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Los Angeles County continued to report a surge in coronavirus cases Sunday, tallying 3,322 new cases of the virus and 18 related deaths.With that, the county has now recorded a total of more than 133,700 cases and 3,800 deaths.The continued rise comes as the death toll from the coronavirus in California soared above 7,000 this…

A healthcare worker walks around a car to test a passenger at a drive-through Covid-19 testing site in Florida. | AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee The United States recorded its highest one-day spike in new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began as hospitals in some hotspots approach capacity. The U.S. single-day record of more than 66,000 new…

The United States saw another record day for new coronavirus cases, surpassing 70,000 for the first time, according to an NBC News tally Friday.The record high came follows multiple case peaks since June, including 45,557 single-day diagnoses reported June 24, a 45,942 one-day increase June 27 and more than 46,500 new cases recorded Tuesday.Let our…

California recorded its highest single-day COVID-19 death toll Wednesday, with 149 fatalities reported, according to a Los Angeles Times county-by-county tally.The previous high was recorded on May 19, according to The Times’ California coronavirus tracker, when 132 deaths were tallied.For weeks, daily coronavirus deaths had remained steady even as the number of newly confirmed cases…

Los Angeles County on Wednesday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll in at least a month, which may be the result of increased disease transmission that likely began around Memorial Day.Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported at least 60 new coronavirus-related deaths Wednesday, and Long Beach — which has…