Hospitalization expected to surge as coronavirus cases increase

Los Angeles, CA — As the summer declines, health officials in Los Angeles County warn that a gathering of workers could lead to a surge in new coronavirus cases, and two weeks later, a projected surge appears. State officials have been admitted to COVID-19 as Los Angeles is waiting to see if the increase in new cases is a minor setback or a recurring summer surge that has claimed thousands of Angelenos. We anticipate a surge.

At the same time, state health officials warned that California’s COVID-19 hospitalizations are expected to increase by 89% over the next 30 days. According to Dr. Mark Girly of the California Department of Health and Human Services, the rate of visits to emergency rooms and cases is rising across the state, showing signs of an intensifying outbreak.

The Los Angeles County Public Health Service confirmed another 1,401 COVID-19 cases on Friday. The number of new cases, along with the propagation rate, has steadily increased since working days. The county reported a disturbing increase in local virus infection rates this week. The average number of coronavirus patients infected with the disease has increased from less than 1 to 1.02. This is above the next level of restart state threshold.

Health officials said keeping the infection rate below 1 is important to delay the spread of the virus.

The county reported more than 1,000 new cases last week for four consecutive days, and this week also culminated in a two-week high on Friday for three consecutive days.

“There is a slight increase in new cases and we are looking at cases, hospitalizations and mortality to understand the recent community infection of COVID-19,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. .. “The data for this weekend will help us understand the impact of workers’ holiday behavior. This information will influence the decision to resume.”

Local nail salons are waiting for words from the county as to whether they can resume indoor operations. The state allowed them to resume operations, but the county kept them closed, health officials worsened by further resumptions as potential labor officials could increase. The view that it may be pending is pending.

The sudden surge in incidents can also threaten the county’s ability to move from the most restrictive levels of the state’s coronavirus resumption roadmap. With the reduced number of cases, the county was on the verge of moving from the restrictive “purple” hierarchy to the less interesting “red” hierarchy, allowing more companies, including cinemas, to reopen. I will.

However, one of the metrics the state uses to evaluate the county’s efforts to slow the spread of the virus is the new daily number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which is currently in LA County. It is rising.

As of Friday, 760 people were hospitalized for the virus in Los Angeles County. It has increased slightly since Thursday, but well below the average of 2,200 people seen in the weeks since July 4.

Health officials say a sudden increase in hospitalization is likely to lead to a final increase in deaths.

With 1,401 cases reported by the county, 34 cases reported by health authorities at Long Beach and 5 cases reported by Pasadena, the county’s total count since the outbreak has increased to 265,814.

The county reported an additional 34 coronavirus-related deaths on Friday, three of which were actually reported by Long Beach officials on Thursday. Long Beach added two dead on Friday. The total county death toll from the pandemic was 6,490 on Friday afternoon.

On Friday, the county also announced four cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome or COVID-related pediatric disease known as MIS-C in children. The four news incidents increased the total number of county cases to 38, none of which was fatal.

This syndrome is considered rare and is characterized by inflammation of various organs such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, and eyes.

County health officials have violated health restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 this week, resulting in more than 70 citations to various companies and organizations (especially churches and gyms) in the past month. I made sure that it was ordered.

Dr. Muntu Davis, a health officer in Los Angeles County, said Thursday that failure to comply with restrictions, especially those that ban many indoor operations and worship services, could exacerbate the spread of the virus.

“Not only from a public health point of view, but for others who are trying to monitor and monitor the spread of this virus and do everything we can to control it, it is what we need. We are concerned if we do not comply with the measures to delay this spread within our county. “

“As we progress, we will continue to consider all the options that may be available,” he said. “Of course, I can’t elaborate on each case, but (we) are working hard to build what it takes to get compliance from everyone. This is at the moment. It’s really what you need to do to do what they need to do to slow it down. “

According to figures posted on the county’s Public Health Service website, 71 citations were made between August 29 and Sunday “because of non-compliance with health official orders.”

Several companies were cited multiple times during the period, including Hawthorne’s Coast Fitness Facility, which was cited at least four times. Various places of crunch fitness such as Cerritos, Ramirada and Lancaster. Torrance Powerhouse Gym quoted at least 5 times.

Several churches, including the county-tried Grace Community Church in Sunvalley, are also on the list and have received injunctions prohibiting the facility from conducting indoor worship services. According to the county, the church has been cited three times since the court order was issued on September 10.

City News Service and patch staff Page Austin contributed to this report.