Los Angeles looks to be in the midst of a new winter Covid surge that’s so far hitting earlier and harder than it did last year.
Today’s 24-hour case count for L.A. County rose to 4,353, which is the highest daily total in nearly 4 months. The last time a single-day case count topped today’s tally was 4,549 on August 8, at the end of last summer’s wave.
The current infection total is 43% above where it was a little over a week ago on Wednesday November 23. That’s one of the last days for which there are no reporting delays and the count was 3,077.
By comparison, on November 30, 2021 there were 1,853 new cases identified, a count that was generally in line with the averages that week.
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