L.A. County nears 5,000 COVID-19 deaths — half the state’s total
4 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County nears 5,000 COVID-19 deaths — half the state’s total

LA Times  

Six months after California lost its first victim to COVID-19, the state has recorded more than 10,000 deaths — with nearly half occurring in Los Angeles County. Officials recorded 53 additional deaths in the county — bringing the total to 4,918 — and 3,116 new infections Friday, according to the public health department. Officials caution that ongoing technical problems with the state’s electronic system used for gathering test results means that the county’s overall number of positive test cases is probably far higher, though it’s unclear to what extent. California Health and Human Services Director Dr. Mark Ghaly said Friday that a server outage prevented 250,000 to 300,000 records from entering the state’s reporting system.

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L.A. County COVID cases, hospitalizations rise amid FLiRT variants summer uptick
6 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. County COVID cases, hospitalizations rise amid FLiRT variants summer uptick

LA Times  

Some people wear masks at commencement ceremonies at UCLA. If positive, it’s likely you’re more likely to infect others Keep your distance from other people Increase air circulation by opening windows, turn on air purifiers and gather outdoors if meeting with people Stick with enhanced hygiene — washing and sanitizing hands often, cleaning high-touch surfaces and covering coughs and sneezes …

New COVID subvariants are rising: How bad will California get hit this summer?
7 months, 1 week ago

New COVID subvariants are rising: How bad will California get hit this summer?

LA Times  

As the new FLiRT family of coronavirus subvariants takes hold, early signs are pointing to a summer jump in cases. California’s COVID waves last summer and winter were still big enough to cause significant disruptions, including outbreaks in schools, among sports teams and at Hollywood studios, while some businesses saw higher numbers of workers calling in sick. “In years past, …

One-two punch of COVID and flu is hitting L.A. County hard
11 months, 3 weeks ago

One-two punch of COVID and flu is hitting L.A. County hard

LA Times  

Coronavirus levels are high and rising throughout California amid a post-holiday spike in infections. “We are seeing some increases in COVID-19 activity, especially often after the travel and gatherings of the holiday season.” California COVID-19 intensifies across California, with the worst probably still to come New data show pronounced recent jumps in the rate at which coronavirus and flu tests …

COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen
1 year, 4 months ago

COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen

LA Times  

The summer COVID bump is worsening in California, with infections spreading at schools and workplaces, and hospitalizations ticking up. Among the work sites in L.A. County where there are active COVID-19 outbreak investigations are the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, CBS Studio Center Stage 18, the L.A. City Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Street Services, the Westchester-Loyola Village Branch …

‘The pandemic isn’t over.’ Coronavirus cases in L.A. County keep rising
1 year, 4 months ago

‘The pandemic isn’t over.’ Coronavirus cases in L.A. County keep rising

LA Times  

Experts say travel, the back-to-school season and new Omicron subvariants are the likely reasons why coronavirus cases are continuing to rise locally and across the nation. New outbreaks have been reported in Los Angeles County’s nursing homes, and one Hollywood studio temporarily imposed a mask mandate after several employees were infected. “While hospitalizations are increasing, the current levels are still …

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?
1 year, 5 months ago

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?

LA Times  

The uptick in coronavirus transmission this summer has not brought major alarm from health experts. There are people who may want to avoid contracting COVID-19 “because it’s disruptive to life.” Chin-Hong said he’s aware of people who’ve had to change big travel plans to Europe and Africa because of illness. And even if you don’t choose to mask up, “definitely …

A coronavirus mystery: Why New York was hit so much harder than L.A. County
1 year, 5 months ago

A coronavirus mystery: Why New York was hit so much harder than L.A. County

LA Times  

While the pandemic exacted a devastating toll in America’s two largest metropolitan areas, New York City ended up seeing far more COVID-19 deaths per capita than Los Angeles County, a review of data shows. New York City’s cumulative per capita COVID-19 death rate was about 50% higher than L.A. County’s, data from Johns Hopkins University through early March show. San …

Over 34,000 L.A. County households lost Medi-Cal in July amid rollback of COVID rules
1 year, 5 months ago

Over 34,000 L.A. County households lost Medi-Cal in July amid rollback of COVID rules

LA Times  

Valerie Ibarra-Figueroa, right, a health insurance specialist at the Venice Family Clinic, talks on the phone to a county employee on behalf of Jessica Sanchez, 33, while helping get her Medi-Cal coverage reinstated. More than 34,000 households in Los Angeles County have had their Medi-Cal coverage discontinued this month as California joins other states in beginning to cut off people …

California’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are near historic lows. Will the lull last?
1 year, 5 months ago

California’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are near historic lows. Will the lull last?

