Mondays are usually slow and the start of this week is certainly no exception. Manhattan Beach had just one new confirmed case and Torrance had two today. 

Among the South Bay beach cities, Hermosa Beach still has the fewest confirmed cases (35) and the lowest case rate at 177.9 per 100,000 people. Torrance continues to have the most confirmed cases (now 414) and the highest case rate at 277.4 per 100,000 people.

More charts and commentary can be read in the Situation Summary for the South Bay beach cities.

L.A. County – Thursday, July 2nd

Today, Los Angeles County had 2,160 more new confirmed cases than the total reported from yesterday. This is up over 9% from the the day before and it is the sixth highest single day increase. The cumulative positivity rate in the county (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena) from 100,188 persons tested positive out of 1,133,140…