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Public Health Monitors Global, Local Data for Transmission Trends as Part of its Preparedness Efforts

As the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) marks more than six weeks of steady COVID-19 metrics, not recording any significant changes in case, death or hospitalization numbers, officials continue to monitor global and local data in preparation for mitigating any potential increases in COVID-19 transmission in Los Angeles County.

Two of the indicators that Public Health officials are tracking are: Seasonal COVID-19 trends observed locally in past years and current COVID-19 transmission in the Southern Hemisphere from April through September, during their winter, foreshadowing respiratory illness patterns that could be seen in the Northern Hemisphere this fall.

Los Angeles County experienced a COVID-19 summer surge in 2020, 2021 and 2022, with COVID hospitalizations increasing by up to 300 percent between June 1 and August 1 in each of those years. While there are no current signs of a summer surge in Los Angeles County, Public Health continues to monitor data to assess the impact of large 4^th of July gatherings and increased travel on transmission rates in the summer of 2023. As a precaution, residents are encouraged to continue common-sense measures against COVID-19, including staying home when ill, testing when COVID-19 symptoms or exposure are present, and staying up to date on vaccines.

Public Health officials also are monitoring changing COVID-19 trends throughout the Southern Hemisphere in anticipation of what to possibly expect in Los Angeles County this winter. Current global case trends from the Southern Hemisphere indicate that low COVID transmission in summer does not preclude a winter surge.

One month ago, Australia reported a 28 percent increase in COVID-19 cases and experts declared a seventh COVID wave after a summer of steady case levels. Between the first week of June and the first week of July, COVID-19 deaths in Australia nearly quadrupled. Currently, according to data from the World Health Organization, reported cases are trending upward in Chile and New Zealand. Other Southern Hemisphere countries, including Brazil and Kenya, saw an uptick in cases over the past month with trends now starting to stabilize. While reported case numbers are generally an undercount due to wide availability of at-home testing, they are a reliable indicator of trends in COVID-19 transmission.

As the global pandemic continues, there are many potential drivers that can cause a rise in cases, including increased dominance of new COVID-19 strains. Based on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) modeling for California and surrounding states, it is predicted that as of June 24, XBB.1.5 remains dominant, accounting for over 27 percent of COVID-19 cases with XBB.1.16 being the second most dominant, accounting for nearly 19 percent of cases. XBB.1.9.2 is estimated to account for about 15 percent of cases. The currently circulating COVID-19 strains in Los Angeles County are all descendants of Omicron.

Knowing that a virus with the potential for severe impact continues to circulate, Public Health maintains preparedness measures, including having therapeutics for COVID-19 treatment readily available at over 750 sites throughout the county and distributing test kits through libraries, community-based organizations, and Public Health vaccine sites. In June of 2023, over 1.1 million test kits were distributed across more than 2,000 sites. Protecting vulnerable people in the community is best accomplished when all residents take advantage of these resources, reducing the chance of unintentional transmission.

If people have questions about when to test, possible symptoms, recommended vaccines, or require telehealth services, the Public Health Call Center is available 7 days a week, from 8:00 am to 8:30 pm, at 1-833-540-0473.

?To those who have lost a loved one to COVID-19, please accept my sincere condolences. I hope that you find strength, peace, and healing during this very difficult time,? said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. ?When reflecting on the early days of the pandemic, I am struck by how much loss and uncertainty we lived with. And while today?s numbers reflect a much less dangerous time for so many, I am acutely aware that taking common-sense precautions and remaining prepared for potential changes in the future offers us the most sensible path forward. COVID-19 continues to pose a threat for the most vulnerable groups, long-COVID is real and disabling, and the virus is capable of mutating into a new variant of concern. For these reasons, we are committed to keeping COVID-19 tests, therapeutics, and vaccines widely available and accessible in LA County and are prepared to adjust strategies if transmission does rise. As has been the case for the last 3+ years, awareness and sensible actions help us minimize transmission while we enjoy all that LA has to offer.?

The CDC has replaced COVID-19 Community Levels with Hospital Admission Levels, which can help individuals and communities decide which prevention actions they can take based on the most recent information. Los Angeles County is in the Low Hospital Admission Level with 3.0 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, reported on July 3 for the seven-day period ending June 24.

Public Health reports COVID-19 data weekly. The following table shows case, wastewater, emergency department, hospitalization, and death data in Los Angeles County over the past four weeks.? All metrics remain stable at levels of low concern.

