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Data reveals COVID-19 is growing or likely growing in 44 states and Washington DC Particularly worrying is the situation in California, which is now reporting “very high” levels. of coronavirus in its wastewater, along with six other states: Arkansas, Florida, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon and Texas.
A new strain, dubbed FLiRT, is worrying US health authorities.
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In California, the rate of positive COVID test results has increased dramatically. In the week ending July 8, 13 percent of reported tests came back positivecompared with 4.8 percent the previous month. That’s close to last summer’s peak of 13.1 percent in late August and early September, according to data from the California Department of Public Health.
The Worrying Coronavirus Situation in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, the most populous in the country, is experiencing a significant increase in coronavirus levels in wastewater. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported: “We are seeing an increase in the number of cases, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations due to COVID-19.”
The latest data shows that:
- The Coronavirus levels in Los Angeles County wastewater were 27 percent from last winter’s peak, a significant increase from the 17 percent previously reported.
- He Average of new daily cases rose to 307 in the week ending July 7, compared with 121 the previous month.
- The percentage of Coronavirus-related emergency room visits rose to 2.5 percentcompared with 1.5 percent the previous month.
It is important to note that these numbers probably underestimate the real situation, since do not include tests performed at home and fewer people are getting tested for COVID when they are sick, as highlighted by Los Angeles Times in a report.
Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious diseases for Kaiser Southern California, told the California media: “The numbers continue to rise slowly“We’ll have to see how things play out now, because we’re past July 4th and that’s when we typically start to see a bigger increase, if we see one at all.”
This resurgence of COVID-19 coincides with the emergence of a new class of subvariants called FLiRTwhich is estimated to be 20 percent more transmissible than the dominant winter subvariant. During the two-week period ending July 6, an estimated 70.5 percent of COVID samples nationwide were of the FLiRT subvariants, according to CDC data.
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