West Hollywood reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Friday while Los Angeles County reported another 4,544 new cases, enough to trigger a new Safer at Home lockdown which goes into effect on Monday.
The county’s five-day average of new cases now stands at 4,751. County health officials announced last week they would issue a new Safer at Home order if the five-day average topped 4,500.
This new Safer at Home order will last for three weeks, until Dec. 20, but will not be as sweeping or severe as the one issued in March. This time, many non-essential businesses will be allowed to remain open, but at limited capacity.
According to current county estimates, every person with COVID-19 in the county is passing the virus to an average of 1.27 other people — the highest transmission rate the county has seen since March, before any safety protocols such as face coverings and social distancing were in place.
In order to curb the pandemic, the transmission rate must be below one, meaning that each person infected passes it to less than one other person.
Based on that transmission rate, health officials estimate one of every 145 people in the county are now infected with the virus and transmitting it to others.
West Hollywood has a cumulative total of 916 cases since the pandemic began in March, while LA County has a cumulative total of 387,793 cases.
West Hollywood reported no new deaths on Friday. The city’s cumulative death toll still stands at eight. Meanwhile, LA County reported 24 new deaths for a cumulative total of 7,604 deaths.
There were 11 more people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Friday for a total of 1,893 people currently hospitalized and 24% of these people are in the ICU. On October 27, one month ago, there were 747 people hospitalized with COVID-19.
In just the past month, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 in West Hollywood has grown by 42%, with 271 more cases in the last month. On Oct. 27, the city had 645 cumulative cases, compared to Friday’s 916 cumulative cases.
In the past month, the number of people testing positive in Los Angeles County has grown by 28.4%, with 85,716 new cases in the last month. On Oct. 27, the county had 302,077 cumulative cases compared to Friday’s 387,793 cumulative cases.
Below are the daily numbers for areas near West Hollywood:
- Beverly Hills – 7 new cases on Friday for a total of 955 cases; a 27% increase in the past month.
- Culver City – 6 new cases on Friday for a total of 615 cases, a 45% increase in the past month.
- Hollywood – 17 new cases on Friday for a total of 1,844 cases, a 33% increase in the past month.
- Melrose neighborhood – 21 new cases on Friday for a total of 2,772 cases, a 30% increase in the past month.
- Miracle Mile – 2 new cases on Friday for a total of 293 cases, a 36% increase in the past month.
- Park La Brea – 1 new case on Friday for a total of 185 cases, a 38% increase in the past month.
- Santa Monica – 8 new cases on Friday for a total of 1,454 cases, a 44% increase in the past month.
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