7,017 New Positive Cases and 65 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

February 6, 2022

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19. The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend.

7,017 New COVID-19 cases (2,727,159 cases to date)
65 New deaths due to COVID-19 (29,428 deaths to date)
2,841 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
More than 11,186,000 individuals tested; 22% of people tested positive to date

Daily New Cases, Positivity Rate, Hospitalization of Confirmed Cases and Deaths Last 7 Days
	Su 2/6	Sa 2/5	F 2/4	Th 2/3	W 2/2	Tu 2/1	M 1/31
Daily new cases	7,017⁽³⁾*	9,997⁽²⁾	15,427⁽¹⁾	11,548	15,664	8,786	10,715*
Daily deaths	65*	84	85	96	102	37	40*
Daily hospitalizations of confirmed cases	2,841	3,012	3,233	3,398	3,515	3,710	3,720
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg)	5.0%	5.4%	5.9%	6.4%	7.0%	7.7%	8.4%

Data is by date reported by DPH, but does not necessarily represent the date of testing, hospitalization, or death.

* Number reflects an undercount due to a lag from weekend reporting.

1 – The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 6,776 positive tests with testing dates between 12/27/21 – 2/02/22

2 – The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 265 positive tests with testing dates between 12/28/21 – 1/31/22

3 – The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 18 positive tests with testing dates between 1/3/22 – 1/31/22

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