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Coronavirus by the numbers and local updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of January 23: Culver City: 6,373 (deaths 120); Del Rey: 78 (deaths one); El Segundo: 2,437 (deaths 14); Marina del Rey: 1,459 (deaths four); Mar Vista: 6,241 (deaths 38); Palms: 6,960 (deaths 72); Playa del Rey: 352 (deaths one); Playa Vista: 1,954 (deaths 12); Santa Monica: 14,649 (deaths 202); Venice: 5,781 (deaths 21); Westchester: 7,625 (deaths 63) Total Westside cases: 53,909 Total Westside deaths: 548
Total confirmed cases in LA County: 2,494,097 Total deaths in LA County: 28,480 Total new cases as of Jan. 23: 26,354 Total new deaths: 63 Hospitalizations: 4,568 Positivity rate (seven-day daily average): 17.47% Total number of people tested: 10,871,507 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)
Properly fitted masks fight COVID-19 Editor: If you are not concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic, then you are either badly informed or not informed at all. Here are two incontestable facts: • A coronavirus infection produces the severe and frequently fatal disease COVID-19 • Airborne (aerosol) particles can carry virus material that is easily inhaled to lodge and multiply in the noses of uninfected victims Properly-fitted high-filtration masks reduce contagion two ways: 1) Through filtering virus-carrying materials out of inhaled air, and 2) Through reducing the amount of virus an infected person can release into our communal breathing supply. Unmasked or improperly masked infected people contaminate the air we all must breathe. Less virus in the air reduces opportunities for overwhelming virus counts in innocent victim’s airways to win over natural antibodies and immune responses — making them sick or, in some cases, dead. What really gets my goat: people who wear a potentially effective face mask without the metal strip at the top edge of the mask formed to fit closely around the bridge to their nose. These masks are frequently seen at ‘half-mast’ nearly at nostril level. “Gee that looks stupid!” I always think.
I’m reminded of when California began requiring helmets for motorcycles 30 years ago, something that met considerable resistance from many older riders who had gone without for decades. A common demonstration for reluctant head protection wearers was to make a statement by leaving the chinstrap that secures the helmet un-fastened — demonstrating there is nothing new about stupidity. If you’re going to wear protection, why
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