Los Angeles County public health officials reported another 16,269 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,757,522, as of Monday, Jan. 3. The total number of cases represents 17.3% of Los Angeles County’s population.
Officials reported eight more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Sunday, for a total of 27,647 deaths since tracking began. The total number of deaths represents 0.28% of Los Angeles County’s population.
There were 164 new hospitalizations reported since Sunday, bringing the total count of people hospitalized with coronavirus to 1,792.
According to the California Department of Public Health’s vaccines dashboard, 71% of Los Angeles County is fully vaccinated and more than 16,767,238 vaccine doses have been administered as of Jan. 3.