Monday’s tally of more than 8,000 infections broke the California's daily record for the third time in eight days
The alarming recent surge in COVID-19 cases appears to be driven at least in part by increases in infections among Californians ages 18 to 49.Some counties, including several in the Bay Area, have begun to step back their reopening efforts.
Los Angeles County was one of seven counties ordered Sunday by the state to close its bars. On Monday, local officials announced thatAdvertisementhealth officials now estimate that 1 in 140 people are unknowingly infected with the coronavirus, a massive increase since last week’s projection of 1 in 400. With that in mind, Health Services Director Dr. Christina Ghaly said that officials were preparing for a surge in hospitalizations and an “increase in mortality” in the coming weeks.
Officials had warned of the possibility of a spike in cases with a resurgence in activity, but they weren’t prepared for the speed at which the jump would occur. “What we didn’t expect was to see this steep an increase this quickly,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Monday, following L.A. County’s highest single-day tally of cases, which brought the county
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