L.A. County reported an average of 3,721 coronavirus cases a day over the seven-day period ending Monday, up from 2,128 the prior week.
“People came back from Thanksgiving and pretty quickly were testing positive,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. At her agency, “we had more people who tested positive right after Thanksgiving than we’ve ever had before,” with transmission occurring during holiday gatherings, rather than at work.
Welcome back to the red tier, LA. Hospitalizations are higher than they were in the summer BA.5 wave.
No big continuing spike after Christmas the way there was after Thanksgiving, but levels are still twice what they were in October.
Has LA County updated wastewater? Last I checked their data was weeks old…
Latest sewer data I see for LA is 12/26.
Hospitalization due to Covid-19 occurred in 6 bivalent recipients and 297 participants who did not … Death due to Covid-19 occurred in 1 bivalent recipient and 73 participants who did not …
Still don’t know why alot of people won’t get this latest booster.
Its been proven the last 2 years to prevent hospitalization/severity, and duration.
Looking good this week. I guess I’m comfortable eating and drinking inside at restaurants and bars again.