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18.01.2022 - 07:05 / deadline.com
In what may be the first sign of the beginning of the end of the Omicron surge in Los Angeles, the 7-day average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus has fallen dramatically in the past week. Test positivity is considered a better measure of the rate of spread than raw case counts because it is a percentage that is averaged over a week’s time.
Test positivity has fallen nearly 20% over the past week in L.A. County, reaching 16.5% on Monday. That was down from 20.2% last Tuesday. The rate hit a recent high of 26.5% on January 1. Health officials noted, however, that even at 16.5%, the rate is still eight times higher than the 2% test-positivity rate one month ago.
The county Department of Public Health confirmed another 31,576 new daily infections on Monday, a number that is likely low due to delays in weekend reporting. The daily count, which went over 45,000 on Thursday and has generally remained above 40,000 this week, has yet to show significant declines.
Health officials have been raising concerns about the current surge in cases impacting a hospital system already strained by staffing shortages, which have been further exacerbated by Covid infections among health care professionals.
The number of Covid-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals inched upward again today to 4,564. That number has jumped an additional 800 daily cases in the past week, reaching a level nearly six times above what it was just one month ago.
According to California’s CatCAT ensemble forecasting model, the county is set eclipse its all-time Covid hospitalizations record of 7,926 this week. The hospitalizations surge is expected to continue until it hits a new record of 13,507 on February 2.
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Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer today outlined a framework for reducing Covid mitigation measures as the current Omicron surge falls. She warned however that, even after the surge, the threat level would still be considered “high” and numbers would need to come down further before restrictions are lifted.
The winter Omicron surge is retreating across nearly all key data points in Los Angeles County except one: Deaths. Deaths each of the past two days have moved to near 100 from about 50 earlier in the week. While not an all-time high, those numbers are still substantial, especially when considered in a larger frame offered by public health officials today.
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CBS Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger was driving a GMC Yukon SUV when it collided with a red Prius. The actor and former California governor’s vehicle “rolled up onto the top of the Prius and continued to roll,” before hitting a Porsche Cayenne and another vehicle that were waiting at a stoplight.Paramedics responded and a woman driving the Prius was taken to the hospital.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved in a car accident in the Los Angeles area on Friday afternoon.The 74-year-old actor and former California Governor's SUV rolled up onto a Prius and continued to roll, per. According to the outlet, Schwarzenegger was not injured but one person was taken to a nearby hospital via ambulance.