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Despite disturbing numbers of young people dying of COVID-19, Los Angeles County\u2019s chief medical officer said Thursday that new coronavirus cases may soon drop enough to allow officials to apply for waivers to reopen elementary schools.<\/p>\n

During an online news conference, Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser noted that waivers can be sought to reopen schools when cases are below 200 for every 100,000 people for two weeks.<\/p>\n

Over the last two weeks, officials have reported 27,739 new cases, which amounts to 275 per 100,000,<\/a> but Gunzenhauser said that number was steadily dropping.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do believe we could get down to under 200 in the near future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Unified School District resumed classes this week, but instruction was being done remotely.<\/a> There are extensive requirements for applying for waivers<\/a>, and county health officers must approve applications.<\/p>\n

Gunzenhauser gave a generally optimistic briefing on the state of the pandemic in L.A. County. He said the length of average hospital stays for COVID-19 has declined from a few months ago, probably because of improved understanding of how to treat the disease. <\/p>\n

He said more young people are now being hospitalized for the disease, and they also are likely to recover more quickly than older patients.<\/p>\n

But he warned that younger people are dying from the disease, and the percentage of people aged 18 to 29 hospitalized for COVID-19 has doubled to 10%.<\/p>\n

Of the approximately 5,400 people in the county who have died of COVID-19, 440 were aged 18 to 41 with no underlying health conditions, he said.<\/p>\n

The underlying conditions that make patients most at risk for severe illness and death are hypertension, which is common among those 65 and older, and diabetes, a condition that affects 10% of the county\u2019s population, he said.<\/p>\n

He also reported a positive trend in skilled nursing homes, where widespread testing and protective equipment are now stemming infections.<\/p>\n

The county now has about nine nursing home deaths a week, down two-thirds from a high of 27 in April, he said.<\/p>\n

The number is \u201cstill too many,\u201d he said, \u201cbut it does show our measures are working.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been 13,120 COVID-19 infections among healthcare workers and first responders in the county. Two-thirds of them are women, nearly half are Latino, and more than half are between the ages of 18 and 40, he said.<\/p>\n

More than 37% of those infected were nurses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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