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Coronavirus Cases Surge By 2,100 As LA County Clears Test Backlog
L.A. County confirmed 2,112 new coronavirus cases and 48 deaths Saturday, though the large numbers were due in part to a testing backlog.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles County officials Saturday reported the largest one-day total of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, confirming another 2,112 cases of COVID-19 and 48 additional deaths, bringing the county's totals to 53,651 cases and 2,338 fatalities.
Officials said the large number was due in part to a backlog of test results being processed and also a new lab beginning to report results.
"Each day, we join with families and friends mourning the devastating loss of life to COVID-19 and we keep those who are grieving in our thoughts and prayers," said Barbara Ferrer, county public health director. "LA County is on our recovery journey, and as more businesses and spaces re-open, it has never been more important -- as individuals, businesses and institutions -- to use the tools that we all have to take care of each other and to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. This means practicing physical distancing, wearing cloth face coverings when in public, and adhering to all directives in the Health Officer order."
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Thirty-six of the 48 fatalities were people over the age of 65, while eight were between the ages of 41 and 65, Ferrer said.
The numbers came as restaurants throughout the county have been cleared to reopen for limited dine-in service, as were barbershops and hair salons.
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Los Angeles -- home to roughly half of the state's coronavirus cases and deaths -- had been one of only about a dozen California counties not to have received a "variance" from the state allowing more types of businesses to reopen. The variances are granted based on a list of criteria, including infection rates, hospital capacity, testing availability and ability to trace contacts of infected residents.
The county submitted a request for a variance earlier this week, and it was granted Friday morning.
"This further brings our communities together and resumes a sense of normalcy, representing monumental progress for Los Angeles County on the path toward recovery," Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Kathryn Barger said.
County health officials released reopening protocols Friday afternoon, and businesses will be free to open as soon as they can meet them.
For restaurants, the guidelines include a restriction to 60% of capacity. Customers and employees will be screened for symptoms such as cough or fever, physical distancing measures will be enforced and customers will be required to wear face coverings when not eating. Customers are encouraged to make reservations, and they will be asked to wait for their table either in their cars or outside the restaurant. Bar areas of restaurants will remain closed.
Hair salons will also be required to enforce physical distancing, and employees and customers will also be screened for health symptoms. Customers and employees will be required to wear face coverings.
The locations with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases around Los Angeles County, as of Saturday, are:
- Los Angeles County: 50,876 (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena)
- Long Beach: 1,857
- Pasadena: 918
Confirmed cases by city:
- Agoura Hills: 35
- Alhambra: 204
- Arcadia: 83
- Artesia: 35
- Azusa: 176
- Baldwin Park: 338
- Bell: 337
- Bell Gardens: 311
- Bellflower: 402
- Beverly Hills: 139
- Bradbury: 3
- Burbank: 399
- Calabasas: 64
- Carson: 409
- Cerritos: 124
- Claremont: 42
- Commerce*: 75
- Compton: 590
- Covina: 168
- Cudahy: 252
- Culver City: 150
- Diamond Bar: 64
- Downey: 727
- Duarte: 125
- El Monte: 536
- El Segundo: 34
- Gardena: 266
- Glendale: 974
- Glendora: 148
- Hawaiian Gardens: 64
- Hawthorne: 398
- Hermosa Beach: 29
- Hidden Hills: 1
- Huntington Park: 518
- Industry: 10
- Inglewood: 591
- Irwindale: 4
- La Canada Flintridge: 50
- La Habra Heights: 9
- La Mirada: 172
- La Puente: 131
- La Verne: 30
- Lakewood: 188
- Lancaster*: 587
- Lawndale: 120
- Lomita: 51
- Lynwood*: 611
- Malibu: 35
- Manhattan Beach: 79
- Maywood: 298
- Monrovia: 161
- Montebello: 406
- Monterey Park: 164
- Norwalk: 447
- Palmdale: 733
- Palos Verdes Estates: 42
- Paramount: 345
- Pico Rivera: 532
- Pomona: 481
- Rancho Palos Verdes: 94
- Redondo Beach: 140
- Rolling Hills: 2
- Rolling Hills Estates: 14
- Rosemead: 109
- San Dimas: 60
- San Fernando: 192
- San Gabriel: 139
- San Marino: 23
- Santa Clarita: 754
