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Testing wastewater for coronavirus is the perfect metric we’ve got to estimate how a lot virus is circulating. The extent of coronavirus in L.A. County’s wastewater has dropped to 30% of final winter’s peak — that’s down 22% from the earlier week.
All indicators trending downward: Fewer individuals are within the hospital with COVID-19 in L.A. County. Throughout the week ending Feb. 17, there was a mean of 376 COVID-positive hospitalized sufferers, a lower from the typical of 482 COVID-positive hospitalized sufferers for the earlier week.
Deaths brought on by COVID are down from a excessive of about 9 individuals a day in early January to now 4 individuals every day.
What about the remainder of the nation? Nationally, the wastewater viral exercise stage for COVID-19 is excessive, in keeping with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, however is trending downward. Individuals can nonetheless get sick as instances lower. The virus is circulating at about the identical fee as in early November.
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