Ferrer Urges LA County Residents To Stay Safe Amid ‘Horrifying Surge’ Of COVID-19 Cases

  • In the first three weeks of November, the average daily cases jumped from 1,223 to 3,976. But over the past week and a half, Ferrer said that average skyrocketed to over 5,300 cases per day.
  • The test positivity rate is now at 12%, “more than a doubling of where we were a couple of weeks ago,” Ferrer said.
  • The average daily number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 increased 94% in the past two weeks.
  • From Nov. 9-28, average daily deaths increased 92%. That death rate climbed again this week to more than 30 per day on average, Ferrer said. 

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