LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County public health officials on Saturday reported 3,221 new cases of the coronavirus and 85 related deaths, as infections continued to decline following a surge fueled by the omicron variant.
The county is now averaging 3,811 new cases a day over the last week, according to the Los Angeles Times' coronavirus tracker, a drop of nearly 74% from two weeks before.
There were 1,502 COVID-19 patients in county hospitals as of Friday, a decline of about 50% from two weeks before, when there were 3,012 patients.
