The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health says there has been a slight increase in Covid-19 cases. From May 10 to 15, they saw an average of 82 to 92 cases per day, which is more than earlier in the spring when there were 60 to 80 cases per day from March 25 to May 9. These numbers don’t include cases from home tests or people who don’t get tested.
Coronavirus levels in sewage across California are going up. This is happening as a new group of coronavirus variants, called FLiRT, is spreading in the country.
The state Department of Public Health said that COVID-19 levels in wastewater have been rising in many parts of California since early May. Test positivity rates for COVID-19 have also been slowly going up since May. However, it’s too early to say if this recent small increase in cases will continue. The number of cases is still low, so it’s hard to see clear trends.
In L.A. County, the levels of coronavirus in wastewater have stayed fairly stable, at about 9% of the highest levels seen last winter.