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Officials could not provide a definitive answer as to when the stay-at-home order will ease. Golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball, archery ranges, skate parks, bike parks and community gardens remain open for individuals or members of a single household. Swimming pools that serve more than one household may open only for regulated lap swimming. The restrictions, which will last for three weeks, are not as severe as those imposed in the spring.
Only those engaged in "essential activities" are allowed to lawfully leave their homes, such as all healthcare operations, including hospitals, clinics, dentists and pharmacies. There are still too many people becoming infected with the coronavirus in Los Angeles County, officials said. And there is more than a 50% chance that the current capacity of intensive care unit beds in Los Angeles County, roughly 750 beds now, could be exhausted by late April.
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California is expected to be hitting the peak of the pandemic right now, well under the expected numbers. This is obviously good, for it means the measures in place were able to keep people at home and protected. It might be frustrating for the government to keep moving the finish line and pushing the end of this quarantine. However, we need to understand that these measures have been in place with our best interests in mind. Officials are concerned that hospitals could see a shortage of beds — especially in intensive care units — over the next two to four weeks if these trends continue.
Businesses are allowed to remain open but with limited capacity, and the same is true of nail salons and other personal care services. It featured eating at a restaurant for the first time since the pandemic began. The experience included physical barriers, which are being used to create new outdoor dining areas on city streets, sidewalks, and private parking lots. It’s all part of the Al Fresco Glendale program, designed to help struggling restaurants increase their seating capacity. "We are being guided by science and data that will safely move us forward along the road to recovery in a measured way — one that allows us to ensure that effective distancing and infection control measures are in place," she later said in a statement, The Signal reported.
LA on the brink of a stay-home order as COVID cases rise
"That number is starkly reduced, down to about 30 percent, if we maintain the current levels of physical distancing." Ferrer, however, said that outbreaks in the first two weeks of the month doubled at food facilities, including restaurants, processing plants, bottlers, grocery stores and related businesses. Indoor malls and shopping centers may also open at 20 percent capacity, while restaurants and other food facilities within these venues remain closed for in-person dining. "Our City is now close to a devastating tipping point, beyond which the number of hospitalized patients would start to overwhelm our hospital system, in turn risking needless suffering and death," the mayor noted in the latest order.
He started getting daily phone calls from staff members who were pleading for help, he said, with some on the brink of homelessness. L.A. County health officials suspended outdoor dining in late November, prompting immediate outcry from pandemic-battered restaurateurs and pushback from residents and some politicians. Garcetti could opt to keep outdoor dining and other services in Los Angeles shut down, as the city is allowed to enact tougher restrictions than the county. Schools with waivers can stay open, along with other "critical infrastructure" and retail stores at 20% of capacity. As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, PEOPLE is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage.
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Los Angeles County reports 466 new cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths Sunday, along with a drop in hospitalizations related to the virus. COVID-19 deaths continue to mount in Los Angeles County, with another 288 fatalities reported despite signs locally and across the state that hospital admissions due to the virus are leveling off. The COVID-19 vaccines were being administered to healthcare workers in Los Angeles County on Monday. A "Targeted Safer at Home Order'' intended to reduce the spread of the coronavirus was issued Wednesday night by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, mirroring a similar order from Los Angeles County. After California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces that he was "pulling an emergency brake" following surges in coronavirus case numbers, 41 of 58 counties -- roughly 94% of the state's population -- have been moved into the most-restrictive purple tier. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issues a statewide "stay at home" order, and calls on residents to recognize the reality of the coronavirus pandemic.
Barger said only 10% to 15% percent of people infected reported dining out with someone who tested positive, but 50% percent reported being at a private social gathering with someone who tested positive. Owners said they were upset the county had taken the action when it seemed infections were more likely coming from private gatherings. All in-person dining is banned at restaurants, while delivery, pick-up and drive-thru options are allowed. Authorities are optimistic they can increase the number of ICU beds in the coming weeks to meet projected demand. An additional 400 to 500 ICU beds may be needed even if residents continue to physically distance themselves as they have been in the last three weeks, and "I do believe that is a gap we can close," Ghaly said.
From restaurants to hair salons, what you need to know as L.A. County lifts stay-at-home COVID-19 rules
“People have lost their jobs, and if restaurants and bars continue to close, they will lose them permanently,” the Independent Hospitality Coalition said in a statement Monday. The action by state officials means restaurants and gyms could soon reopen outdoor services. In a Monday afternoon news conference, Gov. Gavin Newsom said all 11 counties in the Southern California region remain in the purple tier, which is the most restrictive. Ferrer's comments came as Los Angeles County continues to see a spike in COVID-19-related cases and deaths. According to a New York Times database, Tuesday saw another 566 infections and 39 deaths.
Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on COVID-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from CDC, WHO, and local public health departments. PEOPLE has partnered with GoFundMe to raise money for the COVID-19 Relief Fund, a GoFundMe.org fundraiser to support everything from frontline responders to families in need, as well as organizations helping communities. "During this time, we will still move forward with our efforts to ease restrictions aligned with appropriate public health safety protocols," they said, according to The Signal. "Changes to the order will be continuously considered after reviewing the data every three to four weeks during this time."
As of Wednesday morning, a total of 33,180 cases and 1,613 deaths had been recorded, making Los Angeles County Calfornia's epicenter of the coronavirus. Some, however, have still flouted the order and are choosing to gather in large groups. Defiant crowds were recently seen at so-called street takeovers where illegal stunt driving takes place and beaches, which were closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Diners had been gradually returning to the French restaurant, which is his operation’s biggest source of revenue. “We did everything we could” to maintain safety protocols, Strouk said, adding that he didn’t think the county-ordered restaurant closings were justified. In L.A. County, gathering with people outside your household is prohibited starting Monday. “Residents are advised to stay home as much as possible and always wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when they are outside their household and around others,” the county Department of Public Health said. The Southern California region that falls under the stay-at-home order includes Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial, Inyo, Mono, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
All they did was update the order from earlier this year to mirror the county’s order from days ago. Even just improving physical distancing by one-third of our current efforts will have a dramatic effect, officials said. Officials are not contemplating new broad-based mandates to close down even more sectors of our society — local authorities across California have already said they think they've largely done all they can without shutting down essential sectors.
Maintaining the current level of physical distancing could still result in 29.8% of L.A. County residents infected with the coronavirus by Aug. 1, according to a new model by county officials. Improving our physical distancing, like going to the supermarket less and wearing face coverings in public, could help dramatically reduce infections, but abandoning the stay-at-home order now would cause almost all residents to get infected by mid-summer.
States are rolling back COVID-19 restrictions as new cases trend down from record highs across the country. But experts warn it might be too much too soon asvariants pose an increased riskand the pandemic — almost at the one year mark in the U.S. — is far from over,NBC News reports. Two people are dying of COVID-19 every hour in California's most populous county. LA County reports 1,196 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 more deaths, bringing the county's totals to 247,542 cases and exactly 6,000 fatalities. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announces the launch of a program that will provide regular COVID-19 testing and contact tracing to school staff, students and their families.
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