The day after California Governor Gavin Newsom closed a number of business sectors in the state, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed new COVID-19 cases and one-day hospitalizations with 4,244 new cases and 2,103 people currently hospitalized.
That compares with 2,593 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.
Of the 2,103 people currently hospitalized, 27% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU and 19% are confirmed cases in ventilators. According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Monday there were only 766 hospital beds left for the region’s 10 million residents.
That led Garcetti to say the city’s COVID-19 threat meter is “on the verge of red,” the highest level, which would mean a complete shutdown in Los Angeles due to the pandemic.
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The county confirmed 73 new Covid-19 deaths. This is one of the highest numbers of new deaths reported in a day and may reflect a delay in reporting deaths over the weekend.
Test results are available to more than 1,387,000 people, with 9% of all people testing positive.
That happens the same day that California reports 7,346 cases, on the fourth day in the past two weeks the state has seen more than 7,000 new cases. Before that period, any number greater than 7,000 would have been a record. The test positivity rate for the overall condition was 7.1 percent on a 14-day average.
Accordingly, Newsom on Monday ordered all counties to close their restaurants, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, wineries, zoos and bars for indoor service. The bars were ordered to close entirely.
Additionally, LA and 31 other counties on the state’s watch list must close gyms, houses of worship, nail and nail salons, and closed shopping malls. Other local LA counties affected include Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Diego, Orange, and virtually all other Southern California counties.
