County’s COVID-19 cases reach daily record as officials caution against opening up economy too fast

 Los Angeles County health officials announced the single largest increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases Wednesday after 1,541 more county residents tested positive for the virus.

LA County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer said that out of the 139,000 tests the county has conducted, there has been a 14% positive test rate in the county, a mark that has not moved in the past few weeks. To date, 22,485 county residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Corona test online kaufen

The county also reported 56 new deaths Wednesday, bringing the total number of people how have died from the virus to 1,056.

Among those who have died, 92% had underlying health conditions, Ferrer said. That data point has also held consistent and Ferrer reiterated the stay at home messaging for the county’s most vulnerable residents.

“It’s so important for those who have underlying health conditions to please do your best to stay at home,” Ferrer said, adding that they should even limit direct contact with family members if possible.

An image from the county’s Wednesday’s briefing showing projects of physical distancing guidelines and what could happen if they’re relaxed.

She said that the uptick in positive cases could be partially attributed to an uptick in testing and because of a lag in results from tests performed over the weekend. She noted that the county’s midweek briefings have often held the largest numerical increases.

While the Ferrer confirmed an increase in positive cases both she and Dr. Christina Ghaly, the county’s director of health services, said that the stay at home order and physical distancing have helped the county to slow the transmission of COVID-19.

Ghaly stood before images of a new model that showed predictions of how and when physical distancing guidelines are lifted how that could impact transmission rates of the virus. If the current guidelines remain in place, it is projected about 12% of the county would be infected by Aug. 1. If they were taken away completely, 99% of the county would be infected by COVID-19.

“Safer at home and physical distancing is working and has been effective in flattening the curve in LA County,” Ghaly said, adding that physical distancing will be the new normal for quite some time.

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