The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 1,103 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday. It’s the fifth consecutive day cases have been over 1,000. For perspective, one month ago …
consecutive day cases have been over 1,000. For perspective, one month ago the 5-day average of cases was 201. Today today the 5-day average is 1,095; this is an increase of more than 500% in just one month.
That increase has come even as testing has dropped precipitously, which means the actual rise of infections is likely much greater as there are fewer chances to identify cases. See graph below. A more reliable number, the 7-day average test positivity rate, has increased nearly 700% from the 0.5% seen a month ago to Tuesday’s 3.4%. On Sunday it was 2.4%, so it’s risen over 40% in the last 48 hours alone. See chart below for a graphic representation.And, despite assumptions formed early in the pandemic, the spread is not happening among residents over 50.Saturday that transmission of Covid is increasing among younger, unvaccinated county residents.
Officials say the vast majority of those new infections are among unvaccinated people and likely due to the more transmissible
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