Cases have risen 180% in the last month, fueled by a mix of omicron subvariants.
The county saw on average over 2,700 cases per day in the past week. That’s a nearly 85% increase from the nearly 1,500 reported cases on average during a seven day period ending Nov. 17.
L.A. area hospitals and health care providers are also coping with sharp increases in flu cases, “well beyond where we were at this point in previous years,” and surging cases of RSV, a respiratory virus, Ferrer said.Mask Mandate Could Return
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