As Trump pressures schools to reopen, California's 2 largest school districts say they're going to start online only in the fall

• The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school systems said they'll be starting the fall semester off online in a joint statement. 
• The announcement comes after President Donald Trump said he'd pressure states to reopen in-person classes in the fall. 
• The two districts have a combined total of 700,000 students, according to NPR.
• On Monday, public health officials in Los Angeles County announced 2,593 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 new deaths.
• Other counties, like Orange County, California, voted on Monday to reopen schools without measures requiring masks or increased social distancing.
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The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school systems announced that they'll be going online only at the start of the fall semester, according to a joint statement.

"One fact is clear: those countries that have managed to safely reopen schools have done so with declining infection rates and on-demand testing available. California has neither. The skyrocketing infection rates of the past few weeks make it clear the pandemic is not under control," the statement read. 

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