The rapid growth of the more transmissible BA.2 variant of Covid-19 is continuing in Los Angeles County. As of March 12, the latest date for which data is available, 32% of local positive Covid tes…
— it’s likely that in the 2 weeks since the newest numbers were tallied it has become dominant in L.A., as well.In fact, this week’s CDC data map shows that’s the case in the three state region comprised of California, Nevada and Arizona. See graphic below.The spread of the highly-infectious variant, however, has not yet translated into an overall rise in virus-related hospitalizations in the U.S.
“Despite the BA.2 increases that we’re starting to see, they’re not resulting yet in increases in Covid-19 emergency department visits,” she said. “The rate of decline has been slower, and this week we’re not seeing any declines in the cases,” said Ferrer.“At some point we knew that it was likely we were going to stop declining,” said Ferrer. “We know there’s still transmission…Personally, I wish we were at a lower level when we’re doing this plateauing, but we have seen a significant decrease, and that’s the good news.”
“Every single time we have reduced the restrictions or levels of protection that are required, we have always seen an uptick ,” observed Ferrer. “The slowing of the decline can also be seen in some ways as an uptick.”The average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus was 1.1% as of Thursday, up from the constant 0.7% rate from the past few weeks. The rate was 0.9% on Wednesday.
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