L.A. County Covid-19 Update: Officials Slam “Irresponsible” Kirk Cameron’s Maskless Gathering; Deaths & Hospitalizations Hit Another Record

Los Angeles County saw nearly 100,000 new Covid-19 cases in a matter of one week, bringing the region to a total of 906,171 total cases.

A child in California with "severe underlying medical conditions" has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, a health official in the state said this week.  Dr.

On January 30th, Los Angeles County announced it had passed the dark milestone of 10,000 deaths related to Covid-19 in 2020. It was a grim end to a grim year. Now, less than a week later, the county has already passed 11,000 pandemic-related deaths.

“The anticipated surge from the holiday gatherings has begun,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Monday. While the daily 9142 new cases recorded in the region on Monday was less than half of the record highs seen in recent weeks, Ferrer said the low number reflects the closure of many testing sites and a delay caused but the holiday.

Los Angeles County ended 2020 breaking Covid-19 records and brought in the new year doing just the same.

Kirk Cameron rang in the New Year by continuing to defy a stay-at-home order issued in Southern California. The "Growing Pains" alum, 50, has come under fire several times in the last month for reportedly hosting gatherings despite shutdowns in the state.Two caroling events Cameron helped organize last month featured dozens of gatherers standing closely and without masks.

The number of daily new Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles County had been falling for two weeks. From an all-time high of 21,411 on December 16, new cases had settled at between 13,000 and 15,000. While deaths remained punishingly high, there was some hope that a plateau in cases meant that transmission of the virus had slowed. Friday’s data may smash that hope.

Less than two weeks after being hit for backlash for hosting a Christmas carolling event in the midst of California’s stay-at-home order attempting to quell the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state, Kirk Cameron was at it again on New Year’s Eve.

On New Year’s Eve, Los Angeles County reported a third consecutive day of record coronavirus-related deaths. The tally was another 290 lives lost, although some of them are due to a backlog in reporting from the holiday weekend.

On the same day that California reported by far its highest number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that L.A. had breached its own grim threshold. On Wednesday, the county crossed 10,000 lives lost to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to render the holiday season, once merry and bright, a period of darkness and loss as Los Angeles Public Health officials confirm 29,464 new Covid-19 cases in just two days.

Jeremy Miller is not impressed with his former “Growing Pains” little brother.

Candace Cameron Bure is shutting down rumors she was present at her brother Kirk Cameron’s Christmas caroling protests. Cameron, 50, was hit with intense backlash on social media after he organized a second caroling event on Tuesday – one that was held in response to the stay-at-home order in effect in California because of the coronavirus pandemic.

hosted a second, largely mask-less Christmas carol get-together in California. The actor, who called the singalong a “protest” against coronavirus restrictions, was dinged just last week for doing the same thing.

Kirk Cameron is making his voice -- and those of other angry Californians -- heard this holiday season to combat California Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus surge in the state.

Kirk Cameron is getting hit with backlash after organizing protests in California.

KABC-TV reported. Few could be seen wearing face coverings or practicing social distancing despite Southern California battling a massive surge in coronavirus infections, leaving hospitals filled to capacity, according to the report. In a Facebook story message prior to the event, Cameron said a local physician called him with a reminder to “use common sense if you are going to be gathering with us tonight.”“He recommends putting a mask over your face and socially distancing according to family

Kirk Cameron is facing backlash after sharing footage from a Christmas caroling event amid the coronavirus pandemic.“Christmas in Community! Peaceful Protest in Song!” the 50-year-old Growing Pains alum wrote via Instagram on Sunday, December 13, alongside a video of a large crowd singing holiday tunes in Thousand Oaks, California.