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    Coronavirus wave slams California as LA County reports 20,000 new cases

    by Luke Money, Los Angeles Times Dec 30, 2021 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES — The long-feared winter coronavirus wave reached new heights Thursday as Los Angeles County reported more than 20,000 new cases, fueled in part by the highly transmissible omicron variant that is washing over the region.

    “We are, in fact, experiencing the worst of a surge at the moment with the rising number of cases,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told reporters.

    Thursday’s total in L.A. County, 20,198, is one of the highest in the pandemic. Over the last two days, the nation’s most populous county has announced nearly 37,000 new cases.

    “The risk for virus transmission has never been higher in our county,” Ferrer said.

    L.A. County is far from alone in contending with a new crush of infections.

    Overall, California’s reported average daily coronavirus caseload has more than quadrupled in the last two weeks — an astonishing rise that has pushed infection levels significantly higher than at any point

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