LA County reported more than 1,600 new COVID cases Wednesday. More than 700 school-based vaccination clinics are planned during May.
among the 529,000 that were administered during the week ending Friday, translating to a test-positivity rate of 0.35%. The compares to 844 positive tests out of 450,000 during the week ending April 8, for a test-positivity rate of 0.19%.
School-related outbreaks ticked upward slightly to 13 during the week that ended Saturday. That was up from 11 during the week ending April 9."As individuals return from spring break and celebrating spring holidays, the highly infectious BA.2 subvariant is contributing to case and outbreak increases across the county," Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement.
The number of COVID-positive patients in county hospitals remained relatively stable, at 235, up slightly from 232 on Tuesday. Of those patients, 28 were being treated in intensive care, up from 25 a day earlier.
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