City of Palm Springs To Close Facilities Amid COVID-19 Surge

PALM SPRINGS, CA — The city of Palm Springs will shutter its facilities starting Monday amid increasing COVID-19 spread.

The following is a press release issued by the city:

The City of Palm Springs would like to advise the community that City facilities will temporarily close to walk-in traffic beginning Monday, Jan. 10 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases that continues to impact the community at large as well as staff at City Hall.

The following changes will take place for at least the next two to three weeks and will be re-evaluated as new data about COVID cases becomes available.

• City Clerk, Planning, Engineering, Building, Business license and other services will continue to be available by phone call, or email. Appointments will be accepted for work that cannot be reasonably be done by phone or email from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., Monday- Thursday.
• The Palm Springs Public Library will close to the public, but will continue to offer its popular Library-A-Go-Go Program which allows residents to reserve and pick up materials by visiting www.pslibrary.org or calling (760) 322-READ. The Library’s popular passport program will continue to be available by appointment only.
• Parks and Recreation will offer outdoor programming only. The Swim Center will remain open.
For more information about City departments and services, visit www.palmspringsca.gov.

The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals increased by 59 people Thursday to 772, according to state data. The number of those patients in intensive care increased to 123, up 15 from Wednesday.

The county reported an additional 12 virus-related deaths and 1,880 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total to 410,526 cases and 5,620 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020, according to the Riverside University Health System.