Los Angeles saw the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in the entire pandemic.
On Friday, LA reported 27,091 positive COVID-19 cases.
The previous record was set on January 4, 2021 with 21,848 cases.
20,198 infections were recorded on Thursday.
That means daily total increased about 35% in one day.
On Monday, 850 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19.
On Friday, that number increased to 1,464 people.
Only 12 people passed away on Friday.
However, that brings the cumulative total deaths up to 27,637.
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