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California Covid Test Positivity, Cases Begin To Rise Once Again As More Transmissible BA.2 Omicron Variant Takes Hold Of Region

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After two-plus years of the Covid pandemic and drought, the largest fires in recorded history and a recall election in California, Governor Gavin Newsom left yesterday for two-weeks to Central and South America with his family.

Bad timing.Numbers released by the state to the media today indicate that Covid test positivity is once again rising in the region and its largest metropolis.

The state’s 7-day average test positivity, which experts say is a good measure of disease spread, was at 1.3% one week ago. Today, the state announced its test positivity — which is averaged over seven days to account for one and two-day variations in reporting — had jumped to 1.6%.

While the number is still small, a near 25% rise in less than in week in a number that is a 7-day average is significant, if only for the steepness of the trend line which, if it continues, could very quickly add up to a widespread outbreak.

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