From Spago To Shutters To SoHo House, Hollywood’s Favorite Hotspots Hit By Covid
23.01.2022 - 23:17
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Early in the pandemic, as Covid case rates rose, Los Angeles County shut down all restaurants, bars and (for practical purposes) hotels. In the months since, regulations have been loosened, customers have gotten more savvy and establishments have dialed in their protocols. Then came Omicron.
In the past month, as Omicron has sent countywide numbers to levels never before seen, the number of workplace-related outbreaks have jumped from about 40 to more than 400 today and, as Deadline has reported, many studios networks and production facilities have seen outbreaks.
In addition to the workplace outbreaks, some of Hollywood’s favorite haunts have been hit hard. Longtime go-to Spago has had 14 staff members test positive for the virus. SoHo House’s Little Beach House Malibu has seen 9 cases, while its Downtown SoHo Warehouse recorded 39. And it’s a good thing the Golden Globes wasn’t in person this year, since the Beverly Hilton has had 23 cases.
All these numbers are taken from the Los Angeles County Covid Active Outbreaks list this past Friday. “Active outbreaks” may be a bit of a misnomer, however, since some of the listings here — like the one for Spago — have been on the list for weeks, if not months, and may already be resolved.
“These include cases reported since the beginning of the current active outbreak and may include some cases that have since recovered,” says the county web site.
But they are eventually removed; onetime outbreaks at Sony’s Culver City lot and Universal Studios no longer appear.
The location currently with the highest number of staff cases listed is the newly-renamed Crypto.com Arena downtown which, it should be noted, has seen a massive amount of foot traffic over the past 6-9 months. The arena is