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607 New Coronavirus Cases In LA County; 48 More Deaths
Officials confirmed another 607 coronavirus cases and 48 deaths Saturday, as high temperatures put a strain on beach and park restrictions.
LOS ANGELES, CA — More than 600 new cases of COVID-19 and 48 additional deaths were reported in Los Angeles County Saturday, as high temperatures put a strain on beach and park restrictions enacted to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Public health officials announced 607 new cases in the county, which has now seen 19,107 cases of COVID-19 and 895 deaths. Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Twenty-nine deaths have been reported in both Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own health departments.
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With temperatures rising into the 90s in many areas of Southern California, officials were reminding the public that beaches and parks remain closed throughout Los Angeles for the weekend. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department, including some in the mounted patrol unit, were fanning out to enforce the order at local beaches Saturday.
The Santa Monica Police Department was also patrolling its beach Saturday, and officials there said citations would be issued if necessary.
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"These closures are part of protecting the public's health and help avoid a steep rise in COVID-19 cases like the country has seen in New York City. Currently, LA County is experiencing a more gradual increase in cases as a result of the stay at home orders and physical distancing," Santa Monica officials said. "Residents can go outside for a walk or to a local park, but everyone is encouraged to stay close to home as much as possible."
"For those who are grieving loved ones lost to COVID-19, please know you are in our thoughts and prayers every day," said Barbara Ferrer, the county's director of public health. "With this weekend's high temperatures, I encourage everyone to take steps to stay cool while still practicing physical distancing and adhering to Safer at Home directives.
"This past week in L.A. County, we doubled the number of deaths from COVID-19 and diagnosed more than 7.00 new cases," Ferrer continued. "Because we are still seeing a significant increase in new cases and deaths, we ask that you continue to stay home as much as possible. Enjoy the outdoors safely by taking walks by yourself or with your household members near your home and always remaining at least 6 feet apart from others. ... This is how we get to the other side of the outbreak and begin our recovery."
Much larger crowds were seen at beaches in Orange County, where the public was not strictly prohibited from visiting the sand.
Orange County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Carrie Braun said county beach parking lots are closed, but not the beaches.
"It's an effort for people to stay in their neighborhoods," Braun said. "We're taking an education approach first and volunteer compliance. No reports of any large-scale issues."
The continuing increases in cases and deaths in nursing homes prompted the county's health officer Friday to issue a revised order applicable to all licensed "congregate health care," or long-term care, facilities, Ferrer said.
The order bars non-essential visitors to such facilities, allowing only essential workers to enter.
"It suspends all communal dining and activities ... to make sure that there's ample distancing among the residents who reside there," Ferrer said. "Staff will be required to always wear surgical masks and to use personal protective equipment when it's appropriate. And residents will also need to wear surgical masks or cloth face coverings when they're outside of their personal room."
She said the increased testing that will begin Monday is also part of the new health order, but those plans were announced previously due to the continued increase of cases and the knowledge that people who are unknowingly infected can spread the disease even if they have no symptoms.
The increased testing of all nursing home residents and workers, regardless of symptoms, is being done in conjunction with the city of Los Angeles. Ferrer said facilities with the most severe outbreaks will be given top priority, but all of the homes will get the increased tests.
As of Saturday, nearly 114,000 people have been tested for the coronavirus in the county, with 15% testing positive, Ferrer said.
Included in the county's cases are at least 100 homeless people, the majority of them due to an outbreak that remains under investigation at the Union Rescue Mission on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. Ferrer said the county is still awaiting some test results from the facility.
