COVIDLATEST: Los Angeles County reported 6,245 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, the first time the county has topped the 6,000 mark since February.
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The latest rise, fueled by BA.2 subvariants, does not rival the omicron surge in January and February, but L.A. County entered a higher coronavirus risk level on May 19. The steadily increasing case numbers have continued, though Ferrer said a public indoor mask mandate will only return if hospitalizations worsen.
“The more cases you have, even if it's just a small fraction of people who get infected and need to be hospitalized, the greater the strain will be on the health care system,” she said. The county is averaging more than 4,200 cases per day for the past week, and the county’s transmission rate remains high. Nine additional COVID-related deaths were reported and, as of Thursday, there are 429 COVID-19 patients in area hospitals.Cases are still substantially increasing among elementary school students. The county averages at least a dozen new outbreaks in classrooms each week. Los Angeles Unified, the area’s largest school district, is in session until June 10.
“None of us want to continue to see a rise in cases,” Ferrer said. “None of us wants to see our healthcare system stressed out. And certainly none of us want to see people with serious illness. So a strong recommendation from us really has always meant that we encouraged businesses and institutions to go ahead and institute those safety protections that made most sense, including masking requirements when indoors.”and in transportation hubs such as airports.
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