LA Times  

COVID-19 hospitalizations are close to record lows in California, an optimistic sign as the state attempts to navigate its first surge-free summer of the coronavirus era. Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a UC San Francisco infectious-disease expert, said he suspects that signs of an increase in coronavirus transmission are probably real in some locations, although “it’s not at a high level yet. …

Could Fourth of July trigger a summer COVID-19 surge? What L.A. County data show
1 year, 6 months ago

Could Fourth of July trigger a summer COVID-19 surge? What L.A. County data show

LA Times  

Summer has been a fraught and cautious time in the pandemic era, with travel and gatherings for holidays and vacation fueling COVID-19 spikes each of the last three years. The average number of coronavirus-positive people in L.A. County’s hospitals also has continued to decline or hold stable at relatively low levels. L.A. County reported 36 COVID-19 deaths for the most …

How much COVID is in my community? It’s getting harder to tell
1 year, 7 months ago

How much COVID is in my community? It’s getting harder to tell

LA Times  

Bianca Povalitis, center, along with fellow roller skaters enjoy an evening at Venice Beach Skate Plaza in June 2022. But dwindling data make it more difficult to assess the virus’ trajectory in specific areas and for people to adjust their attitudes and behaviors accordingly — a potentially unsettling development for those who remain most at risk of falling seriously ill. …

US ends COVID-19 health emergency today: Key figures defining the pandemic
1 year, 7 months ago

US ends COVID-19 health emergency today: Key figures defining the pandemic

Firstpost  

Though daily life has long returned to near-normal for many in the United States, the official end of the COVID-19 health emergency Thursday night still marks a new post-pandemic era for the country. Three years of health emergency A state of emergency was first declared in the United States in January 2020, more than three years ago. 1.1 million deaths …

Three years, 1.1 million deaths: COVID emergency ending in US
1 year, 7 months ago

Three years, 1.1 million deaths: COVID emergency ending in US

Al Jazeera  

As US public health emergency declaration comes to an end, Al Jazeera looks at the pandemic’s heavy toll on the country. More than 1.1 million COVID-19 deaths were recorded in the US since the emergency declaration was first issued in January 2020 – more than any other country in absolute numbers. 1.1 million deaths The United States has recorded more …

California COVID-19 rules ease as emergency declarations end. Here’s what’s changed
1 year, 9 months ago

California COVID-19 rules ease as emergency declarations end. Here’s what’s changed

LA Times  

Shoppers, some wearing masks, make their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2022. “With the rescinding of many emergency orders these past weeks, there are questions about which sensible protections remain important to consider,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “Given the differing risks both by setting and by individual characteristics, the goals of …

End of an era: L.A. County lifts COVID-19 emergency
1 year, 9 months ago

End of an era: L.A. County lifts COVID-19 emergency

LA Times  

Los Angeles County is officially ending its COVID-19 emergency declaration Friday, a milestone that comes as the region’s coronavirus case rate has fallen to its lowest level since summer 2021. L.A. County has been one of the hardest-hit parts of California — so much so that the National Guard had to transport corpses from overwhelmed hospital morgues during the pandemic’s …

L.A. County’s COVID-19 emergency will end March 31
1 year, 10 months ago

L.A. County’s COVID-19 emergency will end March 31

LA Times  

Michele Crossan checks the temperature of a polling station staff member in November at the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder’s office in Norwalk. And it’s time for us in L.A. County to end our emergency orders.” The motion to end the declaration, co-authored by Hahn and Supervisor Kathryn Barger, said that it had, without question, preserved lives: “Every county department has …

California’s COVID emergency is ending. How will it change your life?
1 year, 10 months ago

California’s COVID emergency is ending. How will it change your life?

LA Times  

This March 2020 photo along La Brea Avenue in midtown Los Angeles was taken during the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. California’s 3-year-old COVID-19 state of emergency will lift Tuesday — a development that reflects the dawn of a next, hopeful phase of the pandemic, even as officials and experts say continued vigilance and preparation are necessary to maintain the …

COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’
1 year, 10 months ago

COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’

LA Times  

It was three years ago this month that California documented its first known victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The heartache of having so many people die weighs heavily on all of us here at public health,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “Both perspectives are understandable because the risk of getting sick, the risk of having severe …

While COVID raged, another deadly threat was on the rise in hospitals
1 year, 11 months ago

While COVID raged, another deadly threat was on the rise in hospitals

LA Times  

As COVID-19 began to rip through California, hospitals were deluged with sickened patients. Amid the new threat of the coronavirus, an old one was also quietly on the rise: More people have suffered severe sepsis in California hospitals in recent years — including a troubling surge in patients who got sepsis inside the hospital itself, state data show. There’s no …

Who are the L.A. County residents still most likely to die of COVID-19?
1 year, 11 months ago

Who are the L.A. County residents still most likely to die of COVID-19?

