The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reporting a record number of new COVID-19 cases Friday — 27,091 — as hospitalizations continue to rise.
County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer and county Supervisor Holly Mitchell on Thursday urged residents to be cautious as they celebrate New Year's Eve, with Ferrer noting,"The risk of virus transmission has never been higher in our county."
"The days ahead will be extraordinarily challenging for all us as we face extraordinarily high case numbers reflecting widespread transmission of the virus. In order to make sure that people are able to work and attend school, we all need to act responsibly," Ferrer said in a statement. More than 10,043,000 individuals have been tested since the pandemic began, with 15% having now tested positive. To date, 1,696,582 positive cases have been confirmed, while Friday's 12 new deaths bring the cumulative figure to 27,637 fatalities.
"Deaths fortunately remain low and they haven't changed, but this is because we're only about a week out from when our hospitalizations started rising," she said.
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