“Do not seek COVID testing at emergency departments but at established sites.”Meanwhile, hospitalizations of children with coronavirus infections in L.A. County have tripled in the last month. “This has not been a benign disease in young children. “So this is affecting children, and particularly young children,” he said. About 22.5% — more than 1 in 5 — L.A. County residents getting tested over the past week were positive for the coronavirus. Every infected person in L.A. County is transmitting the virus to an average of two others, according to state estimates published Monday afternoon.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 04, 2022 02:37 UTC