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The Super Bowl will be held in Los Angeles next month despite the growing number of COVID-19 cases in the county.
"I'm really confident this event will happen here in Los Angeles," Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said at a news conference Thursday.
"There is no indication that it will not happen."
General view of SoFi Stadium, which will host Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022.
Super Bowl LVI is scheduled to be played on February 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Los Angeles County reported a record 37,215 new cases Thursday, according to a news release from the county health department.
The NFL had to postpone three games in December due to the increase in COVID-19 cases among players.
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The league updated its covid-19 protocol on Dec. 28 when it said it will "cut the standard isolation period after a positive test for asymptomatic people from 10 days to five days, regardless of vaccination status."
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Ferrer said the health department is working closely with the NFL and SoFi Stadium to ensure fans and the community are safe.
"We will work closely to improve security if we are still in the midst of a terrible surge," Ferrer added.
"My hope is that by the time we get to February, we are down on this huge amount of community transmission."
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