By Tom Tapp
09.05.2020 - 04:11 / deadline.com
By Tom Tapp
Deputy Managing Editor
On Friday, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the launch of a series of working groups across key industries, including film and TV.
The mayor said each of these groups has already been working for weeks, and their aim is to offer “guidance from experts on how we [reopen] safely.”
The working groups are “assembling a tool kit with key health and economic metrics to monitor our progress and advice on how to gradually expand services,” said Garcetti. These
By Erik Pedersen
An additional 47 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19 illness over the past 24 hours for a total of 1,755 deaths thus far in the pandemic, it was announced Friday. With residents having increased access to testing in recent weeks, more than 282,000 residents have been tested and 11 percent have tested positive.
An additional 51 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19 illness over the past 24 hours for a total of 1,709 deaths thus far in the pandemic, it was announced Thursday. One individual who died was an inmate at the Terminal Island federal prison, the eighth person there to fall victim to the coronavirus.
By Dominic Patten
By Tom Tapp
As florists, golf courses and trails open across Los Angeles County today, Public Health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer remained cautiously optimistic about moving into phase two of the area’s COVID-19 recovery plan.