FLiRT variants push up COVID cases in L.A. County; Mayor Karen Bass tests positive

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FLiRT variants push up COVID cases in L.A. County; Mayor Karen Bass tests positive
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The latest daily tally of new coronavirus cases is the highest since February, when the winter peak was falling. And it's an undercount.

-19 cases are continuing to climb in Los Angeles County, as are the number of people hospitalized with infections, as the typical summer surge in the illness creeps up. Among those recently testing positive for the coronavirus was Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, whose office disclosed the result Friday morning, shortly before she spoke at a press conference virtually, through Zoom. The mayor first tested positive for the virus in June 2023.

is on the upswing. The latest count shows the most new coronavirus cases per day since February's tally, as the virus' winter peak was trending down. The peak rate in the winter was 621 cases a day; last summer, it was 571 cases a day. The rate at which death rates have remained stable in L.A. County. For the week that ended June 4, the most recent information available, the county's average was fewer than one

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