Metric	Date of Weekly Report
Metric	7/5/2023	6/28/2023	6/21/2023	6/14/2023
Weekly cases reported^1,2	1,741	1,794	1,817	1,716
SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 2022-2023 peak concentration value³	8%	8%	10%	17%
7-day average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related^3,4	2.0%	2.4%	2.6%	2.7%
7-day average number of COVID-positive hospitalizations^3,4	211	233	242	215
Weekly deaths reported²	29	28	25	36
1) Case counts are an underrepresentation of the true number of infections, largely due to home tests which are not reported to DPH. Despite this, the trend in reported case counts from week to week is still an indicator of overall trends in transmission.?
2) Weekly case and death counts represent the number of cases and deaths reported for the week ending each Tuesday. The date a case/death is reported by DPH is not the same as the date of testing or death.?
3) Time periods covered by each metric: wastewater = week ending each Saturday, with a one-week lag; ED data = week ending each Sunday; hospitalizations = week ending each Saturday. ??
4) Data for past weeks is subject to change in future reports.

A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/COVIDdata including:

COVID-19 Locations & Demographics (data by demographic characteristics and geography, active outbreaks, and citations)
COVID -19 Response Plan
COVID -19 Vaccinations
Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health:

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/

California Department of Public Health: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019
CDC Spanish https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019 -ncov/index.html
World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health -topics/coronavirus
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

