COVID-19 deaths hit 30,000 in L.A. County

Flags memorialize Los Angeles victims of COVID-19 at Griffith Observatory in November 2021. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)

by: Los Angeles Times

Posted: Feb 16, 2022 / 06:41 PM PST

Updated: Feb 16, 2022 / 06:42 PM PST

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Los Angeles County has marked its 30,000th death related to COVID-19.

The milestone came on Wednesday, when 102 deaths were reported, the second-highest daily death toll recorded in 11 months. There have now been five days since late January when daily death tolls have reached triple digits.

Daily death tallies are still high and have yet to begin a sustained drop, even as daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have started to decline. Over the past several weeks, L.A. County has been averaging 63 to 73 COVID-19 deaths a day, according to a Times analysis of county data.

“Sadly, many residents continue to lose their lives to this dangerous virus. Our hope is that as we drive case and hospitalization numbers lower, deaths will decline,” the county Department of Public Health said in a statement.

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