As more businesses and attractions prepare to reopen, Long Beach on Thursday reported 5 additional deaths due to COVID-19, bringing the city’s total to 108.

Three of the new deaths were reported at skilled nursing facilities, which have accounted for three-quarters of the city’s death toll and roughly 25% of the city’s total cases.

A total of 2,512 people in Long Beach have tested positive for coronavirus since the pandemic began in early March.

Los Angeles County reported another 46 deaths due to the coronavirus Thursday, while also confirming the highest single-day total of new cases of COVID-19.

The 46 new deaths increased the county’s total number of fatalities to 2,818.

The county Department of Public Health also reported 1,857 new confirmed cases of the virus. While it was the largest single-day number of new cases announced by the county during the pandemic, health officials said roughly 600 of those cases were the result of a backlog in the reporting of test results.

To date, a total of 68,959 cases of the virus have been confirmed countywide.

Of the people who have died from the virus, 93% had underlying health conditions, a percentage that has remained largely unchanged throughout the pandemic.

The new cases and deaths come one day ahead of a revised health order taking effect that will permit a wider array of businesses and attractions to reopen in Los Angeles County.

Businesses allowed to reopen Friday with safety protocols include gyms, fitness facilities, pro sports facilities without spectators, day camps, zoos, aquariums, campgrounds, swimming pools, music production, film/TV production and hotels for leisure travel.

City News Service contributed to this report.