“Sobering,” is how Los Angeles County Director of Public Health described the Covid infection data from L.A. schools for the week of August 16.Ferrer said the county recorded 3,186 new cases in schools in that week.
About 2,500 of those were instances of one case only. Many more students who were in close contact with those students were quarantined.
See chart below.“Through last week, we’ve been seeing about three outbreaks a week. This week, we’ve seen 5. “We anticiapate an upward trend in outbreaks,” she said.Of the 14 outbreaks that occurred in schools that opened in August, half were related to school sports.
Cheer squads and cheerleaders attending camps accounted for many of these cases. Many of the students were not wearing masks
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