continued to have high rates of community transmission of COVID-19.
Even with the holiday reporting delays, the county still recorded 23,553 new cases on Saturday, and 21,200 on Sunday, bringing the county's total caseload to 1,741,292, it said. The numbers are far higher than last winter's peak average of 16,000 cases per day.
Hospitalizations have risen to 1,628, and more than 20 percent of those getting tested are positive for the virus, it said.
Meanwhile, the county's death toll rose to 27,640, with two new deaths reported on Sunday.
"Indoor activities where individuals are unmasked for long periods of time, as well as crowded outdoor events, increase the risk that infected individuals will transmit both Omicron and Delta variants to others," it noted, urging local residents to curtail higher risk activities. Enditem
Residents wait in line for COVID-19 tests at the Lincoln Heights Recreation Center testing site in Los Angeles, California, the United States, Jan. 2, 2022. New COVID-19 cases continued to soar in Los Angeles, the most populous county in the U.S. state of California and the country, recording almost 45,000 over the New Year's holiday weekend, local public health authorities said Sunday.
Hospitalizations have risen to 1,628, and more than 20 percent of those getting tested are positive for the virus, it said. (Xinhua)
Residents wait in line for COVID-19 testing at the Lincoln Heights Recreation Center testing site in Los Angeles, California, the United States, Jan. 2, 2022. New COVID-19 cases continued to soar in Los Angeles, the most populous county in the U.S. state of California and the country, recording almost 45,000 over the New Year's holiday weekend, local public health authorities said Sunday.
Hospitalizations have risen to 1,628, and more than 20 percent of those getting tested are positive for the virus, it said. (Xinhua)
A health care worker reminds people waiting in line for COVID-19 testing at the Lincoln Heights Recreation Center testing site in Los Angeles, California, the United States, Jan. 2, 2022. New COVID-19 cases continued to soar in Los Angeles, the most populous county in the U.S. state of California and the country, recording almost 45,000 over the New Year's holiday weekend, local public health authorities said Sunday.
Hospitalizations have risen to 1,628, and more than 20 percent of those getting tested are positive for the virus, it said. (Xinhua)