COVID cases and hospitalizations have spiked upward the past three summers as people take advantage of warmer weather to travel and gather with others.
case data over the past month, Los Angeles County health officials urged residents Friday to again take “common-sense precautions” to limit the spread of the virus and avoid another summer surge in infections.
Fueled by the emergence of new “FLIRT” variants of the virus, the county has already begun to see “small increases” this year in reported COVID-19 cases, testing-positivity rates and concentrations of the virus in wastewater. Given that lack of reporting, health officials also monitor concentrations of the virus found in wastewater streams as a more accurate representation of infections. According to the county, wastewater concentrations of the virus are currently running at about 16% of the most recent winter peak, up from 11% a week ago.
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