The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reporting a slight increase in COVID-19 cases.
Ministry statistics from May 10 to 15, the most recent data available, show an average of 82 to 92 new COVID-19 cases per day, up from early spring.
Los Angeles County health officials said the county averaged between 60 and 80 new cases per day from March 25 to May 9. The case numbers don’t include infections from home tests or people who haven’t been tested.
Statistics show coronavirus concentrations in wastewater are rising across the state.
The trend comes as the newest family of coronavirus subvariants, collectively known as FLiRT, has seen a large increase across the country.
“Several areas in California have been experiencing suggested elevated concentrations of COVID-19 in wastewater since early May. COVID-19 test positivity rates have been gradually increasing since May,” the state health department said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times on Friday.
“It remains to be seen whether the slight increases of recent days will become a sustained increase. Due to the low number of cases, it is difficult to assess the true trends at this time,” the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said.
Levels of coronavirus in Los Angeles County wastewater have remained relatively stable at 9% of last winter’s peak.
