As the COVID-19 pandemic enters into a third season of the year, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues to introduce programs to promote public awareness, safety, mental health and contact tracing. To date, the agency has identified 278,665 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 6,726 deaths. In Beverly Hills, there have been 713 cases of COVID-19.
On Oct. 7, Public Health confirmed 1,645 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of new cases in a single day reported since late August. However, officials say it is not indicative of a trend. Public Health reported a seven-day average of 2.8 percent testing positivity rate of positive lab-confirmed COVID-19. The County’s testing positivity rate has remained stable at a level close to 3 percent for several weeks. For comparison, in July the percent positivity was around 8 percent. The number of daily hospitalizations has remained steady at under 800 daily hospitalizations since mid-September. The 7-day average number of daily deaths continues to steadily decline by roughly 50 percent, from about 30 deaths a day at the end of August to about 15 deaths a day.