LA Times  

Paramedics bring their stretcher back to their vehicle after carting a patient into the emergency at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood in 2021. The data illustrate “the very real protection offered by the bivalent booster and by vaccines, even against the newer variants that are circulating now,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “If you haven’t had …

550 Americans are dying with Covid each day - but that's still three TIMES lower than last January
1 year, 11 months ago

550 Americans are dying with Covid each day - but that's still three TIMES lower than last January

Daily Mail  

More than 550 Americans are dying from Covid across the US as the virus makes a minor comeback after months of plateauing rates. Latest official data shows there were 558 fatalities every day in the week ending January 11 — up 44 percent in a week. Like cases figures, these are also trending downwards dropping by about 12 percent in …

L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why?
1 year, 11 months ago

L.A. County COVID-19 deaths hit a new winter high. Why?

LA Times  

Claire Altieri sets up a testing site for coronavirus variants at Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday. “Deaths are high, and it’s really upsetting,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. COVID-19 “did seem relatively flat over the holidays,” State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said during a webinar Tuesday, and officials are hopeful …

Will XBB.1.5, the latest Omicron subvariant, fuel another California COVID surge? What we know
1 year, 11 months ago

Will XBB.1.5, the latest Omicron subvariant, fuel another California COVID surge? What we know

LA Times  

A traveler arrives inside Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Monday. XBB.1.5 “is the most transmissible subvariant that has been detected yet,” said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead on COVID-19. “We can’t attribute the increase in hospitalizations to XBB.1.5 yet, but we are working with U.S. CDC colleagues …

Workers in L.A. County should wear masks indoors to prevent COVID surge, officials say
2 years ago

Workers in L.A. County should wear masks indoors to prevent COVID surge, officials say

LA Times  

Faced with the possibility of another COVID-19 surge stemming from parties and travel over the winter holiday season, Los Angeles County health officials are urging workers and students to wear masks in indoor public settings for at least 10 days once they return to work and school. “The holiday season by its very nature brings increased risk of exposure, including …

Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’
2 years ago

Weekly L.A. County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’

LA Times  

Registered nurse Shawna Gibson prepares an IV and medications for a coronavirus-positive patient at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles in 2021. “With every increase in cases for the last almost three years, a few weeks later, we’ve always seen a corresponding increase in death,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “It’s tragic, but we know that when …

L.A. County coronavirus threat eases for now, but a second wave after Christmas possible
2 years ago

L.A. County coronavirus threat eases for now, but a second wave after Christmas possible

LA Times  

Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County have stabilized, pushing off the prospect of a new indoor mask mandate shortly after New Year’s Day. Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County have stabilized, pushing off the prospect of a new indoor mask mandate shortly after New Year’s Day, but a second wave associated with Christmas and other gatherings remains possible. On Thursday, …

‘A lot of viruses running around’: L.A. County hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began
2 years ago

‘A lot of viruses running around’: L.A. County hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began

LA Times  

Vivian Solorio sits with her son Samuel Avila, who is almost 3 months, in the Emergency Department of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in South Los Angeles on Friday. “It’s reasonable to speculate that part of the reason for the low number of available hospital beds is due to many patients seeking care that may have been delayed during …

COVID-19 cases are starting to drop in L.A. Will the decline last?
2 years ago

COVID-19 cases are starting to drop in L.A. Will the decline last?

LA Times  

Shoppers make their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles on Dec. 6. “Almost three years into the pandemic, there could be a sense of resignation with the ebbs and flow of transmission,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said during a recent briefing. L.A. County’s weekly case rate last week reached a seasonal high of 272 for every …

Will you mask up again? A January mandate looms for L.A. if COVID-19 wave worsens
2 years, 1 month ago

Will you mask up again? A January mandate looms for L.A. if COVID-19 wave worsens

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases surging and hospitalizations worsening, Los Angeles County is again facing the possibility of a renewed public indoor mask mandate. “We are seeing a rapid acceleration again,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “This is the time to put that mask back on.” Any new indoor mask mandate hinges on two metrics related to the pressure …

Dangerous weeks ahead in L.A. County as coronavirus suddenly surges. Here is why
2 years, 1 month ago

