Yesterday’s Department of public health statistics show that cases may have peaked;
But in Monterey County, the trend is still upwards:
That is in spite of Monterey County doing less testing than the state as a whole:
There appears to be a peak forming in hospitalizations statewide:
However, deaths continue to rise statewide:
The California case fatality rate continues to fall:
There are five likely reasons for this:
- Demographics skewing younger
- Better treatment increasing survival rates
- Better treatment increasing time from infection until death
- Mask usage reducing viral loads
- More testing increasing the denominator
California is tracking the country as a whole in population-normalized deaths:
Monterey County contact tracing continues to be way behind the curve, with 2.4 contacts per case.
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