Los Angeles County is set to align its health order with California’s by the end of the week, as the state lifted its regional stay-at-home order statewide Monday, green-lighting the reopening of in-person outside dining and hair and nail salons, among other businesses.
Meanwhile, the health officer order issued by L.A. County Department of Public Health on Nov. 25 is in effect, allowing personal care services to reopen, but notably not including restaurant reopenings, which Director Barabara Ferrer said will be included only in the new order to be released Friday.
“On Friday, … we’ll issue a new health officer order that allows for restaurants to reopen for outdoor dining with occupancy limits and masking requirements for all staff,” Ferrer added during a COVID-19 briefing Monday. “We will also on Friday rescind the hours-of-operation restrictions for non-essential businesses.”
Nearly 300 L.A. County COVID-19 Related Deaths Reported On Last Day Of 2020
As 2020 draws to a close, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is once again reporting the highest number of deaths in a single day, partially due to a holiday backlog, officials said.
An additional 15,129 coronavirus cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Thursday, along with 290 deaths, according to officials with the LADPH.
In 2020, L.A. Public Health identified 770,602 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 10,345 deaths since March. 86% of the people who died from COVID-19 this year had underlying health conditions.