Dangerous weeks ahead in L.A. County as coronavirus suddenly surges. Here is why

LA Times  

Commuters, some with face masks and some without, walk through Los Angeles Union Station on Tuesday. “People came back from Thanksgiving and pretty quickly were testing positive,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. Dr. Sara Cody, the county’s public health director, warned that this winter is shaping up to be “extraordinarily difficult,” pointing to sewage data suggesting coronavirus levels …

L.A. County facing a full-blown coronavirus surge as cases double, deaths rise
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County facing a full-blown coronavirus surge as cases double, deaths rise

LA Times  

If coronavirus rates continue to rise, Los Angeles could see a return to indoor mask mandates. “We are seeing a rapid acceleration again,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in an interview Tuesday. L.A. County was on the brink of issuing new masking rules during the summer Omicron surge, but narrowly avoided doing so when cases and hospitalizations …

California senior citizens are hit hard as COVID-19 surges this winter
2 years, 1 month ago

California senior citizens are hit hard as COVID-19 surges this winter

LA Times  

Dr. Janina Lord Morrison, chief physician for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, visits a home to administer COVID-19 boosters. On Nov. 17, all but one of California’s 58 counties — Imperial — was in the low COVID-19 community level as defined by the CDC, which measures case and hospitalization rates. Los Angeles and Orange are among 27 …

COVID-19 cases in most populous US county surge to highest levels: media
2 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 cases in most populous US county surge to highest levels: media

China Daily  

A Chevron gas station sign displays the price of gas next to a man doing COVID-19 testing on Sept 21, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES - COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, have surged to highest levels since summer wave, local media reported on Thursday, citing official data. The US …

How close is L.A. County to a new COVID-19 mask mandate? Here is what we know
2 years, 1 month ago

How close is L.A. County to a new COVID-19 mask mandate? Here is what we know

LA Times  

Michele Crossan, right, checks the temperature of Los Angeles County polling station staff members in Norwalk on Nov. 3. CASES: L.A. County’s coronavirus case rate has been increasing since late October and is now triple what it was in the autumn low. Should hospital measures worsen, L.A. County could be on track for the return of a mandatory mask mandate …

L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

LA Times  

Herb Smith, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Mission, gives masks to Carmen Santiago and Juanita Glover, left, on skid row in downtown Los Angeles in this 2020 photo. “These numbers clearly demonstrate that COVID is still with us,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “It would mean that hospitalizations are really going up very, very …

L.A. County coronavirus cases, hospitalizations rising as Thanksgiving nears
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County coronavirus cases, hospitalizations rising as Thanksgiving nears

LA Times  

Maria Mejia, second from right, and Vivian Ramirez, right, both Soledad Enrichment Action community health workers, distribute COVID-19-related resources at a supermarket on Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles on Oct. 24. “This low number is worrying, especially given the possibility of a winter surge fueled by new strains of the virus that are very infectious,” county Public Health Director Barbara …

COVID-19 still a leading cause of death in L.A. County, even amid ‘milder’ Omicron surge
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 still a leading cause of death in L.A. County, even amid ‘milder’ Omicron surge

LA Times  

The coronavirus continues to play an outsized role in the mortality rate in Los Angeles County, new data from the Department of Public Health show. By contrast, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in the nation’s most populous county in the first six months of 2021, a span that includes the deadliest surge of the 2½-year pandemic. COVID-19 was …

New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 make gains as BA.5 fades
2 years, 2 months ago

New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 make gains as BA.5 fades

LA Times  

Soledad Enrichment Action community health workers Vivian Ramirez, left, and Maria Mejia, right, distribute COVID-related resources at a supermarket on Whittier Boulevard in Los Angeles last week. “However, we’re also optimistic because we have powerful tools, including therapeutics and the new bivalent boosters, that can blunt the impact.” At this point, BA.5 remains the most common version of the coronavirus …

California enjoying ‘good COVID weather’ now. But a tough winter could be coming
2 years, 3 months ago

California enjoying ‘good COVID weather’ now. But a tough winter could be coming

LA Times  

Metro Chief Executive Stephanie Wiggins, left, and other passengers wear masks while inside a Metro train in August as it leaves the Expo/Crenshaw station in Los Angeles. “If our vaccinations don’t work, because we have a new variant or the new variant evades a lot of protections, you’re going to want to put your mask back on, because that’s going …

COVID still kills in California, but the demographics of its victims are shifting
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID still kills in California, but the demographics of its victims are shifting

LA Times  

As California settles into a third year of pandemic, COVID-19 continues to pose a serious threat. In the first seven months of the year, about 13,500 California residents died of COVID-19, according to preliminary death certificate data from the state Department of Public Health. From April 2020 through December 2021, COVID-19 killed an average of 3,600 people a month, making …

