Among individuals who enter the hospital or clinics at the University of California San Francisco without any symptoms, about 7.4% are testing positive as of July 5.
Among individuals who enter the hospital or clinics at UCSF without any symptoms, about 7.4% are testing positive as of Tuesday, said Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF. That is a dramatic leap from only a couple of weeks ago, he said, when about one in every 120 asymptomatic individuals testing positive.
California's wastewater surveillance system, which monitors for concentrations of COVID-19 in sewer water, also shows an uptick for San Francisco starting from the middle of May. “We need to reengage in life. We have a lot more tools than a year ago and it’s just a matter of being smart. The simplest thing people can do is stay up to date on vaccines and use Paxlovid,” said Chin-Hong, referring to the antiviral medication used to treat COVID.
On June 30, federal regulators advised COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to update their formulations to keep up with the elusive BA.4 and BA.5 omicron variants, which now make up the majority of cases in the Bay Area. Existing FDA-approved vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna have significantly helped prevent serious illness and hospitalization. As cases tick up, hospitalization rates have remained relatively low, and upticks can generally be attributed to overall increases in cases.
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