Los Angeles Covid Positivity Rate Soars As California Models Predict Hospitalization Surges Due To Omicron

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Los Angeles County reported 7,425 new cases of Covid and nine additional deaths on Monday. But those numbers were artificially low due to reporting delays from the holiday weekend.

The region’s test positivity rate — which is considered a more accurate indication of infection spread because it is an average and also a percentage, rather than a raw number — told a different story.Last Monday, L.A.’s 7-day average test positivity rate was 3.4%.

Today, that same 7-day average has risen more than 300% to 12.4%. That’s a shockingly steep rise over the course of 8 days in a data point that is an average, not a raw number.

The one-day numbers are equally shocking.On December 20, the reported test positivity (for that day alone) was 8%. That number