L.A. County reported 45k new cases following New Year’s weekend

Published January 3, 2022 7:39 AM

LOS ANGELES (KYMA, KECY) - Los Angeles (L.A.) County recorded nearly 24,000 new cases on Saturday and over 21,000 more on Sunday.

This makes for a total of 45,000 COVID cases from the New Year's weekend.

L.A. County continued to ride a wave of coronavirus infections through the holiday weekend, with one in five of those tested finding they have contracted the illness.

This case count is far above last winter’s peak average of 16,000 cases a day.

California still has its mask mandate in effect until January 15.

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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