Yes, COVID-19 In Manhattan Beach Is Hitting More Residents

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MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Manhattan Beach residents continue to test positive for COVID-19, with nine more residents testing positive overnight in one day. The city's number of folks testing positive for the Novel Coronavirus is jumping beyond what it did this summer in July when new cases proliferated in Los Angeles County. Today [Friday, Dec. 11] the city has crossed the 600 line to record 607 cases since the county began collecting data in March.

Today in LA County there were 50 new deaths and 13,815 new cases of COVID-19 reported. Today's number of new cases surpassed yesterday's high of 12,819 new COVID-19 cases. This is the third time within the last six days daily new cases were over 10,000.

Manhattan Beach is no exception to large increases. Nearly one month ago, on Nov. 6, 437 Manhattan Beach residents had tested positive for the coronavirus. Today's number is 607.

Said LA County in a news release, "There are 3,624 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 23% of these people are in the ICU. The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 continues to exceed all-time highs every day since December 1 and has increased nearly every day since November 1. The number of people hospitalized has increased twofold in just 15 days.

"The impact of the Thanksgiving surge of cases on top of already rising cases is creating extraordinary stress on our healthcare system. When we see increases in cases, we see increases in hospitalizations about two weeks later."

“These numbers are overwhelming," said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. "The grief that our community continues to experience cannot be comprehended, and my deepest sympathies go out to everyone who is mourning. We cannot undo what has already been done and collectively, we are going to pay a very high price for the actions we took in the past. What we can do and what everyone across the county needs to do right now is to stay at home as much as possible, and limit going out to what is essential: work, school, childcare, exercise and obtaining necessary goods and services.

"The best way to protect our essential workers, including healthcare workers, who have to serve and be with others, is to always follow the rules when you are with or around those not in your family: we need everyone to wear a face covering and keep physical distance from anyone they do not live with. Make the choice today and every day through December that you will protect yourself, you will protect your friends and loved ones, and you will protect the friends and loved ones of other people. Our actions prevent terrible suffering and save lives."

TESTING DATA FROM BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT TESTING SITE

Our partners at Beach Cities Health District have compiled positive case rates from their COVID-19 testing site. While this is not reflective of the entire county, it may provide some insight on case rates by age. Here's the age breakdown of positive cases from the two weeks prior starting November 23-December 7, 2020.

• 0-17 = 12% positive rate
• 18-29 =28% positive rate
• 30-44 = 30% positive rate
• 25-64 =26% positive rate
• 65+ = 4% positive rate

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