For the seven-day period that ended Sunday, 10.8% of coronavirus tests had positive results. The percentage of coronavirus tests in Los Angeles County coming back positive has risen dramatically. “If our case numbers continue to increase at a rapid pace over this next week, we could be looking at case numbers we have never seen before - well over 20,000 cases a day by the end of this year,” she said Wednesday. But the latest wave could easily top that, Ferrer said.
County was averaging about 16,000 new coronavirus cases a day. And officials warned that those eye-popping counts over the weekend are actually an undercount because of delays in reporting over the holiday.Īt its peak during last winter’s surge, L.A. On Tuesday, 3,052 new cases were reported on Wednesday, 6,509 Thursday, 8,633 Friday, 9,988 Saturday, 11,930 and Sunday, 8,891. County, new coronavirus cases dramatically increased in the lead-up to Christmas.
