A growing number of holiday events in Los Angeles County have been canceled or postponed amid a rash of new coronavirus cases.
A growing list of holiday events in Los Angeles County have been canceled or postponed amid a, the New Year’s Eve countdown celebration in downtown L.A.'s Grand Park has transitioned to streaming-only after park officials said it was too risky to congregate in person.
The event, which is operated by the Music Center, had been slated to include an invite-only audience of the county’s frontline workers and first responders. “Given the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in the county, the Music Center/Grand Park team determined the safest route to continue with this popular annual tradition would be to eliminate a live audience,” event officials said.The celebration will be broadcast on Fuse and streamed on Grand Park’s YouTube channel beginning at 11 p.m. Dec. 31.Prepare for big spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in areas with low vaccination rates, experts say.
The decision arrives as L.A. County is experiencing some of its highest daily coronavirus case numbers in months. On Sunday, the county’s public health department reported 3,512 new cases of COVID-19 — up from 1,460 a week ago. Hospitalizations also are climbing. There are 743 patients in L.A. County hospitals with a confirmed case of the coronavirus — an increase of about 25% from two weeks ago, according to
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