Monday update: Downey reaches 137 coronavirus cases

DOWNEY — The number of confirmed corornavirus cases in Downey reached 137 on Monday.

Nearly 1,500 people diagnosed with coronavirus in L.A. County overnight. Health officials attributed the dramatic increase to a growing number of testing sites opening across the region.

“Today’s dramatic increase in case counts should not cause undue alarm,” health officials said. “As part of efforts to increase testing capacity in the county, many new labs responded to the emergency and are working with Public Health to ensure that they have the proper reporting systems in place. Until this reporting issue is resolved, there may be periodic increases in positive cases and total cases due to unevenness in daily reporting.”