L.A. County’s top social settings for possible coronavirus exposure: Events, places of worship - KTLA

While most people didn’t know how they got infected, a large percentage of Los Angeles County residents with COVID-19 who did identify a social setting as an exposure site listed events or places of worship as places where they could have contracted the virus, officials said.

Of those who listed a possible exposure site, 55% said they had attended an event or gathering where two or more people became sick and 17% said they attended a place of worship where people became sick, according to the L.A.

Another 6% said they might have contracted the virus at child care center or preschool, 4% at college or university and 3% at school.

The vast majority of people who tested positive had identified a close contact as someone in their household, county Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a Monday news conference.

Since only 65% to 70% of people with the virus in L.A.

“Almost one third of the interviews are not completed primarily because people do not return calls and or refuse to provide requested information,” the department said.

“I think where we’re still struggling is around gatherings,” Ferrer said.

“I think there’s still people who don’t feel like they need to take precautions for themselves. I think there are people who still don’t understand most of the precautions you’re taking are for other people, and for the sake of other people.

I also think there’s a false sense of security we have when we’re with people we know.”.