Cases through 12:00pm 7/3/2023	?	?
?	Total Cases	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases^	3,757,342	1741
Deaths^	36,536	29
Cases by Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	112,362	?
- 5 to 11	283,362	?
- 12 to 17	278,055	?
- 18 to 29	760,387	?
- 30 to 49	1,137,983	?
- 50 to 64	617,291	?
- 65 to 79	266,448	?
-? over 80	93,985	?
-? Under Investigation	2,561	?
Cases by Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1,833,682	?
-? Male	1,627,792	?
-? Other	1,851	?
-? Under Investigation	89,109	?
Cases by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	6,731	?
-? Asian	264,921	?
-? Black	186,933	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1,516,982	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17,788	?
-? White	493,695	?
-? Other	408,578	?
-? Under Investigation	656,806	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)	179,261	?
Deaths by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	80	?
-? Asian	4,520	?
-? Black	3,254	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	16,924	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	121	?
-? White	9,253	?
-? Other	420	?
-? Under Investigation	91	?
CITY / COMMUNITY	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	6364	30475
City of Alhambra	25570	29484
City of Arcadia	13777	23855
City of Artesia	6023	35862
City of Avalon	289	7470
City of Azusa	17556	35084
City of Baldwin Park	29783	38796
City of Bell	17056	46945
City of Bell Gardens	17174	39874
City of Bellflower	30901	39752
City of Beverly Hills	11632	33696
City of Bradbury	71	6642
City of Burbank	32981	30772
City of Calabasas	5866	24117
City of Carson	35077	37377
City of Cerritos	13423	26810
City of Claremont	10454	28654
City of Commerce*	5886	45038
City of Compton	40409	40448
City of Covina	20345	41493
City of Cudahy	12242	50281
City of Culver City	12010	30127
City of Diamond Bar	13747	23902
City of Downey	46960	41098
City of Duarte	7529	34198
City of El Monte	42877	36563
City of El Segundo	4108	24473
City of Gardena	21957	35813
City of Glendale	60556	29326
City of Glendora	15086	28591
City of Hawaiian Gardens	5014	34165
City of Hawthorne	29737	33493
City of Hermosa Beach	4746	24128
City of Hidden Hills	387	20476
City of Huntington Park	26401	44383
City of Industry	1019	233181
City of Inglewood	38870	34222
City of Irwindale	888	60864
City of La Canada Flintridge	4567	22070
City of La Habra Heights	215	3941
City of La Mirada	14287	28805
City of La Puente	16034	39398
City of La Verne	9279	27880
City of Lakewood	27179	33821
City of Lancaster*	64383	39848
City of Lawndale	10637	31645
City of Lomita	6137	29606
City of Lynwood*	31413	43601
City of Malibu	2901	22383
City of Manhattan Beach	7476	20767
City of Maywood	12869	45880
City of Monrovia	11904	30680
City of Montebello	25585	39744
City of Monterey Park	17570	28219
City of Norwalk	43235	40173
City of Palmdale	67026	42163
City of Palos Verdes Estates	2284	16891
City of Paramount	22819	40731
City of Pico Rivera	28242	43933
City of Pomona	65821	42212
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	7820	18294
City of Redondo Beach	15690	22839
City of Rolling Hills	301	15515
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1547	19068
City of Rosemead	15309	27659
City of San Dimas*	11151	32307
City of San Fernando	12818	52080
City of San Gabriel	11503	28088
City of San Marino	2420	18227
City of Santa Clarita	73800	33481
City of Santa Fe Springs	7924	43150
City of Santa Monica	26652	28830
City of Sierra Madre	2440	22204
City of Signal Hill	4115	34882
City of South El Monte	8460	40508
City of South Gate	47298	48187
City of South Pasadena	6358	24404
City of Temple City	10793	29606
City of Torrance	34542	23141
City of Vernon	358	171292
City of Walnut	7616	24944
City of West Covina	39727	36704
City of West Hollywood	11349	30714
City of Westlake Village	454	5431
City of Whittier	31485	36011
Los Angeles	1534017	37927
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	3220	39259
Los Angeles - Alsace	4538	36464
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	850	33973
Los Angeles - Arleta	16962	49351
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	5108	34829
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	10297	33083
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2467	29268
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3360	26826
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	4232	32126
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	40596	46724
Los Angeles - Brentwood	8469	27359
Los Angeles - Brookside	158	27194
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2307	32397
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	25423	38939
Los Angeles - Carthay	4442	30927
Los Angeles - Central	17082	43809
Los Angeles - Century City	3783	29573
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	16357	48442
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	13025	35145
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2574	28067
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2958	36878
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	5349	36755
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4932	32548
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	5365	38795
Los Angeles - Crestview	3986	35063
Los Angeles - Del Rey	8487	28350
Los Angeles - Downtown*	16279	59181
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	13891	35088
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	9588	32738
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4522	31720
Los Angeles - El Sereno	16983	40621
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1850	32388
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3581	35208
Los Angeles - Encino	15347	33975
Los Angeles - Exposition	1286	38665
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	18328	40804
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1274	35389
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3811	43699
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	22933	48336
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	11055	34980
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	4193	38954
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	21659	37221
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	10115	47036
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4770	27995
Los Angeles - Harbor City	9460	32542
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	15768	36165
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	650	26982
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	6176	34245
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	18102	47718
Los Angeles - Highland Park	17317	35786
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5531	39877
Los Angeles - Hollywood	21805	31947
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	7722	26235
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	12017	42104
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	3162	39168
Los Angeles - Koreatown	16286	31505
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1604	35183
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	16385	38821
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	6167	46958
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5829	38261
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	12873	39491
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	3065	38193
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8704	30710
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1516	48388
Los Angeles - Longwood	1800	41822
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	6451	29855
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	3275	38367
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	909	29097
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	11041	25997
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	968	22202
Los Angeles - Melrose	26410	33991
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4515	30040
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4967	27617
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	11974	49635
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	8276	34276
Los Angeles - North Hills	25423	41288
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	59380	39215
Los Angeles - Northridge	25807	36974
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	5074	23832
Los Angeles - Pacoima	38994	50655
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	928	24129
Los Angeles - Palms	12161	27716
Los Angeles - Panorama City	33692	44773
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	3274	24109
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	16441	39293
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	609	19055
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3462	31625
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	10626	29858
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2268	34573
Los Angeles - Regent Square	877	31547
Los Angeles - Reseda	32335	42203
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1812	39085
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1187	28075
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	26391	33818
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1328	29896
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	27902	31978