- Santa Fe Springs: 70
- Santa Monica: 272
- Sierra Madre: 11
- Signal Hill: 31
- South El Monte: 86
- South Gate: 643
- South Pasadena: 125
- Temple City: 159
- Torrance: 381
- Vernon: 3
- Walnut: 46
- West Covina: 360
- West Hollywood: 183
- Westlake Village: 6
- Whittier: 322
- Los Angeles: 25073
- Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie: 53
- Los Angeles - Alsace: 52
- Los Angeles - Angelino Heights: 16
- Los Angeles - Arleta: 288
- Los Angeles - Atwater Village: 51
- Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: 168
- Los Angeles - Bel Air: 36
- Los Angeles - Beverly Crest: 37
- Los Angeles - Beverlywood: 37
- Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*: 779
- Los Angeles - Brentwood: 81
- Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning: 30
- Los Angeles - Canoga Park: 501
- Los Angeles - Carthay: 79
- Los Angeles - Central: 424
- Los Angeles - Century City: 34
- Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove: 281
- Los Angeles - Chatsworth: 193
- Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills: 22
- Los Angeles - Chinatown: 23
- Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran: 72
- Los Angeles - Country Club Park: 98
- Los Angeles - Crenshaw District: 72
- Los Angeles - Crestview: 89
- Los Angeles - Del Rey: 79
- Los Angeles - Downtown*: 152
- Los Angeles - Eagle Rock: 181
- Los Angeles - East Hollywood: 227
- Los Angeles - Echo Park: 48
- Los Angeles - El Sereno: 169
- Los Angeles - Elysian Park: 16
- Los Angeles - Elysian Valley: 57
- Los Angeles - Encino: 129
- Los Angeles - Exposition: 10
- Los Angeles - Exposition Park: 257
- Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights: 4
- Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square: 37
- Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone: 413
- Los Angeles - Glassell Park: 187
- Los Angeles - Gramercy Place: 70
- Los Angeles - Granada Hills: 322
- Los Angeles - Green Meadows: 171
- Los Angeles - Hancock Park: 80
- Los Angeles - Harbor City: 100
- Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway: 148
- Los Angeles - Harbor Pines: 9
- Los Angeles - Harvard Heights: 136
- Los Angeles - Harvard Park: 306
- Los Angeles - Highland Park: 204
- Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown: 138
- Los Angeles - Hollywood: 276
- Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills: 85
- Los Angeles - Hyde Park: 148
- Los Angeles - Jefferson Park: 39
- Los Angeles - Koreatown: 277
- Los Angeles - Lafayette Square: 18
- Los Angeles - Lake Balboa: 203
- Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace: 109
- Los Angeles - Leimert Park: 58
- Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights: 247
- Los Angeles - Little Armenia: 194
- Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh: 141
- Los Angeles - Little Tokyo: 20
- Los Angeles - Longwood: 23
- Los Angeles - Los Feliz: 53
- Los Angeles - Manchester Square: 23
- Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon: 2
- Los Angeles - Mar Vista: 82
- Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula: 13
- Los Angeles - Melrose: 563
- Los Angeles - Mid-city: 57
- Los Angeles - Miracle Mile: 42
- Los Angeles - Mission Hills: 157
- Los Angeles - Mt. Washington: 104
- Los Angeles - North Hills: 457
- Los Angeles - North Hollywood: 706
- Los Angeles - Northridge: 337
- Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades: 57
- Los Angeles - Pacoima: 729
- Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands: 3
- Los Angeles - Palms: 189
- Los Angeles - Panorama City: 775
- Los Angeles - Park La Brea: 20
- Los Angeles - Pico-Union: 559
- Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey: 3
- Los Angeles - Playa Vista: 26
- Los Angeles - Porter Ranch: 92
- Los Angeles - Rancho Park: 18
- Los Angeles - Regent Square: 4
- Los Angeles - Reseda: 578
- Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch: 30
- Los Angeles - Reynier Village: 12
- Los Angeles - San Pedro*: 905
- Los Angeles - Shadow Hills: 11
- Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks: 230
- Los Angeles - Silverlake: 188
- Los Angeles - South Carthay: 36
- Los Angeles - South Park: 394
- Los Angeles - St Elmo Village: 47
- Los Angeles - Studio City: 80
- Los Angeles - Sun Valley: 306
- Los Angeles - Sunland: 150
- Los Angeles - Sycamore Square: 1
- Los Angeles - Sylmar*: 809
- Los Angeles - Tarzana: 167
- Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry: 337
- Los Angeles - Thai Town: 31
- Los Angeles - Toluca Lake: 20
- Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace: 6
- Los Angeles - Toluca Woods: 3
- Los Angeles - Tujunga: 124
- Los Angeles - University Hills: 11
- Los Angeles - University Park: 198
- Los Angeles - Valley Glen: 130
