UPDATED on Monday: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed 175 new cases of COVID-19 and just five new deaths. Those figures are strikingly similar to Sunday’s, when …
Statewide on Monday, the test positivity rate was .7%. While higher than the L.A.’s number, that California data point is the lowest the state has seen since the onset of the pandemic.
Both state county numbers are encouraging over a holiday weekend that could prove to be the final test before the state lifts nearly all of its Covid-related restrictions on June 15.
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