With another 50 deaths due to the coronavirus, Los Angeles County’s public health director warned on July 9 that case numbers, positivity rates and hospitalizations are continuing to rise to levels not seen since the onset of the pandemic.
Whether the worsening numbers will prompt a return to tougher Safer At Home orders and business closures remained undetermined, with Barbara Ferrer insisting that while she does not want to see such restrictions imposed again, nothing is off the table.
