County officials said the latest surge is showing signs of leveling off somewhat. The daily test positivity rate on Saturday was 4.7%, a small decrease from last week’s rate of 6.3%.
Los Angeles County health officials on Saturday reported 4,283 new coronavirus cases, the largest daily number reported in months and which public health officials attributed to the continued high rates of transmission of the Delta variant and significant increases in testing.
County officials said the latest surge is showing signs, maybe not of letting up, but of leveling off somewhat. The daily test positivity rate on Saturday was 4.7%, a small decrease from last week’s rate of 6.3%. The daily positivity rate is defined as the percentage of all coronavirus tests reported that are positive, officials said.
More than 1,380 people are being treated in hospitals for the coronavirus, 22% of them in the intensive care unit, officials said. The public health department did not provide data on how many had been vaccinated before their hospitalization. “While indoor masking and quarantine and isolation of cases and close contacts are effective strategies for reducing transmission, the quickest way to slow the spread is to increase vaccination coverage,” Ferrer said.Hundreds of locations across L.A. County continue to offer the vaccines at no cost to residents, regardless of their immigration status or whether they have insurance coverage.
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