Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: Region Reports Record Numbers Of New Cases, A “Higher Death Count Than We’ve Ever Seen,” Amid Backlog
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deadline.comTom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer announced on Wednesday that the region had recorded 4,825 new coronavirus infections.
That’s a record number of new cases. The previous high was 4,592 on July 16.However, Ferrer warned, “Over 2,000 of those cases are from a backlog in lab reporting.” Taking that into account, the director said, “we’re really about 1,000 cases higher than we were a month ago.”Ferrer noted the same about the new COVID-19 death report.
She said number of those dead from the virus recorded in the past 24 hours was 91. The total number of deaths in the county since the pandemic began is now 4,516.
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