The locations with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases around Los Angeles County, as of Saturday, are:
- Los Angeles County: 18,268 (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena)
- Long Beach: 540
- Pasadena: 299
Confirmed cases by city:
- Agoura Hills: 29
- Alhambra: 68
- Arcadia: 34
- Artesia: 13
- Azusa: 48
- Baldwin Park: 70
- Bell: 116
- Bell Gardens: 82
- Bellflower: 104
- Beverly Hills: 103
- Bradbury: 1
- Burbank: 208
- Calabasas: 34
- Carson: 210
- Cerritos: 47
- Claremont: 22
- Commerce: 10
- Compton: 173
- Covina: 82
- Cudahy: 55
- Culver City: 56
- Diamond Bar: 33
- Downey: 182
- Duarte: 47
- El Monte: 120
- El Segundo: 27
- Gardena: 134
- Glendale: 469
- Glendora: 39
- Hawaiian Gardens: 9
- Hawthorne: 154
- Hermosa Beach: 23
- Huntington Park: 119
- Industry: 1
- Inglewood: 267
- Irwindale: 2
- La Canada Flintridge: 38
- La Habra Heights: 2
- La Mirada: 46
- La Puente: 33
- La Verne: 16
- Lakewood: 73
- Lancaster: 246
- Lawndale: 50
- Lomita: 32
- Lynwood: 155
- Malibu: 28
- Manhattan Beach: 64
- Maywood: 52
- Monrovia: 35
- Montebello: 109
- Monterey Park: 63
- Norwalk: 163
- Palmdale: 346
- Palos Verdes Estates: 37
- Paramount: 113
- Pico Rivera: 133
- Pomona: 131
- Rancho Palos Verdes: 51
- Redondo Beach: 98
- Rolling Hills: 1
- Rolling Hills Estates: 13
- Rosemead: 28
- San Dimas: 25
- San Fernando: 67
- San Gabriel: 27
- San Marino: 11
- Santa Clarita: 304
- Santa Fe Springs: 16
- Santa Monica: 149
- Sierra Madre: 5
- Signal Hill: 6
- South El Monte: 13
- South Gate: 209
- South Pasadena: 59
- Temple City: 45
- Torrance: 233
- Walnut: 22
- West Covina: 104
- West Hollywood: 130
- Westlake Village: 6
- Whittier: 95
- Los Angeles: 8695
- Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie: 22
- Los Angeles - Alsace: 25
- Los Angeles - Angelino Heights: 6
- Los Angeles - Arleta: 76
- Los Angeles - Atwater Village: 21
- Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: 50
- Los Angeles - Bel Air: 28
- Los Angeles - Beverly Crest: 31
- Los Angeles - Beverlywood: 30
- Los Angeles - Boyle Heights: 154
- Los Angeles - Brentwood: 63
- Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning: 15
- Los Angeles - Canoga Park: 197
- Los Angeles - Carthay: 59
- Los Angeles - Central: 93
- Los Angeles - Century City: 30
- Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove: 69
- Los Angeles - Chatsworth: 68
- Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills: 16
- Los Angeles - Chinatown: 8
- Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran: 30
- Los Angeles - Country Club Park: 53
- Los Angeles - Crenshaw District: 44
- Los Angeles - Crestview: 59
- Los Angeles - Del Rey: 45
- Los Angeles - Downtown: 49
- Los Angeles - Eagle Rock: 76
- Los Angeles - East Hollywood: 105
- Los Angeles - Echo Park: 17
- Los Angeles - El Sereno: 78
- Los Angeles - Elysian Park: 9
- Los Angeles - Elysian Valley: 18
- Los Angeles - Encino: 76
- Los Angeles - Exposition: 2
- Los Angeles - Exposition Park: 105
- Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights: 2
- Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square: 19
- Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone: 101
- Los Angeles - Glassell Park: 96
- Los Angeles - Gramercy Place: 24
- Los Angeles - Granada Hills: 100
- Los Angeles - Green Meadows: 49
- Los Angeles - Hancock Park: 60
- Los Angeles - Harbor City: 39
- Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway: 55
- Los Angeles - Harvard Heights: 45
- Los Angeles - Harvard Park: 99
- Los Angeles - Highland Park: 69
- Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown: 51
- Los Angeles - Hollywood: 176
- Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills: 56
- Los Angeles - Hyde Park: 47
- Los Angeles - Jefferson Park: 15
- Los Angeles - Koreatown: 114
- Los Angeles - Lafayette Square: 11
- Los Angeles - Lake Balboa: 61
- Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace: 43
- Los Angeles - Leimert Park: 29
- Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights: 52
- Los Angeles - Little Armenia: 77
- Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh: 61
- Los Angeles - Little Tokyo: 5
- Los Angeles - Longwood: 12
- Los Angeles - Los Feliz: 31
- Los Angeles - Manchester Square: 11
- Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon: 1
- Los Angeles - Mar Vista: 50
- Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula: 9
- Los Angeles - Melrose: 300
- Los Angeles - Mid-city: 35
- Los Angeles - Miracle Mile: 36
- Los Angeles - Mission Hills: 59
- Los Angeles - Mt. Washington: 33
- Los Angeles - North Hills: 120
- Los Angeles - North Hollywood: 274
- Los Angeles - Northridge: 131
- Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades: 36
- Los Angeles - Pacoima: 181
- Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands: 3
- Los Angeles - Palms: 93
- Los Angeles - Panorama City: 202
- Los Angeles - Park La Brea: 11
- Los Angeles - Pico-Union: 155
- Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey: 1
- Los Angeles - Playa Vista: 16
- Los Angeles - Porter Ranch: 48
- Los Angeles - Rancho Park: 11
