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An alarming surge in new COVID-19 cases 2,561 new infections confirmed over the weekend prompted Ventura County officials on Monday to plead for the community s help during a news conference. We are on a surge that makes the previous surge we saw look small, said Dr. Robert Levin, the county s public health officer, during the live-streamed event. Just three weeks ago, Levin noted, 610 new cases were reported on Monday, when the update includes weekend data collected Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The figure Levin announced at Monday s news conference also dwarfs the record set a week earlier, when the Monday report totaled 1,289 confirmed coronavirus infections over the weekend. During the height of the prior surge in July and early August, Monday reports peaked in the 500s, never breaking the 600 mark. ....