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Californians warned about July 4th coronavirus danger - Los Angeles Times

Californians warned about July 4th coronavirus danger - Los Angeles Times

Californians warned about July 4th coronavirus danger - Los Angeles Times
Jul 04, 2020 4 mins, 6 secs

California is entering a perilous Fourth of July holiday weekend: Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are continuing to surge even as officials beg the public to avoid crowds and keep physical distancing in hopes of preventing more outbreaks that could overwhelm the state’s hospitals.

Californians who hoped the Independence Day weekend would bring a return to some semblance of summer fun will instead find closed beaches, restaurants limited to outdoor service in most areas of the state and increased enforcement of the state’s order requiring people to wear face coverings in public places.

“Only leave for essential activities like going to work or going to the market,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

The rate at which coronavirus tests in California are coming back positive continues its alarming climb — jumping 51% over the last two weeks, a Los Angeles Times analysis found.

On Thursday, a Times analysis of state data showed that over the last seven days, 6.9% of coronavirus tests came back positive.

Statewide, hospitalizations continued their upward march; California has broken daily records for the number of people hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus infections for 12 consecutive days, The Times’ analysis found.

There has been a 58% increase in hospitalizations in the last two weeks; on Wednesday, the state reported 5,355 people hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus infections; a week ago, there were 4,321; and two weeks ago, there were 3,398.

There was also a 49% jump in patients in intensive care units with confirmed coronavirus infections in the last two weeks; there were 1,676 reported Wednesday, up from 1,127 two weeks ago.

In a sign of the concern over more coronavirus spread, Orange County officials joined Los Angeles and Ventura counties in closing beaches for the holiday weekend.

Los Angeles has unveiled a new color-coded system to assess and report the risk of infection.

Smaller gatherings would also be allowed to resume when the new health order goes into effect, which could be as early as July 13 but could be delayed.

“And especially in Southern California, what we’re seeing reflects an exponential growth in transmission that will be extremely difficult to control, and bring back under control.”.

Times staff writers Maura Dolan, Hannah Fry and Phil Willon and Times Community News staff writers Hillary Davis and Lilly Nguyen contributed to this report.

Luke Money is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times.

He previously was a reporter and assistant city editor for the Daily Pilot, a Times Community News publication in Orange County, and before that wrote for the Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

The Bay Area native is a graduate of UC Berkeley and started at the Los Angeles Times in 2004.

Iris Lee is a data journalist on the Los Angeles Times Data Desk.

She graduated from the University of Southern California with a master’s in journalism and holds chemistry and international studies degrees from UC Irvine.

Sean Greene is a graphics and data journalist covering science, the environment and medicine at the Los Angeles Times?

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