LA County endures sharp one-day spike in coronavirus cases
(WorldNews Health)

Los Angeles County reported its highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in six weeks on Wednesday. Oct. 7. Public health director Barbara Ferrer said the one-day spike — 1,645 new cases — should not immediately sound alarms. The number is the highest daily total since Aug. 22. “While one day of a high number of cases does not indicate a trend, this is something we need to watch closely,” Ferrer said. The county has been struggling to lower its daily case numbers in hopes of moving out of the most restrictive tier of the state’s four-level economic reopening matrix, which would allow more businesses to reopen. While the county’s recent testing positivity rate,...