The Department of Public Health confirmed 1,491 cases of COVID-19, but 1,198 of them are overdue results.
There are hundreds of people who could have coronaviruses without knowing it.
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The Los Angeles Department of Public Health issued a press conference to report the new data from the COVID-19 in the county.
The director of the department, Dr. Barbara Ferrerconfirmed 1,491 cases coronavirus to raise the number to a total of 13,816 confirmed in the county. However, the figure does not represent the number of cases in a day.
Ferrer clarified that the figures presented today include the data of a significant delay presented in one of the laboratories. "Over the weekend we receive backdated data from tests performed by a laboratory between April 7 and 14", he claimed.
@lapublichealth Announces 17 New Deaths Related to #COVID ー 19 & 1,491 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in LA County. 13,816 total cases 617 total deaths. 1,191 new cases are from a backlog of tests received from one lab. View https://t.co/mPwZiArpM6 pic.twitter.com/giK610jmoW
– LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) April 20, 2020
"We are working to ensure that we do not have any delays in the future, but of the 1,491 that we confirm today, 1,198 are from the delayed results of the laboratory.or ”, assured the director.
Ferrer also referred to the number of deceased he reached a total of 617. "Today unfortunately we confirm the death of 17 more people", said.
Since the virus began in the county, the health system has hospitalized 3,465 patients with the disease. Currently there 1709 of which 30% are in intensive care.
Could be more
The Dr. Ferrer ruled on the preliminary results of the study conducted between the Department of Public Health and the University of Southern California (USC).
The antibody study that started a few days ago and seeking to give a clearer picture of infected people estimated, in a preliminary result, that at least 4.2% of city residents would have the antibodies created in response to disease.
USC-LA County Study: Early Results of Antibody Testing Suggest Number of #COVID-19 Infections Far Exceeds Number of Confirmed Cases in Los Angeles County. Visit https://t.co/ykORK5zq65 for more pic.twitter.com/2Yw6mZ6D5j
– LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) April 20, 2020
The data provided is based on the results of the 863 tests carried out on April 10 and 14, 2020 in adult county residents.
The results stipulate an error range of 2.8% at the lowest and 5.6% at the highest, which means that between 221,000 and 442,000 adults they would have had the virus at some point.
"The study estimate suggests that the actual data is 28 to 55 times higher than what we have reported so far."Ferrer assured. "There are many people who are infected and do not know it, so we must continue to implement the measures we have taken so far"He emphasized.
