COVID-19 Numbers Jump In Big Way For Manhattan Beach Residents

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Manhattan Beach has logged 45 new positive tests for COVID-19 in just one week, from Saturday, Nov. 28 to today [Saturday, Dec. 5]. Last Saturday, the City of Manhattan Beach had 519 cumulative positive tests for the novel coronavirus. Today's number, according to today's statistics from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, is 564 residents who have tested positive.

Today's numbers for Los Angeles County represent "the third consecutive day and fourth time this week the County has surpassed the previous all-time high of new cases. Over the last three days there have been a total of 25,402 new cases reported; a 3-day average of 8,467 daily new cases," according to a news release.

More people in the County are hospitalized for COVID-19 "than at any point during the pandemic" and today is "the fifth consecutive day the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 surpassed the all-time high. Currently, there are 2,769 people with COVID-19 hospitalized and 23% of them are in the ICU.

"As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge and ICU capacity declines in Los Angeles County and across the Southern California Region, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order will be modified to align with the State Regional Stay Home Order to prevent crowding and mingling among non-household members and overwhelming our healthcare system," according to the news release.

Due to the Southern California Region's ICU capacity falling below 15% [it's at 12.5%], the State of California is putting the region into a Regional Stay Home Order that begins tomorrow [Sunday, Dec. 6] at 11:59 p.m. The order will be in effect for at least three weeks, according to the news release.