“We’re still headed in the wrong direction,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his Friday new conference. “This week we had three record days of new cases,” note…
Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 hit a new high for a third out of the past 4 days, with 2,188 reported on Friday. Garcetti reported that 624 hospital beds remain available in the county, with county data continuing to show younger people between the ages of 18 and 40 years old being hospitalized at a higher rate than seen at any other point in this pandemic.
The mayor made a point of saying the county is critically low on ICU beds, with only 102 extant. “We’re on the brink of going to double digits — dropping down to double digits of our ICU beds available — for the first time since I’ve been giving these reports,” said the Mayor.showing that there is currently a 3-day average of 1389 available ICU beds out of a total of about 4800. Deadline has reached out to county officials for an explanation.
The number of tests coming back positive in the region is now 9.5 percent, up from 9 percent on Monday. The 7-day average of positivity is now a whopping 13.6 percent, said Garcetti. While the city and county followed the state on Monday closing indoor dining, gyms and other businesses, “Today, we’re holding off on any additional closures,” he said. But “we still remain there on the edge.”“We are investing an additional $10 million this evening,” he said for a COVID relief fund. That money will be coupled with an additional $3 million to fund grants to “small businesses and non-profits that were the lifeblood of our economy.
Starting on Monday the Mayor said he would be sending out dozens of “business ambassadors” next week to check on businesses that have been reported in non-compliance. The mayor said there have been over 500 such reports recently.At his Friday news conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered counties on the state’s coronavirus watch listthis fall, at least to begin the school year.
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