By Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 55 new deaths and 733 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.
That’s about 800 fewer new infections than were announced Wednesday. L.A. County Director of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer noted that Wednesday’s number included results from new testing in institutional settings and also a lag in test results from over the weekend, which likely accounted for the fluctuation.
To date, the county has identified 23,182 total cases of COVID-19 and 1,111 deaths from the virus. Those numbers came on the same day that the CDC released a three-step “Reopening America decision tool” for cleaning and disinfecting public places.
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