Amid a nationwide surge, the number of COVID cases recorded in Los Angeles County have nearly tripled in the last five weeks.
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in Los Angeles County nearly tripled in the last five weeks as federal health officials report California is seeing increasing levels of the virus that causes the disease.The state is one of just a handful across the U.S. seeing levels of SARS-CoV-2 that are considered 'very high,' according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is testing wastewater to measure levels of the virus.
The CDC has discovered particularly high levels of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater being tested in states in the West, where the number of people being treated for COVID in emergency rooms has also gone up. ER visits in Los Angeles County have risen steadily over the past month, from early June until now. Federal health officials have said March marked the tail end of a nationwide surge in cases through the winter.
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