20 New Coronavirus Deaths As LA County Shuts Down Bars

LOS ANGELES, CA — Hours after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered bars to close in Los Angeles County due to a surge in new coronavirus cases and evidence of rising community transmission, the latest update from local officials underscored the state's warning: it showed another 2,542 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 20 additional deaths, bringing the county's totals to 97,894 cases and 3,305 fatalities.

The California Department of Public Health guidance says that "brewpubs, breweries, bars, and pubs, should close until those establishments are allowed to resume operation per state guidance and local permission, unless they are offering sit-down, dine-in meals. Alcohol can only be sold in the same transaction as a meal."

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti offered support for the move, tweeting: "As we started reopening more businesses, we cautioned that we may need to change course to protect public health from this deadly virus. I support @CAGovernor's order to close bars in L.A. County and other counties to limit the spread of COVID-19."

On June 5, the state posted guidance allowing for the opening of bars as of June 12, if their opening could be allowed by local public health officials. The counties ordered to close bars had been on the state's County Monitoring List for 14 days or more, while the counties that were only being advised to close them were on the list for three or more consecutive days, but less than 14 days.

Los Angeles County officials have reported "significant increases" in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and test positivity rates in recent days, including Sunday's 2,542 cases and 2,169 cases reported Saturday.

"While it's disappointing to take a step back on our economic recovery journey, it's critical that we protect the health of our residents and protect the capacity in our healthcare system," said Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles County's director of public health. "I implore that our residents and businesses follow the Public Health directives that will keep us healthy, safe and on the pathway to recovery. Otherwise, we are quickly moving toward overwhelming our healthcare system and seeing even more devastating illness and death."

According the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, the seven-day average of daily new cases is more than 1,900, an increase from the 1,379 average two weeks ago. There are 1,717 people currently hospitalized, which is higher than the 1,350 to 1,450 daily hospitalizations seen in recent weeks.

And, with test results now available for more than one million individuals, 9% are testing positive. The cumulative positivity rate has increased from 8% to 9%, and the seven-day average of the daily positivity rate has increased from 5.8% two weeks ago to 8.7%.

Some officials have attributed the rise in overall cases to increases in testing, but Ferrer said repeatedly in recent days that the metrics clearly demonstrate an increase in community spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Health officials said Friday the rise in cases hitting the county's younger population particularly hard -- likely reflecting reopenings of bars and restaurants and participation in this month's mass demonstrations against police brutality.

Ferrer said Thursday that residents and business owners -- most notably bars and restaurants -- have a joint responsibility to adhere to health requirements and protocols. She noted that over the three recent weekends after restaurants and bars were permitted to reopen for dine-in service, county inspectors visited more than 3,700 establishments, and 83% of them were found not to be in full compliance with county protocols for reopening.

Ferrer said that over the past two months, the largest percentage of complaints the Department of Public Health received about restaurants and other businesses were violations of the requirement that safety protocols be publicly posted at each establishment and distributed to employees. The second most common complaint was people not wearing face coverings.

The locations with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases around Los Angeles County, as of Sunday, are:

• Los Angeles County: 92,999 (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena)

• Long Beach: 3,643

• Pasadena: 1,252

Confirmed cases by city:

