The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported on Friday the highest number of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations ever in a day with 8,860 new cases and 2,668 people hospitalized.Mayor Eric Garcetti called the numbers “stark.”The number of new cases surpassed Thursday’s high of 7,854 by more than 1,000 cases and is the third time this week Los Angeles County has surpassed the previous all-time high of new cases.It came on the same day that California set its own record for new infections, with Friday’s number up 16% from Thursday’s to Of the 2,668 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized, 24% of these people are in the ICU.
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