Health officials reported an increase in COVID cases in Los Angeles County, so they warned people at risk to take the necessary precautions.
This Thursday, 330 residents were reported hospitalized due to the coronavirus, but withAccording to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, there are an average of 512 new cases and 422 patients requiring hospital care every day..
Health officials are concerned risk of a triple epidemic as COVID joins possible cases of influenza and respiratory syncytial virusespecially after returning to school this week in the city of Los Angeles.
Health authorities said they have already seen some precautionary measures, such as the wearing of masks, in some places as a result of recent outbreaks.
Some doctors reported a significant increase in the number of patients at their consultations.
“COVID has not gone away. Now we are witnessing another rally. From my perspective, where I work, it almost looks like an increase,” Dr. David Bronstein, pediatric respiratory specialist at Kaiser Permanente in the Antelope Valley, told ABC.
Bronstein mentioned that it is possible that the upward trend will continueand that a triple epidemic could occur.
Los Angeles County Health Authorities reported this week 88 active COVID outbreaks, 14 of them in the workplace.
While the number of 330 residents hospitalized due to coronavirus may be small, Experts noted a constant increase in infections over the past six weeks.
Public health data in August shows older residents are at higher risk. People aged 80 and over are five times more likely to be hospitalized for this disease than people aged 50 to 79..
The newest version of the Omicron, EG.5, known as Eris, is the one that is starting to show the most cases in California. and currently accounts for about 12% of cases.
Currently a sub-variant that dominated by XBB.1.5 called Kraken.
Health authorities have advised people who are at higher risk of experiencing severe illness take proper precautions such as wearing masks.
Residents at highest risk elderly, with weakened immune systems and chronic diseases.
Representatives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hope to implement a new COVID vaccine sometime in September or early October covering the most recent sub-variants of the coronavirus..
Updated vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax may arrive later this fall.
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Source: La Opinion
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