• Agoura Hills: 52

• Alhambra: 417

• Arcadia: 162

• Artesia: 98

• Avalon: 2

• Azusa: 406

• Baldwin Park: 824

• Bell: 631

• Bell Gardens: 662

• Bellflower: 817

• Beverly Hills: 229

• Bradbury: 6

• Burbank: 555

• Calabasas: 119

• Carson: 646

• Cerritos: 210

• Claremont: 98

• Commerce: 185

• Compton: 1378

• Covina: 391

• Cudahy: 436

• Culver City: 203

• Diamond Bar: 146

• Downey: 1481

• Duarte: 186

• El Monte: 1430

• El Segundo: 51

• Gardena: 495

• Glendale: 1375

• Glendora: 293

• Hawaiian Gardens: 169

• Hawthorne: 706

• Hermosa Beach: 72

• Hidden Hills: 4

• Huntington Park: 1105

• Industry: 14

• Inglewood: 982

• Irwindale: 11

• La Canada Flintridge: 75

• La Habra Heights: 15

• La Mirada: 312

• La Puente: 413

• La Verne: 114

• Lakewood: 409

• Lancaster: 1056

• Lawndale: 193

• Lomita: 78

• Lynwood: 1255

• Malibu: 49

• Manhattan Beach: 124

• Maywood: 596

• Monrovia: 282

• Montebello: 854

• Monterey Park: 305

• Norwalk: 1080

• Palmdale: 1221

• Palos Verdes Estates: 50

• Paramount: 788

• Pico Rivera: 907

• Pomona: 1406

• Rancho Palos Verdes: 134

• Redondo Beach: 197

• Rolling Hills: 2

• Rolling Hills Estates: 22

• Rosemead: 238

• San Dimas: 134

• San Fernando: 292

• San Gabriel: 229

• San Marino: 29

• Santa Clarita: 1111

• Santa Fe Springs: 139

• Santa Monica: 398

• Sierra Madre: 28

• Signal Hill: 90

• South El Monte: 264

• South Gate: 1611

• South Pasadena: 155

• Temple City: 237

• Torrance: 555

• Vernon: 11

• Walnut: 92

• West Covina: 882

• West Hollywood: 246

• Westlake Village: 8

• Whittier: 648

• Los Angeles: 42,968

• Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie: 95

• Los Angeles - Alsace: 145

• Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest: 2

• Los Angeles - Angelino Heights: 23

• Los Angeles - Arleta: 454

• Los Angeles - Atwater Village: 73

• Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: 268

• Los Angeles - Bel Air: 44

• Los Angeles - Beverly Crest: 52

• Los Angeles - Beverlywood: 57

• Los Angeles - Boyle Heights: 1654

• Los Angeles - Brentwood: 113

• Los Angeles - Brookside: 1

• Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning: 48

• Los Angeles - Canoga Park: 765

• Los Angeles - Carthay: 114

• Los Angeles - Central: 943

• Los Angeles - Century City: 52

• Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove: 565

• Los Angeles - Chatsworth: 272

• Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills: 30

• Los Angeles - Chinatown: 37

• Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran: 123

• Los Angeles - Country Club Park: 142

• Los Angeles - Crenshaw District: 116

• Los Angeles - Crestview: 121

• Los Angeles - Del Rey: 119

• Los Angeles - Downtown: 272

• Los Angeles - Eagle Rock: 309

• Los Angeles - East Hollywood: 311

• Los Angeles - Echo Park: 82

• Los Angeles - El Sereno: 409

• Los Angeles - Elysian Park: 26

• Los Angeles - Elysian Valley: 110

• Los Angeles - Encino: 198

• Los Angeles - Exposition: 25

• Los Angeles - Exposition Park: 461

• Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights: 10

• Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square: 93

• Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone: 872

• Los Angeles - Glassell Park: 292

• Los Angeles - Gramercy Place: 102

• Los Angeles - Granada Hills: 524

• Los Angeles - Green Meadows: 325

• Los Angeles - Hancock Park: 122

• Los Angeles - Harbor City: 190

• Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway: 290

• Los Angeles - Harbor Pines: 9

• Los Angeles - Harvard Heights: 215

• Los Angeles - Harvard Park: 563

• Los Angeles - Highland Park: 451

• Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown: 208

• Los Angeles - Hollywood: 442

• Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills: 116

• Los Angeles - Hyde Park: 256

• Los Angeles - Jefferson Park: 89

• Los Angeles - Koreatown: 470

• Los Angeles - Lafayette Square: 30

• Los Angeles - Lake Balboa: 326

• Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace: 226

• Los Angeles - Leimert Park: 101

• Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights: 471

• Los Angeles - Little Armenia: 247

• Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh: 231

• Los Angeles - Little Tokyo: 35

• Los Angeles - Longwood: 49

• Los Angeles - Los Feliz: 77

• Los Angeles - Manchester Square: 46

• Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon: 3

• Los Angeles - Mar Vista: 123

• Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula: 19

• Los Angeles - Melrose: 847

• Los Angeles - Mid-city: 159

• Los Angeles - Miracle Mile: 64

• Los Angeles - Mission Hills: 268

• Los Angeles - Mt. Washington: 169

• Los Angeles - North Hills: 753

• Los Angeles - North Hollywood: 1191

• Los Angeles - Northridge: 563

• Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades: 64

• Los Angeles - Pacoima: 1242

• Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands: 9

• Los Angeles - Palms: 281

• Los Angeles - Panorama City: 1221

• Los Angeles - Park La Brea: 36

• Los Angeles - Pico-Union: 900

• Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey: 6

• Los Angeles - Playa Vista: 45

• Los Angeles - Porter Ranch: 140

• Los Angeles - Rancho Park: 25

• Los Angeles - Regent Square: 14

• Los Angeles - Reseda: 927

• Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch: 38

• Los Angeles - Reynier Village: 22

• Los Angeles - San Pedro: 1152

• Los Angeles - Shadow Hills: 19

• Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks: 368

• Los Angeles - Silverlake: 275

• Los Angeles - South Carthay: 46

• Los Angeles - South Park: 814

• Los Angeles - St Elmo Village: 62

