625 LAPD, 209 LAFD Employees Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
A total of 625 Los Angeles Police Department and 209 Los Angeles Fire Department employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
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A total of 625 Los Angeles Police Department and 209 Los Angeles Fire Department employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
As of Tuesday evening, 808,700 Riverside County residents,785,794 San Bernardino County residents and 212,575 Ventura County residents have been tested for COVID-19.
The relatively high number of daily cases continues to jeopardize the county's chance to move into the less-restrictive orange tier of the state's re-opening road-map.
Thrive Dance Center in Newbury Park spent nearly $30,000 to buy tents and build an outdoor dance platform after being forced to shut down in March because of the pandemic. But Monday's Santa Ana winds tore it all down.
Hours before the Dodgers were poised to win their seventh World Series title, Los Angeles County health officials told Angelenos to "slow the spread" of COVID-19.
As of Monday evening, 804,734 Riverside County residents,780,190 San Bernardino County residents and 211,866 Ventura County residents have been tested for COVID-19.
The state is telling people to gather with no more than three households present and that Thanksgiving dinner must be held outside.
Orange County Health Care Agency officials reported 152 more COVID-19 diagnoses and new no fatalities Monday.
Restaurants owners statewide are requesting refunds due to money they had to pay the government despite stay-at-home orders.
On Monday, L.A. County reported 861 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and eight deaths, bringing countywide totals to 300,614 cases and 7,000 deaths.
Winter quarter classes at UCLA will remain mostly online as they have during fall quarter, school officials announced Monday.
Los Angeles County health officials reported 830 new cases of coronavirus and four additional deaths on Sunday.
A Sun Valley megachurch plans to hold services Sunday morning though it has seen three confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The county continues to report a relatively high number of daily cases. Officials have been aiming for a daily average of about 130 new cases per day, but this week the county reported between 200 to 300 new cases each day.
The Las Vegas Raiders' latest batch of COVID-19 tests all came back negative and their game scheduled for Sunday against Tampa Bay is on for now.
As of Friday evening, 787,357 Riverside County residents,757,006 San Bernardino County residents and 209,685 Ventura County residents have been tested for COVID-19.
Health officials said that the high number of new cases included a backlog due to technical issues with data reporting systems this week. Additional backlog test results were expected over the coming days.
Daily case numbers have fluctuated between 200 to 300 this week, which is much higher than the average daily case count of 130 that officials are aiming for.
It's an effort to get free tutoring and babysitting to the children of health care workers engaged in the fight against COVID.
Riverside County will move back into the most restrictive tier of the state's COVID-19 monitoring system on Friday, forcing businesses to shut down indoor operations once again.
As of Thursday evening, 778,245 Riverside County residents,750,343 San Bernardino County residents and 208,608 Ventura County residents have been tested for COVID-19.
Health officials Thursday announced that a revised public health order would be released Friday detailing the timing for additional openings.
Daily case counts are still on the rise in the county this week, despite officials' best efforts to keep a lower average. The county's death toll is now at 1,434 and the cumulative total of diagnoses is at 57,848.
Raiders head coach Jon Gruden is living through every coach's worse nightmare in this era of COVID. He sent all five starting offensive linemen home as part of coronavirus contact tracing after right tackle Trent Brown was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list with a positive test.
Local health experts say they are even more worried about Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings in the coming months, when family gatherings could easily turn into COVID-19 super spreader events.
