Officials are calling for residents to wear masks and keep vaccines up-to-date

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Officials are calling for residents to wear masks and keep vaccines up-to-date.

Three weeks post-Thanksgiving, Los Angeles County health officials are bracing for a spike in COVID-19, with daily cases on the uptick and wastewater measurements indicating a surge in the virus’s spread. The Department of Public Health is calling for residents to wear masks and keep vaccines up-to-date.

New virus strains are also making the need for the latest vaccine even more pressing.

According to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health‘s recent announcement, cases have increased from an average of 380 to 430 per day.

However, real figures could be higher due to unreported results from home tests.

Additionally, COVID-positive hospitalizations climbed from 462 to 524 this past week.

Wastewater analysis, a reliable indicator of community transmission, shows concentrations of the coronavirus at 38 percent of what was seen during last year’s peak, a significant jump from just 28 percent reported the previous week, which was 12 percent a month ago.

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