The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 58 new deaths and 1,642 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. As of this week, Public Health identified 235,386 positive cases of COVID-19 in the county, with a total of 5,663 deaths. The number of confirmed cases in Beverly Hills is 609.
The state is monitoring counties on six indicators to determine their progress in slowing the spread of COVID-19. The indicators include testing capacity, how much transmission of the virus is happening in the community, how many people are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, and the capacity of hospitals to care for people with COVID-19 with adequate numbers of available Intensive Care Unit beds and ventilators. Los Angeles County is currently meeting five of the state’s six indicators but has yet to meet the threshold of less than 100 cases per 100,000 residents. As of Aug. 26, the 14-day case rate per 100,000 people for L.A. County was 198 cases per 100,000 residents.
