FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, left, takes questions at a news conference in Los Angeles. At right is Niago Wilson, a sign language interpreter. California officials are blaming a backlog in Los Angeles County for a sudden doubling in positive coronavirus cases and uptick in the state's positivity rate last week, but said lower numbers released Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, are accurate. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)