Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter two new records in the number of new COVID-19 cases were set last week, County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer revealed a number on Wednesday that far eclipsed those, reporting 2,126.There were 1633 new cases in the county as of Friday, according to the health department.
That’s the third-highest one day total since the outbreak began, according the L.A. county coronavirus dashboard. Ferrer said that Friday’s number included 500 delayed cases from one lab.
On Thursday, the Department of Public Health reported 1,857 new confirmed coronavirus cases. It was the largest single-day number of new cases announced by the county during the pandemic, but health officials said, again, roughly 600 of those.
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