Posted on 08/26/2021 10:09:07 PM PDT by blueplum
(CNN)California health officials say the number of new Covid-19 infections reported statewide appears to be leveling off and recent trends are showing "encouraging" signs following a surge of cases and hospitalizations driven by the Delta variant.
The state reported roughly 11,769 new cases on Thursday, according to the California Department of Public Health. That's down from 12,359 reported this time last week but up from 10,450 reported two weeks ago. Statewide, the positivity rate is 5.4%, down from a high of 7% on July 31.....
Roughly 8,265 people are hospitalized with the virus across the state -- 1,982 of whom are in the ICU, according to the department.
That's up from last Thursday, when roughly 7,779 people were hospitalized with Covid-19. It's also up from two weeks ago, when about 6,629 people were hospitalized with the virus....
...Case rates among the unvaccinated are 708% higher than those who have gotten their shots, state health officials said.
In Los Angeles County, which is leading the state in Covid-19 hospitalizations, health officials said this week the Covid-19 infection rate among unvaccinated people was 4.9 times the rates of vaccinated people and the hospitalization rate was 29.2 times the rates of vaccinated people....
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I'm pretty much full of cynicism and lack of hope right now.
From the Covid News Network.
Gotta distract from the Afgan disaster. I have to winder if we will see mask mandates lifted sooner rather than later?
If you include cases back to the first of the year. Bunch of liars.
And just in time for Newsalini’s recall election next month.
true, but Florida is running about 2 weeks behind Calif so a flattening in CA may be a good indicator that Florida may also start leveling off soon. We’ve had an endless pandemic out here, but the waves seem to last about 2 months with a break in between
just 15 more years to flatten the curve-
Just in time to deflect attention from Afghanistan, the Left and its media decide to back off counting every hospital admission and every pre-employment screening as a “Covid case.”
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Regardless, the good news is that COVID cured the flu.
I can believe that a bunch of new illegal immigrants to California with Covid are unvaccinated.
Once Larry Elder is sworn in as governor he said no masks.
That is encouraging!
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