Iran Press/ America: The county reported 9,988 new cases Friday, 8,633 on Thursday, and 6,509 the day before.
Those numbers represent major, successive increases from the week before when L.A. County’s daily case rates hovered closer to 2,000 cases.
On Wednesday, L.A. County’s health director said the spike in infection numbers represents one of the steepest rises the county has ever seen over the course of the pandemic.
“We can’t believe that we’re starting to see another huge, huge surge, right around holiday time,” health director Barbara Ferrer said in a Wednesday news conference.
She attributed the spikes to the increased circulation of the omicron coronavirus, and the rapid acceleration of transmission associated with the highly contagious new variant.
The county’s average seven-day daily positive rate stood at 9.6% Friday, up from 2.3% just six days prior.
Statewide, infections, hospitalizations, and deaths have largely been reported among unvaccinated populations, California state officials said.
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