COVID Cases In Los Angeles - Who’s Hosting The Super Bowl Next Month - Reach Highest Daily Total Of The Pandemic

COVID cases are reaching record breaking highs in Los Angeles. However, the county STILL plans on hosting Super Bowl LVI next month. Could this be counterproductive and dangerous? Details inside…

Following the holiday season, COVID-19 cases are rising…and breaking new records, causing hospital staff shortages across the nation. But, that's not stopping huge entertainment events.

Los Angeles reported 43,712 new COVID infections on January 7th, which is reportedly the highest daily total of the entire pandemic. It’s the second consecutive day COVID numbers broke records when 37,215 new cases were announced on Thursday, which was 10,000 cases more than the day before.

Deadline reports:

On Tuesday, the county recorded 21,790 new daily cases. That means in the four days from Tuesday to Friday of this week, new infections in the county more than doubled. And the starting point — Tuesday’s 21,790 — was at that point a near record.

Put another way, Friday’s 43,712 new Covid infections accounts for more county residents than the entire population of Beverly Hills or Culver City.

One would think Los Angeles would consider NOT hosting Super Bowl LVI next month, especially since COVID cases are rising and the Grammys (as well as other events) have been cancelled, but NOPE.

The Super Bowl is STILL going down as planned at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Los Angeles County’s public health director and the chair of its Board of Supervisors said so.

“It will be challenging if the surge continues into February, but I do think we’re working closely with both the NFL and SoFi Stadium to have a wonderful Super Bowl here with the appropriate safety precautions that will keep fans safe and our community safe,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said during a media videoconference. “I feel really confident the event will happen here in L.A. There’s no indication that it won’t, and we’ll work really closely to enhance safety if, again, we’re still in the middle of a horrific surge.”

Oh.

“I think for the next two weeks, we’re going to continue to see our case rates rise. My hope is that by the time we get to February we’re on the downside of seeing this massive amount of community transmission,” she said.

It DEF doesn’t sound like a good idea to have that many people gathering together with COVID cases rising as fast as they are. Literally, one in five tests in L.A. County have come back positive for COVID over the past week. That Super Bowl bag is hard to give up, though, apparently, and folks are going to make their money. Again, while most people survive Covid, the effects of potential long term Covid and the fact you don't 100% know how you will react are reasons to take extra precautions.

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