By Emily Jo Wharry Contributing Writer
Today, L.A. County reported 7,593 new cases of COVID-19 — roughly 2,000 more than yesterday. The positivity rate has also risen to 7%. — The Signal
Restaurant owners are voicing complaints against L.A.’s closure of outdoor dining, claiming that contact-tracing data does not indicate that restaurants are higher-risk public spaces. According to public health officials, up to 15% of COVID-19 cases can be traced to restaurants. — Eater Los Angeles
COVID-19 Daily Update:
December 1, 2020
New Cases: 7,593 (408,396 to date)
New Deaths: 46 (7,700 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 2,316 pic.twitter.com/dtIhbP15Qh— LA Public Health (@lapublichealth) December 1, 2020
Hospitalizations in L.A. County have nearly doubled over the last two weeks. Currently, 747 health care workers have caught the virus. — Patch Los Angeles
Health care officials recommend that anyone who visited people outside their household for Thanksgiving gets tested three to eight days post-exposure. — CBS Los Angeles
Councilman Gil Cedillo is requesting that the city use $46 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to purchase a Chinatown apartment building, which would spare the residents from a rent hike. — KTLA
There is something funny happening with COVID hospitalizations
Proportion of COVID pts getting hospitalized falling
A lot
Just recently
My theory?
As hospitals fill up, bar for admission rising
A patient who might have been admitted 4 weeks ago may get sent home now
Thread
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) December 1, 2020
Vedang Kulkarni relaxes with his dog Uma in Elysian Heights. Photo by Afonso Salcedo.
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