• Los Angeles - Studio City: 105

• Los Angeles - Sun Valley: 499

• Los Angeles - Sunland: 214

• Los Angeles - Sycamore Square: 1

• Los Angeles - Sylmar: 1260

• Los Angeles - Tarzana: 339

• Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry: 541

• Los Angeles - Thai Town: 53

• Los Angeles - Toluca Lake: 30

• Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace: 8

• Los Angeles - Toluca Woods: 4

• Los Angeles - Tujunga: 181

• Los Angeles - University Hills: 19

• Los Angeles - University Park: 346

• Los Angeles - Valley Glen: 215

• Los Angeles - Valley Village: 291

• Los Angeles - Van Nuys: 1186

• Los Angeles - Venice: 92

• Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls: 326

• Los Angeles - Vermont Square: 149

• Los Angeles - Vermont Vista: 743

• Los Angeles - Vernon Central: 1263

• Los Angeles - Victoria Park: 84

• Los Angeles - View Heights: 15

• Los Angeles - Watts: 675

• Los Angeles - Wellington Square: 44

• Los Angeles - West Adams: 394

• Los Angeles - West Hills: 212

• Los Angeles - West Los Angeles: 179

• Los Angeles - West Vernon: 895

• Los Angeles - Westchester: 158

• Los Angeles - Westlake: 1322

• Los Angeles - Westwood: 128

• Los Angeles - Wholesale District: 1164

• Los Angeles - Wilmington: 549

• Los Angeles - Wilshire Center: 448

• Los Angeles - Winnetka: 459

• Los Angeles - Woodland Hills: 285

• Unincorporated - Acton: 21

• Unincorporated - Agua Dulce: 13

• Unincorporated - Altadena: 226

• Unincorporated - Anaverde: 4

• Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest: 2

• Unincorporated - Arcadia: 21

• Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont: 461

• Unincorporated - Athens Village: 61

• Unincorporated - Avocado Heights: 70

• Unincorporated - Azusa: 145

• Unincorporated - Bassett: 224

• Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon: 1

• Unincorporated - Bradbury: 2

• Unincorporated - Canyon Country: 43

• Unincorporated - Castaic: 1781

• Unincorporated - Covina: 124

• Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak): 93

• Unincorporated - Del Aire: 27

• Unincorporated - Del Rey: 1

• Unincorporated - Del Sur: 3

• Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands: 8

• Unincorporated - Duarte: 33

• Unincorporated - East La Mirada: 31

• Unincorporated - East Los Angeles: 2370

• Unincorporated - East Pasadena: 4

• Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez: 175

• Unincorporated - East Whittier: 22

• Unincorporated - El Camino Village: 72

• Unincorporated - El Monte: 1

• Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake: 4

• Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone: 1271

• Unincorporated - Glendora: 3

• Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights: 324

• Unincorporated - Hawthorne: 14

• Unincorporated - Hi Vista: 1

• Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons: 8

• Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose: 48

• Unincorporated - La Rambla: 58

• Unincorporated - La Verne: 7

• Unincorporated - Ladera Heights: 28

• Unincorporated - Lake Hughes: 1

• Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles: 52

• Unincorporated - Lake Manor: 5

• Unincorporated - Lennox: 197

• Unincorporated - Leona Valley: 7

• Unincorporated - Littlerock: 22

• Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills: 2

• Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom: 35

• Unincorporated - Llano: 1

• Unincorporated - Marina del Rey: 20

• Unincorporated - Monrovia: 33

• Unincorporated - Newhall: 3

• Unincorporated - North Lancaster: 7

• Unincorporated - North Whittier: 52

• Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel: 98

• Unincorporated - Palmdale: 6

• Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano: 9

• Unincorporated - Pellissier Village: 3

• Unincorporated - Pomona: 6

• Unincorporated - Quartz Hill: 58

• Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez: 29

• Unincorporated - Roosevelt: 2

• Unincorporated - Rosewood: 8

• Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena: 2

• Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez: 34

• Unincorporated - Rowland Heights: 257

• Unincorporated - San Jose Hills: 191

• Unincorporated - San Pasqual: 4

• Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island: 3

• Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains: 42

• Unincorporated - Saugus: 5

• Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley: 1

• Unincorporated - South El Monte: 15

• Unincorporated - South San Gabriel: 80

• Unincorporated - South Whittier: 427

• Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley: 3

• Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch: 57

• Unincorporated - Sun Village: 49

• Unincorporated - Sunrise Village: 11

• Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain: 7

• Unincorporated - Val Verde: 29

• Unincorporated - Valencia: 13

• Unincorporated - Valinda: 235

• Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills: 62

• Unincorporated - Walnut Park: 269

• Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley: 3

• Unincorporated - West Carson: 159

• Unincorporated - West LA: 25

• Unincorporated - West Puente Valley: 120

• Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez: 11

• Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos: 334

• Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills: 1

• Unincorporated - Westhills: 3

• Unincorporated - White Fence Farms: 18

• Unincorporated - Whittier: 21

• Unincorporated - Willowbrook: 544

• Unincorporated - Wiseburn: 40

• Under Investigation: 2,232

City News Service contributed to this report.

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