The Los Angeles County Director of Public Health warned residents Tuesday that they should not use the negative COVID-19 test to justify joining a gathering during the Christmas holidays.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Barbara Ferrer said, “You can’t stay negative until you get a negative test result.” “And even if you have no symptoms, you can easily infect others.”
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The county’s director of health services, Dr. Christina Ghali called the strategy “very dangerous” to the paper and said the approach is “a big part of what we’re doing in today’s situation.”
California averages about 44,000 newly confirmed cases a day and 525,000 reported in the last two weeks. It is estimated that 12% of those who have a positive end in the hospital are tested.
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That means 63,000 hospitalized out of the last 14 days of cases. The current figure is 17,190.
Galli said he fears all areas of the state could be vacated by the end of the month and even in their temporary “surge” capacity units in early January. “
The Associated Press contributes to this report
