Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: Daily New Cases Drop After Record Highs This Week

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorMoments after California Governor Gavin Newsom reported a shockingly large record number of daily coronavirus cases in the state, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer reported 2,496 new cases of COVID-19, just shy of the all-time record, which topped 2,500 on June 22.The day before, on Tuesday, the number of daily new cases was 4,015. That data included a backlog of tests, so it’s hard to call it a record.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed 4,015 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of new cases reported since the pandemic began. The high number of cases are, in part, due to a backlog of about 2,000 test results received from one lab who just submitted lab results from July 2 through July 5 today.Testing results are available for over 1,213,000 individuals with 9 percent of all people testing positive.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to instruct the Director of Public Health to create a plan for how her department will fine businesses that ignore the county’s coronavirus protocols.Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer indicated last Monday that businesses are a large contributor to the continued growth of COVID-19.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn June 25, California Governor Gavin Newsom reported that 25 percent of the state’s total Coronavirus cases had happened in the past 2 weeks.Newsom said at that point that “We’ve seen 56,000 new cases just in the past 14 days,” and indicated that that was over a quarter of the total 195,000 cases identified at that point. Less than two weeks after the governor made that announcement, things have gotten even worse.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer reported 1,584 new coronavirus cases on Monday. She indicated that Monday numbers are usually lower due to a lag in testing.

updated figures released by the LA Controller.On Monday, LA Controller Ron Galperin shared that Los Angeles recently regained 16,000 jobs in the month of May, but the city is still down 252,000 jobs overall dating back to February.In arts, entertainment and recreation, one of the hardest hit areas, Galperin estimates that 19,294 jobs in total have been lost according to the updated data.Also Read: Gov Newsom Orders Los Angeles and 18 More Counties to Close Movie Theaters for At Least 3 WeeksA

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerNo fireworks on Independence Day, said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. To hell with that, said the people.Ignoring the mayor’s order and a lack of traditional municipal displays, Los Angeles residents set off their own celebration, lighting up Southern California skies with their own fireworks.Fireworks are illegal in the city of Los Angeles and all firework displays were banned in L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors next week will consider establishing fines and more quickly shutting down businesses that fail to adhere to public health orders designed to control spread of the coronavirus.“We wanted to have a public trust relationship with our business community,” Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said in a statement announcing the motion she introduced with Supervisor Janice Hahn.“We assumed businesses, who had indicated they would comply with

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer announced on Tuesday that the county was modifying its health officer order to comply with the guidelines announced on Wednesday by California Governor Gavin Newsom.“L.A.

Also Read: LA County Residents Encouraged to Stay Home as Total COVID-19 Cases Surpass 100,000The closures begin at 12:01 a.m. on Friday and end at 5 a.m.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorUPDATED: The only fireworks you see this weekend might be on TV.The sheriff’s department’s Lost Hills Station is saying via Twitter that Los Angeles County beaches, piers, beach bike paths and beach access points will be closed Friday through Monday for the Fourth of July weekend. That report hasn’t been confirmed by the county.

Dave McNary Film ReporterCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has warned he may halt reopenings in Los Angeles County and six other counties due to high transmission rates of COVID-19.Newsom issued the warning Monday at his news conference in Sacramento.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County Department of Public Health Department Director Barbara Ferrer said on Monday that the country 2,903 cases, a record high a Total 100,772 people.Ferrer said there had been 22 additional COVID deaths, with a total of 3,326 fatalities.The director said the county tests now had an 8.4 percent positivity rate. “The increases we’re seeing today are not from testing,” said Ferrer.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Friday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Department reported increases in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and the positivity rate for testing over the last several weeks. The 7-day average of daily new cases is now 1,979; an increase from the 1,379 average two weeks ago.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter a week of record numbers and a curious plunge in cases yesterday, Johns Hopkins University indicated that Los Angeles now has the highest number of coronavirus cases of any county in the nation.Johns Hopkins reported 89,633 total cases in L.A. County as of Wednesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorThe Los Angeles County health department announced on Tuesday the fourth instance in a week that the region had seen over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases. That’s a daily mark not seen even at the height of the virus’s spread.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials said today that the region saw a record 2,571 new cases of coronavirus on Monday — which is more than 20% higher the previous daily mark set last week.Officials also reported 18 deaths in the past 24 hours, which is seven more than Sunday. The Public Health department has identified 85,942 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe Los Angeles County Public Health said Sunday that 11 new deaths related to COVID-19 and 1,784 new cases of confirmed infection have been added to its already grim totals.Overall in Los Angeles County.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorLos Angeles County saw a spike in confirmed new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, jumping by a near-record 2,056, according to health officials. They also reported 48 deaths, up from the 38 reported Friday.Those numbers bring the totals to 81,636 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across L.A.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorExactly three months after California Governor Gavin Newsom issued his statewide stay-at-home order, the region experienced its second straight day of record new coronavirus cases.The California Department of Public Health reported a total of 4,083 new lab-confirmed cases on Wednesday, which was the highest single-day increase yet for the state.