L.A. County can only enter a new tier on the state's color-coded reopening blueprint if the positivity rate and number of COVID-19 cases remain low.
with the Board of Supervisors to determine when such reopenings may take place.
As the county continues to reopen, Garcetti said he hopes “we will prioritize our youngest and most vulnerable children, getting them back to safe learning environments as our highest priority.”In recent weeks, officials have reported a decline in the number of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths. The county’s daily case count is currently seven cases per 100,000, and the seven-day average positivity rate is 3% — a notable drop from a reported 8% in July.
But over the last week, the number of cases has increased slightly, and the projected transmission rate has crept past 1% to 1.02%. It’s possible those numbers are early indicators that there will be a weekend activity, but Ferrer said officials are monitoring data through the end of the week to determine that assessment.There have been 18% more deaths in Los Angeles County this year than over the same time period in the last three years. Ferrer said Wednesday that although not every death in 2020 has been related to COVID-19, the spike translates to “thousands of deaths that would not have otherwise occurred” without the virus.
The novel coronavirus has killed more than 6,000 people in L.A. County. Officials announced 31 additional deaths Wednesday and 1,265 cases, totaling more than 260,200 confirmed infections.
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