1 in 80 people have COVID-19 in L.A. County, which reports highest number of deaths since pandemic b

[C Moon]

Source: KTLA New Los Angeles

A record number of COVID-19 deaths were reported in Los Angeles County on Wednesday, as well as an overwhelming amount of cases in the midst of intensive care units statewide slipping to just 1.7% remaining capacity.

One in 80 people in the county, the nation's most populous, have the disease, officials said.

At a press briefing Wednesday, health officials announced 131 new deaths, the most ever recorded since the start of the pandemic, and 21,411 new coronavirus cases , including a backlog of about 7,000 late test results.

Read more: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-officials-provide-coronavirus-update-as-regional-hospitals-are-on-brink-of-icu-capacity/

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It's getting frigging scary. I walk my dog in the mornings and stay WAY clear of other people. There are very few who don't wear masks now while walking, but they are out there, that's for sure.

COVID's Thanksgiving Day payback time.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Yes it is getting very scary. Especially for older people with co-morbidities.

I wear a double mask if I have a doctor's appointment. Other than that, I don't go out.
I keep having anxiety dreams at night.

Yes I walk my little dog early to avoid people, wear a mask and cross the street when I see people coming.

It is all going to get worse and Christmas, it will be Christmas and New Year payback time.

[C Moon]

4. +1

[chowder66]

2. I only go to take out trash and get my mail, masked. I will be taking my car for some

exercise in a day or two but that's it. I'm not going anywhere until the numbers come way down.

[C Moon]

3. Smart.

[Irish_Dem]

7. I cancelled everything but necessary doctor's appointments.

I have groceries delivered. Wear a mask to walk my little dog (7 lbs) and take out trash.

If I have a doctor's appointment I wear a double mask and keep using antiseptic wipes and gel. Come home and put clothes in a bag and wash in 48 hours.
Wash hands and hair.

This is my plan for Dec/ Jan/ Feb. They say those are going to be dark dark months. With a huge number of deaths.

I hope by then, vaccinations will be available for those over 65.

[chowder66]

9. +1

[LymphocyteLover]

5. does "have the disease" mean actively? Or just were infected?

Because overall ~5% of the country has been infected and my county in Indiana has had about 3% infected.

1 in 80 is only 1.2%. Though obviously that's a huge amount when millions of people live there.

[C Moon]

6. Yeah, I don't know. It's enough to scare me.

But it's possible they are trying to get people to cancel Christmas travel plans and gatherings.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. Yes, as well they should...

[progree]

8. Folks, US number of cases 8 times bigger than reported, CDC says (November 27), so 41.9%

of the U.S. population has been infected if that is true:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coronavirus-updates-thanksgiving-nfl-games-reduced-millions-travel-us-misses-8-virus-cases-for-every-1-counted-cdc-says/ar-BB1bno0s?ocid=msedgdhp

Worldometers says U.S. total number of (reported) cases 17.4 million, or 52,404 per million population. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Now, if the CDC is right, mulitply the above by 8:
139.2 million, or 419,232 per million population. That's 41.9% of the U.S. population.

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By the way, per this, California has the 8th highest number of new cases PER CAPITA, 7 day moving average
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

California (and its counties) details:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/california-coronavirus-cases.html

A 128% increase in daily new cases over 14 days (specificallly 7 day moving average on Dec 15 vs. 7 day moving average on Dec 1). That's a 2.28 fold increase.

[Warpy]

10. I went grocery shopping yesterday

for the first time in 5 weeks. I'm hoping I won't need to go again until the end of January. It's been bad here in NM since late September. Our transmission rate has fallen but the daily cases are still hovering around 0.1% of the population. People in the city are taking this pretty seriously. Rural counties are still getting hit very hard.

Although I'm 80% sure I had it in March, I'm not letting my guard down, at all.

[C Moon]

12. Good on you!

[SunSeeker]

11. It is scary bad here. Orange County is not doing much better.

The deaths usually follow about 4 weeks after infection. So the Thanksgiving superspreaders toll will become much more apparent after Christmas. Note also that there is often a reporting lag of at least a few days.