The San Francisco Bay Area has seen consecutive weekly declines in the number of new coronavirus cases. Southern California has seen the pace increase.
Reopening California has been complicated because the coronavirus outbreak is behaving differently in various parts of the state.has seen consecutive weekly declines in the number of new cases, while Southern California has seen the pace of new cases increase.in California, recording more than 1,000 deaths. Even adjusted for its larger population, its rate of 9.
Hospitalizations also remain stubbornly high, helping to explain the reluctance to ease the stay-at-home order in California. Half of all hospitalized coronavirus patients in California are being treated in Los Angeles County, which is home to a quarter of the state’s population, the analysis found.California has so far managed to avoid the death toll New York state has faced, with more than 22,000 dead.
Despite the recent increase, officials are expecting that L.A. County will start to see a decline in new cases around mid-May.The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection can be a tricky indicator. The figure may be affected byAnd despite the stay-at-home order, more people continue to become infected, such as people in
like nursing homes and people who continue to work as essential workers, as well as those who venture out for essential trips, such as picking up groceries.Still, experts expect coronavirus case numbers to eventually decrease in areas including L.A. County, believing the stay-at-home order has been, and continues to be, effective.
Testing capacity continues to increase, and in L.A. County, “once the testing sort of equilibrates out, I think you’ll start seeing declines,” said Dr. George Rutherford, UC San Francisco epidemiologist and infectious diseases expert.Deaths are a helpful indicator to track the progress of an outbreak, but will still be rising even as hospitalizations and new cases decrease.Health officials are particularly focused on the trend in the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19.Dr.
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