On Friday, California’s director of health and human services, Dr. “Definitely a case in point,” said Mark Galli. Gaili called this an “early concern” sign and warned that, before promising to be the hottest weekend in the state, the people of California should not disappoint their guards.
State and local health experts have been warning for weeks about a possible increase in cases after Labor Day, as people gathered for parties and barbecues. Gali said Friday’s numbers could be the first sign of that trend.
As many as 4,400 new cases were registered in the state on Friday, showing a slight uptick in the recent lows, but a more relevant number is the 1-day rolling average of the last 1 cases a day, which has started to climb slightly in the last few days. It is in 100 or more daily cases.
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One variable in the equation is the test volume. 99,000 tests were recorded in the state on Friday. Galli said the number was 180,000 in a single day recently and down from about 50,000 tests last week. The effect of those numbers affects how many cases are identified, but it is unclear what effect they have with swinging.
The reason for the change in testing is due to the fact that many sites are closed due to heat and smoking and some sites are testing low number of appointments due to heat.
Galli said there were “early signs” that the state’s progress against the disease was slowing. He said Labor Day was two weeks away and the fire had moved some people out of their homes and into a more communal situation.
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The state’s positive rate has begun to rise, Galileo said. Similarly, VIV Related to E.R. Visits and admissions to new hospitals due to the virus have been on the rise across the state in the past week.
In the state’s largest county, Los Angeles, health officials there reported this week that the transmission rate – the number of new cases seen in each of the current cases – has risen above 1 for the first time in a week. When it’s above 1, Lyali said, COVID-19 will spread “quickly”.
L.A. Gali admitted that when asked about the increase in transmission, “we are concerned.” Friday saw more than 400 new cases in Los Angeles, more than at any time in the past two weeks.
With that news coming, Los Angeles County is on track to qualify for more openings under the state’s color-coded tire system.
“The metrics posted by the state yesterday indicate that we’ve posted a number that qualifies us for more openness,” Barbara Ferrer, LA County Director of Health and Human Services, said at the wedding. But, as the deadline noted earlier, the county must actually maintain those numbers for next week, in order to open more. And it doesn’t look good.
“Unfortunately, we saw an increase in cases last week,” Ferrer said, “so we’re not sure we’ll see another week where our numbers meet the threshold.” [for reopening]. We will continue to keep an eye on this, especially as this is on the rise after Labor Day weekend. “
Given the new numbers, the state hospital projects an 89% increase in COVID patients admitted – 2, more than 4,800 patients from about 2,600 at the end of October.
Ghaly and other health officials across the country are concerned about the “twindemic” that is already plaguing the taxable hospital system with COVID patients when the flu season hits and that some patients even need ICU care.
CNN on Tuesday. Asked about the concept in the civic council, Dr. Anthony Fauci said, “We are coming to you in a weather season where people will spend more time indoors and depending on your own social situation, you may be indoors or someone else may be poor. Difficulty finding a way to remove anything that could lead to ventilation, poor air flow, and spread.
“The fact is, we know we could get in serious trouble if we don’t do certain things.” “And I hope that understanding doesn’t scare people, but makes fun of them in the realization that it’s in our hands to stop it.”
Last month, CDC director Dr. Ro. Robert Redfield was more emphatic in his warning that the current epidemic, coupled with the upcoming flu season, could create the “worst decline” in terms of public health.
The California numbers come on the day when the U.S. outbreak began. Millions of cases of the virus have been reported in the country and 200,000 Kovid-19 deaths have been reported in the country in the same week. 23 states are seeing an increase in numbers on Friday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. California surpassed the horrific death toll of 15,000 people from the virus on Monday.
