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Los Angeles Covid Surge Being Driven By White, Affluent Neighborhoods

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Covid cases continued to rise in Los Angeles County on Thursday, albeit more slowly. The raw number of daily cases rose 17% in the past week, to 3,248.

That’s roughly half of the 7,458 cases recorded in California on Thursday, even though Los Angeles County’s population accounts for only roughly 25% of the state’s residents.Driving this rise, according to Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, have been more affluent communities on the West Side including Beverly Hills, Bel-Air, Beverly Crest, Venice, Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Encino.

The winter surge was driven by higher case rates in Central L.A. See map below.L.A.’s average daily case rate had risen to 15.7 per 100,000, according to Public Health Data.

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