New Los Angeles Covid Cases Up More Than 100% in Past 10 Days

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As the Omicron variant crops across the region, Los Angeles is seeing significant and sustained jumps in Covid cases, test positivity rates and hospitalizations.Los Angeles County reported another 1,772 new cases on Wednesday.

Last Tuesday the number was 843. That’s a more 100% rise in a little over one week. The 7-day average of new cases of the past week is 1,668.

That comes after cases had hovered around 700 in the week before. And it wasn’t just new cases.The 7-day test positivity rate in the region has likewise risen 36% from 1.1% one week ago to 1.5% today.

Hospitalization in L.A. ended their weeks-long decline and began trending upward about two weeks ago, rising from 551 on November 24 to 650 today.