By NewsDesk @bactiman63
The total number of COVID-19 cases reported in Los Angeles County for the two day span of Dec. 25 and 26 totaled nearly 30,000, according to the LA County Health Department.

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Officials confirmed 142 new deaths and 29,464 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The numbers today reflect 13,185 cases reported today and 15,538 cases from yesterday along with 131 deaths Friday and 5 deaths reported Saturday.
6,770 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, and 20% of these people are in the ICU, health officials said Saturday.
This comes a couple of days a health alert was issued due to hospitals and the 9-1-1 system are experiencing an extreme surge of patients.
Health officials advised: During this surge, everyone should stay at home, in additional to other “public health measures” except to provide or receive essential services, avoid all non-essential travel, get tested if you have symptoms or an exposure, and isolate immediately from your family and others if you have symptoms or test positive for COVID-19.
To date, LA Public Health has identified 706,448 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 9,438 deaths.
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