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Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: L.A. Nears Turning Point As Positive Numbers Bring School, Business Reopenings Closer

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Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County’s public health director today hailed work by residents and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19, noting that the county now meets five of the state’s six coronavirus-monitoring benchmarks.Barbara Ferrer expressed optimism about the positive trends in most coronavirus-tracking measures.

She said the county falls short only in the rate of new cases, which stands at a 14-day daily average of 295 new cases per 100,000 residents.

The state benchmark is 100 or less.But Ferrer said the county meets other benchmarks for drops in hospitalizations, the seven-day average positivity rate — now at 6 percent — testing capacity and availability of intensive-care unit beds and ventilators.

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