Los Angeles - Silverlake	13367	30322
Los Angeles - South Carthay	3290	31052
Los Angeles - South Park	16949	44648
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1880	41012
Los Angeles - Studio City	7105	31662
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	23297	44390
Los Angeles - Sunland	6967	34139
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	211	32612
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	42388	51443
Los Angeles - Tarzana	10633	34438
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	13579	34393
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2821	28759
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2579	29630
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	530	40582
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	477	25673
Los Angeles - Tujunga	9041	32510
Los Angeles - University Hills	936	27297
Los Angeles - University Park	11675	42523
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	11283	37590
Los Angeles - Valley Village	8620	34871
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	37842	40606
Los Angeles - Venice	9215	27195
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7546	43872
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3774	49288
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	18832	45724
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	24804	47702
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2834	33742
Los Angeles - View Heights	1120	30319
Los Angeles - Watts	19756	46295
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1858	37803
Los Angeles - West Adams	11014	39862
Los Angeles - West Hills	13045	32174
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	11718	31135
Los Angeles - West Vernon	24876	46372
Los Angeles - Westchester	14018	27165
Los Angeles - Westlake	20992	35367
Los Angeles - Westwood	16840	31122
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	22443	62119
Los Angeles - Wilmington	23791	42118
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	17227	34337
Los Angeles - Winnetka	20088	38790
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	20777	30530
Unincorporated - Acton	2025	25405
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	997	23978
Unincorporated - Altadena	11800	27052
Unincorporated - Anaverde	422	27984
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	92	7390
Unincorporated - Arcadia	2270	28443
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	2834	57872
Unincorporated - Athens Village	17660	41610
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2745	40517
Unincorporated - Azusa	6386	40106
Unincorporated - Bassett	6254	42208
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	207	19292
Unincorporated - Bradbury	137	126852
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3788	49017
Unincorporated - Castaic*	9687	35626
Unincorporated - Cerritos	192	32709
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	10	50000
Unincorporated - Claremont	160	22792
Unincorporated - Covina	6309	37511
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	5092	38740
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1230	27999
Unincorporated - Del Rey	148	46541
Unincorporated - Del Sur	706	29234
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	961	38548
Unincorporated - Duarte	2010	45393
Unincorporated - East Covina	91	27660
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1658	31330
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	44	38596
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	58876	47000
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	433	6762
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	6398	41795
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1445	27233
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2776	31578
Unincorporated - El Monte	1	690
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	288	17339
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	30536	47193
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	2	16667
Unincorporated - Glendora	199	30152
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	16680	29825
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	763	30350
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	173	15756
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	323	22875
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	4510	22777
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	21	3107
Unincorporated - La Rambla	918	44241
Unincorporated - La Verne*	667	32696
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	2100	29699
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	204	30539
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	4093	31499
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	466	28363
Unincorporated - Lakewood	28	24561
Unincorporated - Lennox	7701	34163
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	315	17990
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1419	35290
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	363	27988
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1327	37181
Unincorporated - Llano	108	12315
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2748	29200
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1135	29245
Unincorporated - Newhall	105	47727
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	514	42905
Unincorporated - North Whittier	3169	37907
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5354	22275
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	38	17674
Unincorporated - Palmdale	268	31829
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	127	20451
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	435	22239
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	377	60905
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	24	5217
Unincorporated - Pomona	126	6502
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3932	30466
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1220	45847
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	281	30183
Unincorporated - Rosewood	517	40202
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	552	46270
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1356	40345
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	12553	24603
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	44	5128
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	7995	39538
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	90	4423
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	63	20455
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	597	223596
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3979	21368
Unincorporated - Saugus	347	223871
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	135	37921
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	122	26813
Unincorporated - South El Monte	764	42563
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	3241	36630
Unincorporated - South Whittier	21808	36824
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	252	32266
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	6017	28699
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2151	35636
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	596	45988
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	439	26478
Unincorporated - Val Verde	1226	37050
Unincorporated - Valencia	940	30599
Unincorporated - Valinda	9707	41534
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3662	31474
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7484	46361
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	188	12442
Unincorporated - West Carson	8362	37861
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	5	41667
Unincorporated - West LA	897	94223
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	4274	43457
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	501	36865
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	10865	40353
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	254	19538
Unincorporated - Westhills	200	23838
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	937	25441
Unincorporated - Whittier	1009	26665
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	76	633333
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	16801	48122
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1915	31774
?- Under Investigation	71518	?
*? --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community		?
^ The weekly case count reported on 7/6/23 does not include Long Beach or Pasadena cases. The cumulative case count includes cases reported by Long Beach and Pasadena public health departments through 6/27/23. The weekly death count reported on 7/6/23 includes Pasadena but not Long Beach. The cumulative death count includes all Pasadena deaths as well as Long Beach deaths reported through 6/27/23.		?
Data are subject to change based on further investigation		?

The Department of Public Health is committed to promoting health equity and ensuring optimal health and well -being for all 10 million residents of Los Angeles County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health. Nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health comprises of more than 5,000 employees and has an annual budget of $1.3 billion.

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