Today Los Angeles County reported no new COVID-19 related deaths. The last time we had a zero count was March 18th, 2020. Today’s count is an additional manifestation of the continued divergence between case rates and…
There is increasing discussion across the US about the potential for a 4th wave of COVID-19 infections - but there is no indication of such occurring at this time in Los Angeles County. Such an instance…
COVID-19 case rates in Los Angeles County declined for the 9th consecutive week and now stand at 5.4 new daily cases per 100,000 (Figure 1). Any guesses on the last time we had a rate that…
Two weeks in a row of good news seems to be uncharted territory when it comes to COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County. Yet here we are. For the week ending 3/1/2021 the County’s incidence rate…
Yesterday Los Angeles County reported fewer than 1,000 new daily cases and a 7 day average of 3% test positivity - both significant and encouraging signs of improvement. On the test positivity rate, Dr. Barbara Ferrer,…
In what may be a small glimmer of good news, this week has brought us decreases in new case and mortality rates as well as a decrease in prevalence of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County. The…
Prevalence is one of the earliest concepts covered in an introductory Epidemiology course is that of prevalence. Defined, prevalence is “the proportion of persons in a population who have a particular disease or attribute at a…