Although Los Angeles County has met the majority of the state's benchmarks to be removed from its watchlist and allow further reopenings, the average number of infections among residents is still too high.
Jay Demircift, co-owner of Puzzle Zoo, prepares his shop in Santa Monica, which will be reopening at a later date.
As of Tuesday, California has recorded 632,667 coronavirus cases and 11,342 deaths. A data backlog that had kept the results of up to 300,000 tests off the state’s tally has since been resolved and most of the positive cases have been included in the state’s total, Ghaly said. Los Angeles County officials, on the other hand, said they anticipate more of the backlogged cases to appear into future totals.
Looking ahead, Ghaly urged the public to prepare for the flu season, which is imminent. Because the illness is also a respiratory disease, many of the precautions people are taking against the transmission of COVID-19 should work to slow the spread of the flu.“But unlike for COVID, we actually have a vaccine,” Ghaly said. “Not only will it protect you and your communities, but it may be exactly what you need to avoid a visit to the emergency room.
“The fact that we are still fairly low relative to the peak in August, gives us concern and allows me to encourage families — and caregivers, parents — to use this time to schedule that critical appointment and catch up on vaccinations so we don’t lose some of those important gains California has made,” Ghaly said.
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