- Los Angeles - Valley Village: 212
- Los Angeles - Van Nuys: 717
- Los Angeles - Venice: 66
- Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls: 159
- Los Angeles - Vermont Square: 85
- Los Angeles - Vermont Vista: 341
- Los Angeles - Vernon Central: 632
- Los Angeles - Victoria Park: 60
- Los Angeles - View Heights: 10
- Los Angeles - Watts: 311
- Los Angeles - Wellington Square: 21
- Los Angeles - West Adams: 223
- Los Angeles - West Hills: 143
- Los Angeles - West Los Angeles: 82
- Los Angeles - West Vernon: 477
- Los Angeles - Westchester: 94
- Los Angeles - Westlake: 754
- Los Angeles - Westwood: 71
- Los Angeles - Wholesale District*: 688
- Los Angeles - Wilmington: 262
- Los Angeles - Wilshire Center: 249
- Los Angeles - Winnetka: 295
- Los Angeles - Woodland Hills: 162
- Unincorporated - Acton: 11
- Unincorporated - Agua Dulce: 9
- Unincorporated - Altadena: 153
- Unincorporated - Anaverde: 1
- Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest: 1
- Unincorporated - Arcadia: 9
- Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont: 231
- Unincorporated - Athens Village: 30
- Unincorporated - Avocado Heights: 29
- Unincorporated - Azusa: 64
- Unincorporated - Bassett: 87
- Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon: 1
- Unincorporated - Canyon Country: 38
- Unincorporated - Castaic*: 572
- Unincorporated - Covina: 59
- Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak): 44
- Unincorporated - Del Aire: 16
- Unincorporated - Del Rey: 1
- Unincorporated - Del Sur: 2
- Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands: 6
- Unincorporated - Duarte: 15
- Unincorporated - East La Mirada: 16
- Unincorporated - East Los Angeles: 1063
- Unincorporated - East Pasadena: 4
- Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez: 57
- Unincorporated - East Whittier: 9
- Unincorporated - El Camino Village: 33
- Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake: 3
- Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone: 612
- Unincorporated - Glendora: 3
- Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights: 146
- Unincorporated - Hawthorne: 6
- Unincorporated - Hi Vista: 1
- Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons: 8
- Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose: 32
- Unincorporated - La Rambla: 10
- Unincorporated - La Verne: 5
- Unincorporated - Ladera Heights: 20
- Unincorporated - Lake Hughes: 1
- Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles: 29
- Unincorporated - Lake Manor: 4
- Unincorporated - Lennox: 99
- Unincorporated - Leona Valley: 2
- Unincorporated - Littlerock: 14
- Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills: 2
- Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom: 20
- Unincorporated - Llano: 1
- Unincorporated - Marina del Rey: 14
- Unincorporated - Monrovia: 21
- Unincorporated - Newhall: 1
- Unincorporated - North Lancaster: 6
- Unincorporated - North Whittier: 12
- Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel: 58
- Unincorporated - Palmdale: 4
- Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano: 3
- Unincorporated - Pellissier Village: 1
- Unincorporated - Pomona: 1
- Unincorporated - Quartz Hill: 46
- Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez: 18
- Unincorporated - Rosewood: 5
- Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez: 28
- Unincorporated - Rowland Heights: 134
- Unincorporated - San Jose Hills: 61
- Unincorporated - San Pasqual: 1
- Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island: 2
- Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains: 24
- Unincorporated - Saugus: 4
- Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley: 1
- Unincorporated - South El Monte: 7
- Unincorporated - South San Gabriel: 36
- Unincorporated - South Whittier: 161
- Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch: 34
- Unincorporated - Sun Village: 17
- Unincorporated - Sunrise Village: 6
- Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain: 4
- Unincorporated - Val Verde: 23
- Unincorporated - Valencia: 7
- Unincorporated - Valinda: 94
- Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills: 35
- Unincorporated - Walnut Park: 135
- Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley: 2
- Unincorporated - West Carson: 101
- Unincorporated - West LA: 23
- Unincorporated - West Puente Valley: 47
- Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez: 6
- Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos: 161
- Unincorporated - White Fence Farms: 6
- Unincorporated - Whittier: 14
- Unincorporated - Willowbrook: 217
- Unincorporated - Wiseburn: 18
- Under Investigation: 1,983
City News Service contributed to this report.
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