Officials said the number of new cases reported is declining in areas of the state with the highest vaccination coverage.
“We hope that the number of cases will reach a plateau in some areas within the state,” the Department of Health said in a statement to CNN.
Covid-19 hospital admissions, which tend to peak later than cases, are still on the rise.
“We are seeing delays in hospital admissions, and it appears that some of the highest numbers were last week,” the ministry added.
Nearly 8,265 people have been hospitalized with the virus statewide — 1,982 of whom are in intensive care, according to the
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2 weeks ago Then about 6,629 people infected with the virus were hospitalized.
Early indications of a possible peak in California come as the country enters a grim phase in the latest wave of Covid-19: More than 100,000 people have been hospitalized with the virus for the first time since January in the United States. That number is also more than double what it was at this time last year – in vaccinations not yet available.
But there is a glimmer of hope: A series of forecasts released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicted that new hospitalizations for Covid-19 over the next month were likely to remain stable or have an uncertain trend. This is the first time since mid-July that an increase in the number of hospitalizations is not expected in the forecast.
“The top priority is to get the unvaccinated vaccine.”
As in other parts of the United States, officials in California have largely attributed the increase in infections and hospitalizations to: they are not immune. State health officials said the number of cases among unvaccinated people is 708% higher than those who have received their vaccinations.
In Los Angeles County, the state’s leading state for Covid-19 hospital admissions, health officials said this week that the rate of Covid-19 among unvaccinated people was 4.9 times higher than among vaccinated people, and the number of hospital admissions was 29.2 times higher than Persons who have been vaccinated.
“The data continues to provide reassurance that fully vaccinated people are protected from severe COVID-19 disease,” said Barbara Ferrer, the county’s director of public health. advertisement. “Together, we must continue to increase vaccinations against COVID-19, in coordination with other prevention strategies such as concealment, testing, contact tracing and quarantine; these efforts are essential to prevent hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.”
State officials have also now warned that it is not the time for residents to relax and watch out for the winds.
“While the current trends are encouraging, one of the things we’ve learned with COVID-19 is that we can’t be careful — our top priority is getting vaccinated,” Health Department officials said in their statement. to CNN.
Earlier this month, California became the first state to require all health care workers to be fully vaccinated against the virus. The state also issued another health order requiring hospitals and nursing homes to verify that visitors are fully vaccinated or not infected with the virus.
Teachers and other school staff should also: Get vaccinated or checked regularly. A claim backed by at least two unions representing more than 550,000 teachers in California.
“We believe this is a sustainable way to keep our schools open and to address the biggest concern of parents like me about young children, which is knowing that schools are doing everything they can to keep our children safe,” said California Governor Gavin. Newsom said so earlier this month.
More than half of Californians, including Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento, also need to wear masks in indoor public spaces.
About 65.8% of California’s entire population is vaccinated, state data offers.
