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Many Covid Deaths in LA County Involve Underlying Conditions, According to County Health Officials

75% of deaths noted over five separate days involved underlying conditions, according to Health Department press releases

January 11, 2022 - Health officials at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health have only recently released statistics regarding whether deaths listed as from Covid involved underlying conditions. They do not give such data every day.

Over the last week, LACDPH officials specified on five days how many of the deaths listed as from Covid involved underlying conditions:

January 4: Of 24 deaths, 20 individuals had underlying conditions

January 5: Of 27 deaths, 18 individuals had underlying conditions

January 6: Of 30 deaths, 21 individuals had underlying conditions

January 7: Of 28 deaths, 24 individuals had underlying conditions

January 10: Of 13 deaths, 9 individuals hd underlying conditions

An analysis of these few data points shows that 75% of the Covid deaths on these days involved individuals who also had an underlying condition.

It is not known if any of these deaths involved people suffering from disease caused by the Delta variant or that caused by the Omicron variant.

 

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