California Governor Gavin Newsom. LOS ANGELES — While COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles County are leveling off the County is experiencing a surge in the number of new infections according to Dr.
Barbara Ferrer, the County’s Director of Public Health. On Friday her office reported that it had confirmed 20 new deaths and 1,633 new cases of the virus.
To date, the department has identified 70,476 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 2,832 deaths.
Across California, there has been a rise in the rate of new infections as stay-at-home orders implemented to stem the spread of the illness are lifted and more sectors of the economy reopen.
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