If three in a row is a trend, whats five in a row?
The average of 512 daily cases this week is a nearly 35% increase over last week week.
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Anecdotally, it sure seems like a lot of people are getting sick.
Possibly more important, test positivity has risen to 14%, a not insignificant number.
Combined, they make up 31 percent of the total sequenced cases.
XBB.2.3 accounts for the next highest proportion of sequenced cases followed by XBB.1.16.1.
BA.2.86 has not been detected in recent samples in L.A.
