Some parts of the country are beginning to see an accumulation of COVID-19 cases that may simply be due to Labor Day weekend demonstrations, authorities said.
California sees “the trends and effects of Labor Day,” California Department of Health Secretary Mark Ghaly said Friday in a COVID-19 briefing.
“It’s been two and a half weeks since Labor Day,” Ghaly said. “We’re starting to see what’s right for Labor Day. “
In particular, case rates, COVID-19-like emergency room visits and new hospitalizations in COVID-19 show an increase and are “areas of concern,” Ghaly said.
The Department of Health predicts there will be an increase in hospitalizations over the next month, from 2,578 on Friday to 4,864 on October 25. Flu season adds a new layer of fear in this area, Ghaly said.
“We’ve never had COVID hospitalizations with flu hospitalizations,” he said. “It’s about not let your guard down like we did the previous summer. “
The increases also occur three and a half weeks since the state started its new reopening plan and five weeks after the start of the chimney season, Ghaly said, which can also be contributing factors.
In Oregon, COVID-19 cases are expanding after weeks of stable decline, as a component due to Labor Day demonstrations, as well as recent wildfires in the state and students returning to school, according to the Oregon Health Authority. COVID-19 on Friday, with 457.
The Nebraska and Tennessee regions have also noticed cases and epidemics similar to Labor Day weekend meetings, according to an internal Federal Emergency Management Agency memorandum received through ABC News Friday night.
In Saunders County, Nebraska, accumulation sometimes related to a “big meeting” over the holiday weekend, according to the memorandum, while epidemics in the southwestern state also related to Labor Day as “the epidemic continues to grow. ” Nebraska.
Putnam County in central Tennessee recorded a 157% increase in post-week cases, and officials attributed the increase to Labor Day rallies, nursing services, and schools, according to the memo.
New instances have increased by about 50% in Washoe County, Nevada, authorities said this week, partly blaming Labor Day demonstrations. There have been nearly 88 new instances per day, compared to the mid-1950s last week, district health officer Kevin said. Dick said Wednesday in the county’s weekly COVID-19 update.
“The seven-day moving average that we have new instances over the next week has increased dramatically,” Dick said. “We characterized several of these instances of Americans who participated in personal meetings during the Labor Day holidays and now tested positive for COVID-19. “
He also referred to cases of academics from the University of Nevada, Reno, who attended off-campus parties.
“It’s a concern,” Dick said of the accumulation of cases. “There are many COVID-19s in the community. “
Some parts of the country are cautiously positive that they have noticed an increase in cases over Labor Day weekend, adding Alabama and Charlotte, North Carolina, according to reports, although fitness experts warn that the two-week build-up after the big vacation is “very predictable. “
“We saw it with Memorial Day and saw it with July 4,” said Dr. John Brownstein, head of innovation at Boston Children’s Hospital and professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School this month.
On May 25, Remembrance Day, the national average of new instances over seven days was 21,955; five weeks later, on June 29, the seven-day average increased to 40,178, 83% in new instances, according to ABC’s research of knowledge compiled through the COVID Monitoring Project.
A similar trend occurred just over a month after the Fourth of July weekend: two weeks after July 4, the United States reached a record 76842 cases, and on July 23, existing hospitalizations reached a record close to 59718, according to knowledge of the COVID Monitoring Project.
Death indicators, which tend to be delayed in other COVID-19 data, increase in the weeks after the first summer break. On July 4, the average death rate in seven days was 500; on August 12, about five weeks after the holidays, there were the maximum reported deaths by COVID-19 this summer, with 1519, according to ABC News analysis.
Josh Margolin and Arielle Mitropoulos of ABC News contributed to the report.
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