Los Angeles County public health officials on Saturday reported 1,568 new cases of the coronavirus and 58 related deaths, marking the fifth day in a row the county reported more than 1,200 new cases.
Some officials attribute the increase to stepped-up testing, which may have enabled healthcare providers to identify infections in people who aren’t seriously ill.
“I think it’s natural, that it’s easy to just focus on the number of new cases,” Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s secretary of Health and Human Services,. “But I think that’s really anchored — if you’re not seeing a tremendous uptick in the number of hospitalizations in the right timeline or … ICU cases, that’s really connected, at least in California’s case, to an increase in testing.”
Ferrer said Friday that such an increase shouldn’t come as a surprise, as stay-at-home orders continue to be relaxed and more businesses reopen.
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