Top Health Director: 90 Percent of COVID-Positive Patients Weren’t Hospitalized for Virus

Dr. Christina Ghaly, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health, speaks during an LA Board of Supervisors meeting on Sept. 27, 2022. Screenshot via The Epoch Times

The director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) said that about 90 percent of COVID-19-positive patients in DHS hospitals weren’t hospitalized for the virus.

During a Los Angeles Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, Kathryn Ann Barger-Leibrich, serving as a Republican member of the board, asked, “What percentage were admitted for COVID, and what percentage were admitted and then tested positive for COVID?”