Los Angles COVID-19 Rates Begin To Plateau, Shifting From Purple to Red Tier

As the average daily rate of COVID-19 drops in Los Angeles County, the business and restaurants are looking forward to re-opening as soon as possible.

The County has officially moved from a purple tier to red, but public health experts aren’t as optimistic as the citizens.

As the County shifts into the red tier, businesses like movie theaters, restaurants, gyms, malls, museums, zoos and schools can begin to reopen with modifications.

Dr. Anthony Fauci commented on the state of affairs, saying:

“My concern that we will declare victory prematurely. If you look at the dynamics of the outbreak, it’s a very, very high peak that we had following the holiday season. That was expected, to have a peak, but not that high. It really went up to 300,000 to 400,000 new cases a day at one point. It’s coming down sharply now, but we seem to be plateauing at a level that’s unacceptably high– around 50,000 or so cases a day. This is what’s happened in previous surges, where you come to a plateau at a high level, and then you start to surge. If we pull back prematurely, we may trigger another surge, and that would really set us back in all the things that we’re trying to do.”

Source:
Yahoo News