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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
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“ ‘My message couldn’t be simpler. It’s time to hunker down. It’s time to cancel everything.’ ”
That’s Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti sounding the alarm and urging cooperation from residents as the city continues to break troubling coronavirus records.
“Don’t meet up with others outside your household. Don’t host a gathering. Don’t attend a gathering,” the mayor said Wednesday night. “And following our targeted Safer at Home order, if you’re able to stay home, stay home.”
Garcetti warned that Los Angeles County could run out of hospital beds by Christmas at the current rate of infection. “Our city is now close to a devastating tipping point, beyond which the number of hospitalized patients would start to overwhelm our hospital system, in turn risking needless suffering and death,” he said.
Here are his comments:
Under the rules, gatherings are prohibited with the exception of outdoor religious services and protests with social distancing and masks.
Garcetti’s order comes after Los Angeles County reported a total of 2,439 people hospitalized due to infection on Wednesday, more than on any other day during the pandemic.
Here’s a recent look at the totals:
