The number of Los Angeles County residents in the hospital with the coronavirus decreased by 41 people to 1,267, according to the latest state data released Saturday.
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"We are not asking people to curtail their activities, to avoid activities or to shut down any activities,'' she said."We're letting people know that the risk is higher with elevated transmission, and because this is having an impact on our health care system and our vulnerable residents, it's time to layer in sensible protections.''
"We're not sure that we'll get there,'' she said."We're going to be hopeful that in fact we're starting to see perhaps some leveling in the need for people to be treated at hospitals,'' Ferrer told reporters. Ferrer said Thursday the county reported an average of 3,800 new infections per day over the past seven days, a 40% increase from the previous week, when 2,700 new cases per day were reported.
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