A man wearing a face mask runs along the pathway in Bluff Park in Long Beach. Saturday, April 11, 2020. Photo by Stephen Carr. Long Beach health officials reported two more people died of COVID-19 since Tuesday, bringing the city’s total deaths to 237. Another 40 people also tested positive for the virus, bringing Long Beach’s total to 11,311. Beyond those raw numbers, the two statistics the state is using to determine when counties can reopen are the percentage of people who test positive out of the total who are tested and the rate of cases per 100,000 residents. Long Beach, which is linked with Los Angeles County when it comes to reopening timelines, reported that an average of 4.3% of people tested were positive over the last seven days, and 8.3 cases have been reported on average each day per 100,000 residents. The county’s numbers, meanwhile, are a bit better: a 3.2% positivity rate and 8.1 cases per 100,000 residents. “We’re happy to see the progress we’ve made,” Barbara Ferrer, director of the county health department, said at a Wednesday press conference. “We’re very much hoping this trend continues.” The state requires counties to maintain no more than […]
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