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 includes a backlog of 280 test results received from the state.
To date, Public Health has identified 236,986 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 5,701 deaths. Nearly 65% of all cases reported by Public Health have occurred among people 49 years and younger.
Public Health also offered guidance to anyone planning a protest or public outcry in the coming days. Public Health recognizes compliance with the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, recognized as a national day of resistance to racism, sexism, imperialism, and fascism, with this year a focus on environmental and racial injustice.
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“There are many ways to observe the 50th anniversary of the occurrence of meetings and the guidelines for public health. For residents planning to attend peaceful protests, however, you need to be aware of the increased risks that come when people from different households accumulate during this pandemic, even when they are outside.
“Protests can accidentally result in transmission of COVID-19, including from people who are asymptomatic and have no idea they are positive for the virus. If you become unknowingly infected, you can infect other people in your life, including people who are older or who have underlying health conditions that put them at a much greater risk of becoming seriously ill and dying from COVID -19.
Public health advised to stay home when sick, wear a face mask over the nose and mouth and consider eye protection, keep hands clean, and subject to a 14-day quarantine if exposed.
EARLIER: One day after Governor Gavin Newsom released new guidelines to follow when reopening schools, daycare centers and youth sports leagues, Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer issued a statement saying her department would not allow schools to reopen during an exemption process.
“At this point,” Ferrer wrote, “Public Health will not open our exemption process to schools. We will look closely at state guidance and will consider all options with the board to ensure schools can open as safely as possible to all children. and employees. ”
Under Newsom’s guidelines, counties are still subject to state monitoring and, if they fall on the state monitoring list, they cannot continue with any of the new recommendations. However, schools can apply for an exemption.
According to Ferrer, the governor gave local health officers the insight to grant exemptions to school districts and private schools that allowed them to reopen for instruction in the class for students in grades TK-6, if the local business rates were below 200 per 100,000 people were.
Tuesday, the case rate per 100,000 people in Los Angeles is 196 cases per 100,000 residents.
In a statement the same day, Ferrer said it was too early to say if the province’s 14-day case would stay below 200.
Newsom has promised more new guidelines affecting the reopening of businesses and change of home orders. He did not say whether the guidelines would be more restrictive or less so.
The governor pointed out that watch periods can vary from business sector to business sector. The changes would also affect the current order at home, he said. Newsom was careful not to open the exact direction of the guidelines – looser than stricter, except for one small detail.
“It has been traditional to look after a period of 14 days,” he said, in terms of safety periods before reopening. Newsom said that, in some cases, those watch periods could “potentially extend up to 21 days.”
