City Of Hermosa Beach Coronavirus Update For April 1

Press release from the City of Hermosa Beach:

April 1, 2021

To help keep the community informed, the City of Hermosa Beach is providing regular updates featuring the latest news about COVID-19; related local updates; and how the City is working to meet the needs of the community and protect public health.

L.A. County Moving into Less Restrictive Orange Tier on Monday: A revised Los Angeles County Health Officer Order will go into effect on Monday, April 5 at 12:01 a.m. to reflect newly permitted activities. The Health Officer Order and modified directives for businesses will be posted on Friday, with an effective date of April 5. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) teams will be available this week and through the weekend to provide information about upcoming changes, allowing establishments to be prepared for full compliance with the required safety modifications. On April 5, assuming County case numbers do not increase, the following changes will be made to the Health Officer Order:

• Restaurants can increase capacity for indoor dining to 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is less with continued safety modifications.
• Places of Worship can hold services indoors at 50% capacity.
• Fitness Centers can operate indoors at 25% capacity and indoor pools can now re-open. Masks are always required unless swimming.

Movie Theatres can increase capacity to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less. Seats must be reserved, and each group must have 6 feet of distance from other groups in all directions. Eating is allowed in only designated areas or in your reserved seat.

Grocery and Retail Stores can increase capacity to 75%, although Public Health strongly recommends grocery stores remain at 50% capacity until April 15 to allow as many grocery store workers as possible get vaccinated.

Hair Salons, Barbershops and Personal Care Services can increase capacity to 75% with masks required, except for services where customers need to remove their masks. For services where customers must remove their face coverings, staff must wear a fitted N95 or a mask with a face shield.

Museums, Zoos and Aquariums can be open indoors at 50% capacity.

Youth and Adult Recreational Sports can apply to Public Health for approval for athletic events, tournaments or competitions that involve more than two teams or multiple individuals.

Family Entertainment Centers can open indoors at 25% capacity for distanced activities, such as bowling or escape rooms. Masks remain required.

Bars that do not provide meals will be allowed to open outdoors with distancing, masking and infection control safety measures. Indoor operations are not permitted. Masks are required except when people are eating or drinking. There can be no counter seating and people can eat or drink only when they are seated. Tables must be 8 feet apart, with a maximum of 6 people from up to 3 different households. There can be no live entertainment, television is permitted and hours of operations are from 11:30 a.m. until 10 p.m.

Breweries, Wineries, Distilleries that do not serve meals can remain open outdoors and can also open indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. These establishments will follow the same public health directives as bars for their outdoor areas, however, there are additional requirements for indoor spaces: reservations are required for indoor seating, there is a maximum of 6 people per table and they must be from the same household, and there is no live entertainment or television viewing indoors.

Cardrooms can operate indoors at 25% capacity. There must be 8-feet of distancing between tables and masks are always required. Food and beverages remain banned from card tables.

Hermosa Recreational Activities Reopening Update: The City of Hermosa Beach has moved forward with re-opening recreational activities and facilities as L.A. County Department of Public Health’s (Public Health’s) protocols have allowed these re-openings. Following is the list of the re-opened contract classes and City recreational facilities. Signs explaining COVID-19 precautions are posted at the recreational facilities, and all activities and facilities still require face coverings over the participants’ noses and mouths, hand sanitizing and physical distance. Please adhere to these precautions to help prevent the virus’ spread and keep these activities and facilities open for the public to enjoy. The City is planning for more re-openings this Summer and additional contract classes and camps, if COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline and Public Health permits further re-openings.

Contract Classes that Have Resumed (Outdoors Only):

• Youth Basketball
• Adult Coed Flag Football League
• Adult Coed Volleyball League
• Adult Kickball League
• Youth Musical Theater
• Youth Sportball
• Youth Super Soccer Stars
• Youth and Adult Tennis
• Adult Yoga

For more information on current contract class offerings, please visit www.hermosabeach.gov/recreation

City Recreational Facilities that Have Reopened:

• Basketball Courts
• Tennis Courts
• Pickleball Courts
• Volleyball Courts
• Parks and Playgrounds
• Beach Tennis Courts
• Clark Field (Hermosa Beach Little League)

New Vaccine Eligibility Opening in April: Starting today, all persons living in California who are 50 and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. On April 15, those who are 16 and older will be eligible for the vaccine. Currently there is only one vaccine, Pfizer, currently authorized for use down to age 16. For those 16 or 17, it will be important when making an appointment to select a location where the Pfizer vaccine is offered. The type of vaccine offered is noted for each vaccine site on our website.

The vaccines are not yet available for children and adolescents under 16. Studies are currently underway to assess the safety and effectiveness in this age group, and we look forward to the results in the coming months.

All persons getting a vaccination will need to provide identification (government ID not required) and proof that they live within LA County at their appointment. Immigration status is not required and will not be asked for at any vaccination site. All forms of acceptable documentation are available at www.vaccinateLACounty.com.

Additional Essential Workers Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine: This past week, several new essential workforce groups were added to those eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Below are the current eligible sectors for the vaccine.

Eligible Sectors for the COVID-19 Vaccine by Occupation

• Food & Agriculture
  • Private domestic workers, such as Gardeners, Landscape workers (must work more than 20 hours per week)

• Education and Early Childcare
  • Private domestic workers, such as nannies (must work more than 20 hours per week)

• Public Transit
  • Flight crews (must live or be based in LA County)

• Janitorial/Custodial
  • Private domestic workers, such as House Cleaners (must work more than 20 hours per week)

• Healthcare Workers
• Emergency Services

A full breakdown of the occupations by sector is available on the webpage How to Make an Appointment.

Los Angeles County Update: The L.A. County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today confirmed 53 new deaths and 757 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 1,220,246 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 23,189 deaths.

Latest Facts and Figures

Jurisdiction - Reported Cases | Reported Deaths

• Hermosa Beach - 954 | 10*
• L.A. County - 1,220,246 | 23,189
• California - 3,570,660 | 58,090
• United States - 30,277,908 | 549,098

* These numbers are subject to change pending further investigations by L.A. County Department of Public Health.

This press release was produced by the City of Hermosa Beach. The views expressed are the author's own.