While wearing a face covering is still required in certain select settings and still encouraged aboard public transit, the decision for most should now be considered a matter of personal preference.
L.A. County’s hard-won progress was attributed both to community immunity and tools that have blunted some of the coronavirus’ worst effects.after the region’s weekly coronavirus case rate fell below 100.
For weeks, L.A. County reached a plateau, with wastewater concentrations hovering at about 70% of the peak noted during last summer’s surge. But in early January, levels plunged to about 29% of the summer peak, according to data released Thursday. The county considers that to be of “low concern,” according to Ferrer.“These numbers confirm that the decline in transmission is both real and significant.
The apparent peak recorded this fall and winter — 1,308 on Dec. 8 — is slightly lower than the summer total of 1,329 on July 20, and significantly below last winter’s wave, which maxed out at 4,814.
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