Two more Manhattan Beach residents have died as a result of COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The deaths were reported in LAC DPH’s daily data releases on January 8 and January 10 and bring the total COVID-19 deaths in Manhattan Beach to six. The city also saw its highest number of new cases in a single week last week, registering 101 cases from January 4 to January 10, bringing the total number of cases in Manhattan Beach to 938 since the pandemic began.
Mayor Suzanne Hadley expressed sympathy for the families.
“It is with sadness that we learned from the County two new deaths from COVID were reported here in Manhattan Beach in recent days,” Hadley said in a statement. “Every death is a tragedy. This virus is real and can be deadly. Despite nearly 10 months of greatly curtailed business and social activity within LA County, our case counts continue to rise. After a several month hiatus, sadly our death count has now risen
An ICU team at Providence Little Company of Mary work on a patient battling COVID-19. Photo by Anita Sircar MD MPH
An ICU team at Providence Little Company of Mary work on a patient battling COVID-19. Photo by Anita Sircar MD MPH
by Anita Sircar, MD, MPH
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Sircar is an infectious disease specialist who spent the last two decades working internationally, including work with the Center for Disease Control fighting Ebola in Africa. She works at three area hospitals, including Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, and at a clinic. At one point during the pandemic, she worked 155 days straight.
COVID-19 hospitalizations at the four major South Bay medical centers increased from 46 on Nov. 1, four days before Thanksgiving, to 506 on Wed., Dec. 23. Source: Los Angeles County Health Department. Chart by Bernard Wong (SubliminalMachines.com)
COVID-19 hospitalizations at the four major South Bay medical centers increased from 46 on Nov. 1, to 506 on Wed., Dec. 23. Sources: California Department of Public Health and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Chart by Bernard Wong ( More charts at SubliminalMachines.com)
The week before Thanksgiving, public health experts throughout California not only implored people to forgo family gatherings but provided data points and projections showing what might happen were that advice ignored. In Los Angeles County, forecasts from three respected public health institutions Johns Hopkins University, UCLA, and UCSD each projected an unprecedented spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations.