The Delta and Omicron variants were driving a “dual surge” in Covid-related infections in Los Angeles today, according to health officials.
That led to the county reporting 16,510 new cases in the past 24 hours, up 91% over the course of one week. It’s the highest daily case count since January 6 of this year, according to county data and one also of the highest daily case counts of the entire pandemic.The spike was nearly a given considering the county’s 7-day test positivity rate has risen 100% in the past 7 days, from 8.8% a week ago to 17.6%.
That’s for a measure that is averaged over seven days to eliminate peaks and valleys. Just a glance at the county’s graph of test positivity over the course of the pandemic seems to indicate it’s
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