Los Angeles Coronavirus Update: One Demographic Group Being Ravaged By COVID-19 At Much Higher Rates Than Others

David and Victoria Beckham reportedly battled coronavirus after catching the deadly bug while in Los Angeles earlier this year. It has been said that a number of relatives and staff members also came down with Covid-19 following the launch 45 year old David's new football club Inter Miami in March.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s latest daily COVID-19 update showed a continued decrease in new positive cases and deaths. On Saturday, Public Health confirmed that Los Angeles county saw a total of 1,196 new positive cases and 24 new deaths, boasting a decrease from Friday’s metrics.To date, Los Angeles Public Health has recorded a total of 247,542 positive cases of COVID-19 and 6,000 related deaths.

Perfume Genius has announced he’ll be performing a livestream show at the Los Angeles Palace Theatre later this month.The concert is set to take place on September 19, when Perfume Genius, real name Mike Hadreas, will be joined by a six-piece band and a string quartet.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“This is quite a day and quite a time,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at the beginning of his news conference on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, the L.A. City Council voted to declare a fiscal emergency and approved plans to furlough more than 15,000 city employees.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorWhile a decision was expected Tuesday from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on the possible reopening of indoor shopping malls and hair salons, none was forthcoming. The board did, however, approve a sweetheart deal for Gladstone’s restaurant at PCH and Sunset.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Saturday 27 new deaths and 1,339 new positive cases of COVID-19. The daily numbers have dropped slightly from Friday, when Public Health confirmed 38 new deaths and over 1,630 new positive cases.Public Health has identified 239,756 total positive COVID-19 cases to date across Los Angeles County.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorWith the exhibition reopening of New York and Los Angeles still unclear, despite California Governor Gavin Newsom laying out a road map this afternoon, Paramount has opted to reschedule some of its fall releases, and date some new titles.After moving Top Gun: Maverick out of the Christmas corridor to July 2 next year, and the reported sale of Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse to Amazon, these leaves Paramount with only one theatrical release

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLast week, California Governor Gavin Newsom said he would release modify reopening guidelines for the state of California.On Friday, he made good on that promise, revealing a new framework with four tiers with colors attached to them to indicate severity.The governor described the new framework as “simple, stringent and slow.”Case rates and test positivity rates will be the metrics that will determine movement within the tiers which, in terms of severity run from

Bruce Haring, Tom Tapp UPDATE, THURSDAY: The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health today confirmed 38 new deaths and 1,636 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The number of new cases reported today include a backlog of 280 test results received from the State.To date, Public Health identified 236,986 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOne day after Governor Gavin Newsom released new guidelines to be followed when schools, day care centers and youth sports leagues reopen, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer released a statement saying her department would not be allowing schools to reopen under a waiver process.“At this point,” wrote Ferrer, “Public Health will not be opening up our waiver process for schools.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 48 new deaths and 1,644 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.Younger residents continued to make up the majority of positive new cases. Of the new cases reported on Saturday, 71 percent were people under the age of 50.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe rainbow All Black Lives Matter mural running down Hollywood Boulevard will become one of the street’s newest permanent attractions.On Friday Councilman Mitch O’Farrell announced the project, which is a collaboration with StreetsLA, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation and other local community organizations.“Today, after years and years of violence against our Black and queer communities, we are creating the first memorialized

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Friday Los Angeles County health officials reported nine more cases of the pediatric ailment known as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children, or MIS-C. The new cases lifted the total number of children identified to have had the rare but serious condition to 25.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Orange County Health Care Agency announced the county’s first pediatric death related to COVID-19 on Thursday, a teenage girl with significant underlying medical conditions.Since the start of the pandemic, three people 18 to 24 years old have died of coronavirus complications in Orange County, but this was the first death of a person under 18.

Jaime King is calling for California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to drop charges against a hair salon in Los Angeles that publicly reopened on Monday despite a continuing shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A protest was held Aug. 11 at the state capitol. (Photo courtesy of the PBFC)

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“We’re making good progress,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his coronavirus news conference on Wednesday.“The promising signs is [sic] that we see this week is proof that our progress is real.