![]() So what shape would further lockdown orders take? Likely, more retail and service businesses may close, essential businesses like grocery stores and pharmacies could reduce capacity even further, beaches and parks and hiking trails could become off-limits, and people could be mandated to not travel more than a few miles from their own homes. Ferrer said, as reported by the Los Feliz Ledger. ![]() “We are very worried about the continued high number of cases, and feel like there really is not a huge window to try and get the surge under control,” Dr. Ferrer told reporters that public officials are “ considering all options” for possible enhanced lockdowns and closures in the coming weeks, as a way to stem the persistent community spread in the region. Officials says that as many as one in three people within the county may have been infected with the coronavirus at this point, and that one in five people now being tested are returning positive results. Barbara Ferrer told reporters that the ongoing rate of COVID-19 cases continues to stress the healthcare system in dangerous ways, with intensive care unit bed capacity still around zero percent in aggregate, and positivity rates still through the roof. ![]() Just this week, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health director Dr. Los Angeles is creeping closer to a day beyond the current coronavirus pandemic, but until mass vaccinations (at sites like Dodger Stadium and Disneyland in Orange County) are achieved across the region’s ten-million-plus population, there are still plenty of reasons to stay home and worry.
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