© Provided by KTLA-TV Los Angeles L.A. schools see declining COVID rates, improvement in student attendanceCampuses in the Los Angeles school district have improved attendance and lower coronavirus rates in their second week since returning from winter break. School officials said they are encouraged by the numbers, which come amid growing signs that the unprecedented surge of the Omicron variant could be peaking. For the school week ending Jan. 16, L.A. school officials recorded an infection rate among students tested of 11%. This compares with a rate of 17% during baseline testing conducted from Jan. 3 through Jan. 10, prior to the start of school after winter break. The last week of school before winter break - when the Omicron variant surge already was pushing up numbers - the student infection rate was 0.22%.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 21, 2022 00:38 UTC