The number of COVID cases and hospitalizations in Los Angeles County have doubled in the last month, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer.
Ashley MackeyCOVID viral activity is at a "very high" level in California, CDC wastewater data show. Along the same trend, L.A. County cases and hospitalizations have doubled this past month.continues to mutate leaving us all more susceptible, and new data is showing just that.
Los Angeles County's Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer says L.A. County specifically is finding similar data. She says everyone 6 months or older will be asked to get a new vaccine in the fall. That shot will be aimed at protecting us from the latest variants. Ferrer says this is the fifth summer where we're experiencing a spike in transmission of COVID-19, but the biggest difference now is that we have great ways to combat it.
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