Los Angeles public health officials reported on Saturday that COVID-19 hospitalizations in the county continue to decline, despite reports on cases and deaths not seeing better numbers.

The latest COVID-19 hospitalizations were not affected by the glitch experienced by Los Angeles. Numbers on new cases are supposed to be sent back by the state via electronic reporting system over the next few days, officials said.

It is not clear whether the backlog will change the whole picture of how fast the virus is spreading in Los Angeles, but the delay did not affect COVID-19 hospitalization numbers.

Only numbers on new cases rendered out of date, so the county may expect a jump in infection numbers once the backlog had resolved.

The county's contact tracing efforts have also been affected by the backlog.

Los Angeles saw their COVID-19 confinements with an average decline of 5.2%, as per the Los Angeles Times tracker.

On Saturday, the county reported another 51 deaths and 2,645 new cases of COVID-19, NBC Los Angeles reported. The county has now tallied 206,778 cases and 4,967 deaths in total.

Cautious Optimism for COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Barbara Ferrer, the county health directress, said that the numbers in the first week of August make them "cautiously optimistic".

Ferrer is looking to the future of the county. She said that, with plans to recover from the pandemic, the recent lessons from Los Angeles' recent past serve as a reminder to stay wary.

She asked people to put off activities for some time, avoid parties and crowded places, wear face coverings in public and keep a safe distance of six feet from others.

Health officials have noted that younger people make up a bulk of reported newer COVID-19 cases. They also make up a large percentage of people who are sent to hospitals due to the virus.

This portion of the population is the one most likely to attend large gatherings.

Statewide-Drop in COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Los Angeles accounts for 37% of the state's infections.           

With the decline it saw, lately, California itself has reported lower numbers in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to tracker figures reported by Orange County Register.

There were 208 fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations (7,277) as of Friday. It is down 15% from the July 25 record of 8,571.

California saw 181 deaths linked to COVID-19 Friday, with the total going up 10,171. New cases on Friday are 9,471, bringing the total number of cases up to at least 547,988.

One more county that had a drop in hospitalizations is Orange County. It had a total of 491 confirmed COVID-19 patients and a three-day average that represented a 5.1% decline.

The county added 322 cases and 16 deaths on Saturday, which brought its total to 39,076 cases and 720 deaths.

Officials tell people that the number of cases, even those noted by single counties, may be low due to glitches in the state's database.

It is not yet clear if the lost test results are spread out all over the state or confined to a small number of counties.

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