Even in 2022, L.A. COVID death rate is worse than car crashes. Here’s why
2 years, 4 months ago

Even in 2022, L.A. COVID death rate is worse than car crashes. Here’s why

LA Times  

The Omicron coronavirus variant killed Angelenos at a higher rate than both the flu and car crashes during the early part of 2022, according to county health officials. Among adults 50 to 64, the death rate for COVID-19 was eight times the rate for motor vehicle crashes and 12 times the rate for flu and pneumonia, the county’s analysis found. …

L.A. County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases
2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. County drops out of high COVID-19 level as surge eases

LA Times  

People, many wearing masks, wait to buy tickets for the Mega Millions lottery at Bluebird Liquor on July 29 in Hawthorne. Los Angeles County officially moved out of the high COVID-19 community level Thursday as one top state health official expressed hope that California is at the end of the pandemic’s latest wave. “While we’re greatly encouraged by the decline …

L.A. County won’t impose new mask mandate as coronavirus cases decline
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County won’t impose new mask mandate as coronavirus cases decline

LA Times  

Los Angeles County will not reinstitute a universal indoor public mask mandate after marked improvements in the region’s coronavirus case and hospitalization rates. “We’re on a decline right now,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “It’s reasonable to assume that the recent decline we have seen in cases will lead to continued decreases in hospital admissions over …

L.A. County could avoid mask mandate this week as coronavirus cases decline
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County could avoid mask mandate this week as coronavirus cases decline

LA Times  

Shoppers make their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles. As of Tuesday afternoon, L.A. County was averaging about 6,000 coronavirus cases a day over the previous week, down 11% from the prior week’s average of 6,700 cases a day. Ferrer had said L.A. County would reimpose an indoor mask mandate if it reached the high COVID-19 community level defined …

L.A. County coronavirus weekly death rate 70% higher than in Bay Area: Why so much worse?
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County coronavirus weekly death rate 70% higher than in Bay Area: Why so much worse?

LA Times  

Some shoppers wear masks, while others do not, at a very congested market on Santee Alley on July 14. L.A. County’s weekly COVID-19 death rate is significantly higher than that of the San Francisco Bay Area. In other words, L.A. County’s latest weekly COVID-19 death rate is more than 70% higher than the rate in the Bay Area. Since the …

Coronavirus cases start to flatten in L.A. County as decision on mask mandate looms
2 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus cases start to flatten in L.A. County as decision on mask mandate looms

LA Times  

Weekly coronavirus cases are showing early signs of flattening in Los Angeles County, but they remain at significantly elevated levels as a decision on whether to impose a new indoor mask mandate looms on Thursday. Because if our cases really start a steep decline, it’s likely that a couple of weeks from now, our hospitalizations will also decline.” As of …

Indoor mask rules expected next week as L.A. coronavirus wave worsens
2 years, 5 months ago

Indoor mask rules expected next week as L.A. coronavirus wave worsens

LA Times  

Hesta Prynn and 7-year-old daughter Zoe shop at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County is poised to impose new indoor mask rules next week as data show the hyper-infectious BA.5 Omicron subvariant is pushing coronavirus case counts higher and sending increasing numbers of people to the hospital. L.A. County officials long ago set the criteria for this …

L.A. County goes it alone in push for new coronavirus mask rules, igniting familiar debate
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County goes it alone in push for new coronavirus mask rules, igniting familiar debate

LA Times  

A masked traveler walks through the main lobby of Los Angeles’ Union Station on July 12. Sustained growth in coronavirus-positive hospitalizations has Los Angeles County on the brink of a new public indoor mask mandate, a move officials say could help curb still-widespread transmission, but it has raised some concerns among business groups and sparked questions about its necessity. Although …

You just tested yourself for COVID-19. Should you report the results to L.A. County?
2 years, 5 months ago

You just tested yourself for COVID-19. Should you report the results to L.A. County?

LA Times  

Testing more people more often could help identify outbreaks and limit their spread. But for a variety of reasons, a growing reliance on at-home rapid test kits may not help public health officials in their battle to track the pandemic. A spokeswoman said the Public Health Department “will be documenting and interviewing those that do call us with positive results.” …

Fueled by rapid reinfections, California’s soaring summer COVID wave could top winter surge
2 years, 5 months ago

Fueled by rapid reinfections, California’s soaring summer COVID wave could top winter surge

LA Times  

With sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant, this Santee Alley store is requiring shoppers to wear masks. “And the number of cases now probably is not all that dissimilar to what we saw during the massive surge in December and January.” That’s why, Wachter said, he strongly recommends masking in indoor public settings “in …

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