Staff member waits to check in a COVID-19 testing patient at a drive-up testing site for the coronavirus at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach Monday, August 10, 2020. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. Long Beach health officials are worried about what they may see in the weeks after Labor Day weekend. So far, they’ve seen spikes in COVID-19 cases after each holiday weekend, particularly after the Fourth of July. Long Beach health officer Dr. Anissa Davis urged residents to be aware of symptoms of COVID-19: fever, sore throat, shortness of breath, and to immediately isolate themselves and get tested if they think they might be sick. “Pay attention—even more attention—to how you’re feeling,” Davis said at a press conference Thursday. This follows the requests of county health officials for residents to get tested if they were in a crowded situation over the weekend and didn’t take proper precautions. City officials reported 49 new COVID-19 cases in Long Beach and three new deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 230. This comes after the city went two days without reporting any new deaths. A total of 51 Long Beach residents are reported hospitalized from COVID-19, far down from 87 […]
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