24September 2020
With recent boosts of coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County after nearly a month of decrease, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said the next couple of weeks will be essential if the city wishes to see more reopenings.
“The bottom line: This infection is still here, and it's still really harmful,” stated Garcetti, noting the uptick in hospitalizations, cases and the transmission rate in L.A. County.If the positivity rate and the number of COVID-19 cases remain low, the county will be able to enter a brand-new tier on the state's color-coded resuming plan, Garcetti said, which implies fewer restrictions. Los Angeles County remains in Tier 1, which implies schools and many companies are closed. To advance through the tiered system, a county needs to satisfy particular limits for 2 consecutive weeks. Ad The mayor prompted Angelenos to try to keep numbers low so the county can move into the new tier in early October. Garcetti also stated he supports the county's decision to keep nail salons closed for the time being. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday that health authorities remain in
Board of Supervisors to identify when such reopenings may take place.As the county continues to reopen, Garcetti stated he hopes
“we will prioritize our youngest and most susceptible kids, getting them back to safe knowing environments as our greatest concern.”Advertisement In recent weeks, officials have actually reported a decrease in the variety of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths. The county's everyday case count is presently seven cases per 100,000, and
the seven-day typical positivity rate is 3%– a significant drop from a reported 8%in July. But over the recently, the variety of cases has actually increased slightly, and the projected transmission rate has actually crept past 1%to 1.02%
those numbers are early indicators that there will be a spike in infections related to Labor Day weekend activity, but Ferrer stated authorities are keeping an eye on information through the end of the week to determine that assessment.” This is an important week for us,”she stated Wednesday.There have actually been 18 % more deaths in Los Angeles County this year than
over the same time period in the last 3 years. Ferrer said Wednesday that although not every death in 2020 has been connected to COVID-19, the spike equates to”thousands of deaths that would not have otherwise took place”without the virus. Advertisement The data disproves theories that the virus disappears severe than influenza, she said.The unique coronavirus has actually killed more than 6,000 people in L.A. County. Officials revealed 31 extra deaths Wednesday and 1,265 cases, totaling more than 260,200 validated infections.