L.A. County health officer Dr. Muntu Davis suggests that residents reconsider travel to states with the highest rates of coronavirus transmission.
The Los Angeles County health officer has suggested that residents reconsider travel to states with the nation’s worst rates of coronavirus transmission, including Nevada and Florida.
L.A. County’s per capita weekly coronavirus case rate is higher than California’s but still far lower than the five states mentioned by Davis.is now reporting 59.2 new coronavirus cases weekly for every 100,000 residents, categorized as “substantial” community transmission, the second-highest tier. San Diego, Riverside, and Sacramento counties are in the same category: Per 100,000 residents, San Diego County is reporting 58.6 weekly cases; Riverside County, 50.3; and Sacramento, 92.5.
By contrast, the rate in Florida’s Miami-Dade County is 160.9 weekly cases per 100,000 residents; and in the Sunshine State’s Orange County, home to Disney World, there have been 135.1 weekly cases per 100,000 residents. Both are considered to have “high” rates of community transmission.
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