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The City of Manhattan Beach remains committed to providing the community with critical information and updates on the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Situation Reports are published twice-a-week on Tuesdays and Thursdays and supplements the Situation Reports with coronavirus case counts (latest numbers) on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to keep the community informed.

Latest Numbers on COVID-19

Area	Confirmed Cases (Change)	Deaths (Change)
United States[1]	6,571,867 (+34,240)	195,053 (+961)
California[2]	762,963  (+2,950)	14,615 (+164)
Los Angeles County[3]	256,148  (+1,148)	6,303 (+31)
City of Manhattan Beach[4]	345 (+1)	5 (+0)

Change reflects daily increases, not increases from prior reports. Public Health continues to watch the number of cases closely because as it may be artificially low as a result of reduced testing numbers seen over the last two weeks because of testing site closures due to extreme heat and unhealthy air quality.

Los Angeles County Test Results

Total Number of Individuals Tests	% Testing Positive	Daily Positive Rate[5]  7-Day Rolling Average Tests by Date
2,477,000	10%	2.7%

Los Angeles County Hospitalizations

Ever	Current	% in ICU	% on Ventilators
18,855	804	30%	18%

On August 28, the state introduced its Blueprint for a Safer Economy, a four-tier framework by which counties are measured for loosening and tightening restrictions on social activities and business operations. As of September 15, 2020, Los Angeles County remains in Tier 1, or purple status representing “widespread” risk, with the most severe restrictions. The Los Angeles County data on the State website reflects 9.1 new COVID-19 cases per day (per 100k) and a 3.2% positivity rate. While the County’s positivity rate of 3.2% falls within the moderate tier between 2 – 4.9% positivity rate, because our case rate falls into a different tier, the stricter tier prevails. To move into a tier with fewer restrictions, the County of Los Angeles data must reflect 4 - 7 new COVID-19 cases per day (per 100k) and a 5 - 8% positivity rate. Below is a table that reflects each tier.
 

State of California Blueprint for a Safer Economy
County Risk Level (Business Impacts)	Confirmed Cases (Daily New Cases Per 100K)	Positivity Rate (Seven-Day Average)
Widespread (Tier One) (Many non-essential indoor business operations are closed)	More than 7	More than 8%
Substantial (Tier Two) ​​​​​​​ (Some non-essential indoor business operations are closed)	4 - 7	5 - 8%
Moderate (Tier Three)​​​​​​​ (Some indoor business operations are open with modifications)	1 - 3.9	2 - 4.9%
Minimal (Tier Four) (Most indoor business operations are open with modifications)	Less than 1	Less than 2%

 
 [1] September 15, 2020, Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker

[2] September 15, 2020, Source: https://update.covid19.ca.gov/

[3] September 16, 2020, Source: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/

[4] September 16, 2020, Source: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/locations.htm 
 
[5] September 15, 2020, Source: http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/
Daily Positivity Rate reflects the seven day averages for the day of report plus the prior 6 days.