- Los Angeles - Regent Square: 1
- Los Angeles - Reseda: 160
- Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch: 17
- Los Angeles - Reynier Village: 7
- Los Angeles - San Pedro: 143
- Los Angeles - Shadow Hills: 11
- Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks: 116
- Los Angeles - Silverlake: 104
- Los Angeles - South Carthay: 22
- Los Angeles - South Park: 94
- Los Angeles - St Elmo Village: 9
- Los Angeles - Studio City: 32
- Los Angeles - Sun Valley: 91
- Los Angeles - Sunland: 62
- Los Angeles - Sylmar: 258
- Los Angeles - Tarzana: 69
- Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry: 129
- Los Angeles - Thai Town: 12
- Los Angeles - Toluca Lake: 9
- Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace: 1
- Los Angeles - Toluca Woods: 3
- Los Angeles - Tujunga: 51
- Los Angeles - University Hills: 4
- Los Angeles - University Park: 64
- Los Angeles - Valley Glen: 74
- Los Angeles - Valley Village: 75
- Los Angeles - Van Nuys: 231
- Los Angeles - Venice: 42
- Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls: 47
- Los Angeles - Vermont Square: 34
- Los Angeles - Vermont Vista: 87
- Los Angeles - Vernon Central: 140
- Los Angeles - Victoria Park: 30
- Los Angeles - View Heights: 7
- Los Angeles - Watts: 76
- Los Angeles - Wellington Square: 9
- Los Angeles - West Adams: 94
- Los Angeles - West Hills: 45
- Los Angeles - West Los Angeles: 51
- Los Angeles - West Vernon: 158
- Los Angeles - Westchester: 58
- Los Angeles - Westlake: 204
- Los Angeles - Westwood: 43
- Los Angeles - Wholesale District: 59
- Los Angeles - Wilmington: 73
- Los Angeles - Wilshire Center: 90
- Los Angeles - Winnetka: 118
- Los Angeles - Woodland Hills: 102
- Unincorporated - Acton: 8
- Unincorporated - Agua Dulce: 1
- Unincorporated - Altadena: 59
- Unincorporated - Anaverde: 1
- Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest: 1
- Unincorporated - Arcadia: 4
- Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont: 83
- Unincorporated - Athens Village: 13
- Unincorporated - Avocado Heights: 12
- Unincorporated - Azusa: 14
- Unincorporated - Bassett: 25
- Unincorporated - Canyon Country: 21
- Unincorporated - Castaic: 18
- Unincorporated - Covina: 19
- Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak): 13
- Unincorporated - Del Aire: 6
- Unincorporated - Del Sur: 3
- Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands: 2
- Unincorporated - Duarte: 6
- Unincorporated - East La Mirada: 7
- Unincorporated - East Los Angeles: 307
- Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez: 17
- Unincorporated - East Whittier: 4
- Unincorporated - El Camino Village: 6
- Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone: 148
- Unincorporated - Glendora: 1
- Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights: 45
- Unincorporated - Hawthorne: 3
- Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons: 1
- Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose: 16
- Unincorporated - La Rambla: 6
- Unincorporated - La Verne: 1
- Unincorporated - Ladera Heights: 15
- Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles: 15
- Unincorporated - Lake Manor: 2
- Unincorporated - Lennox: 35
- Unincorporated - Leona Valley: 1
- Unincorporated - Littlerock: 4
- Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills: 1
- Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom: 6
- Unincorporated - Llano: 1
- Unincorporated - Marina del Rey: 11
- Unincorporated - Monrovia: 5
- Unincorporated - North Whittier: 6
- Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel: 13
- Unincorporated - Palmdale: 2
- Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano: 2
- Unincorporated - Quartz Hill: 25
- Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez: 10
- Unincorporated - Rosewood: 3
- Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez: 5
- Unincorporated - Rowland Heights: 40
- Unincorporated - San Jose Hills: 16
- Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island: 2
- Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains: 9
- Unincorporated - Saugus: 2
- Unincorporated - South El Monte: 1
- Unincorporated - South San Gabriel: 7
- Unincorporated - South Whittier: 57
- Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch: 16
- Unincorporated - Sun Village: 4
- Unincorporated - Sunrise Village: 1
- Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain: 4
- Unincorporated - Val Verde: 4
- Unincorporated - Valencia: 4
- Unincorporated - Valinda: 26
- Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills: 22
- Unincorporated - Walnut Park: 39
- Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley: 2
- Unincorporated - West Carson: 52
- Unincorporated - West LA: 19
- Unincorporated - West Puente Valley: 10
- Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez: 2
- Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos: 29
- Unincorporated - White Fence Farms: 2
- Unincorporated - Whittier: 3
- Unincorporated - Willowbrook: 41
- Unincorporated - Wiseburn: 4
- Under Investigation: 1286
City News Service contributed to this report.
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