LOS ANGELES — An increase in coronavirus cases has been detected across California in the past week, confirming the warnings from some officials that the pandemic’s latest wave has yet to top out.
Across California, health officials reported an average of about 16,700 new coronavirus infections a day for the week ending June 9 — a 21% increase over the prior week, according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of state data released Friday.
That’s equivalent to 298 weekly cases for every 100,000 Californians. A rate of at least 100 cases per 100,000 is considered a high rate of transmission under criteria established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
