By Valerie Hernandez
Dec 21, 2020
Los Angeles County just announced, places of worship are allowed to resume indoor services, with some restrictions. The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was modified to align with recent Supreme Court rulings for houses of worship. The court ruled that both indoor and outdoor places of worship must implement mandatory physical distancing and face coverings over both the nose and mouth that must be worn at all times while on site. Even though indoor churches are allowed to resume, LA county still strongly recommends that places of worship continue to hold services outdoors, with physical distancing and face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Los Angeles County is allowing places of worship to resume indoor services, with some restrictions ahead of the Christmas holiday.
If there is a light on the horizon, it is that Pfizer s initial vaccine allocation is currently being used by acute-care hospitals to vaccinate frontline health care personnel. A second allotment of Pfizer vaccine is anticipated to arrive next week and will be used to inoculate additional health care workers at acute-care hospitals, Public Health announced. While we now see the light at the end of the tunnel, we haven t reached the light yet, said Dr. Brad Spellberg, chief medical officer at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. The pandemic is going to continue for many, many months after we begin vaccinating people. This is not the time to start ignoring public health advice and recommendations. Our hospitals are critically overcrowded in L.A. County.
Los Angeles County public health officials today announced 13,756 new COVID-19 cases and 60 more deaths, as the area crossed a landmark 600,000 cases, but also had to modify the department’s safety policy regarding places of worship to account for recent Supreme Court rulings.
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To date, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported 610,372 positive COVID-19 cases across and a total of 8,817 coronavirus-related deaths.
The county also estimates that one of every 80 residents not hospitalized or in quarantine/isolation is infected with the virus, likely without knowing it or showing any symptoms, yet still capable of infecting others.
Los Angeles County is quickly becoming the country s epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic, with over 600,000 cases - including more than 100,000 new cases in the county in less than two weeks.
Religious groups had complained that indoor worship services are completely prohibited for 99.1% of Californians, while food packing and processing, and warehouses have no capacity limits. Liquor and grocery stores have a 50% capacity limit, while big box centers, shopping malls, laundromats and destination centers have 20-25% capacity.
Meanwhile, health officials on Saturday announced 13,756 new COVID-19 cases and 60 more deaths, as Los Angeles County crossed a landmark 600,000 cases
To date, the Department of Public Health has reported a total of 610,372 positive COVID-19 cases and a total of 8,817 coronavirus-related deaths.
LA County crosses 600k cases, 8,800 deaths in fastest acceleration phase of pandemic
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To date, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has reported 610,372 positive COVID-19 cases across and a total of 8,817 coronavirus-related deaths.
On Dec. 11, the county reached 500,000 cases, and since then, more than 100,000 new cases have been reported the fastest acceleration of new cases during the pandemic.
The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was modified Saturday to align with recent Supreme Court rulings for places of worship. The court ruled that such places are permitted to offer faith-based services both indoors and outdoors with mandatory physical distancing and face coverings over both the nose and mouth that must be worn at all times.