Los Angeles County’s 43,712 new Covid infections today is the highest daily total of the entire pandemic, breaking a record set just 24 hours before, when 37,215 new cases were announced.
Thursday’s number had, in turn, skyrocketed up over 10,000 cases from 26,754 the day before. On Tuesday, the county recorded 21,790 new daily cases.
That means in the four days from Tuesday to Friday of this week, new infections in the county more than doubled. And the starting point — Tuesday’s 21,790 — was at that point a near record.
Put another way, Friday’s 43,712 new Covid infections accounts for more county residents than the entire population of Beverly Hills or Culver City.Driving the rise is widespread infection.
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