Younger Folk Account For 25% Of COVID Hospitalizations In County

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — The Novel Coronavirus is not hitting the vast majority of residents of Manhattan Beach, according to data from Los Angeles County. Today's data release shows that only 1 more person in the city received positive test results since yesterday's data release. The city now has logged 272 cases of COVID-19 since early March when data started to be recorded.

Nearby, the City of El Segundo, which has about half the population of Manhattan Beach, has fewer than 100 cases to date, with 97 as of today. Next door, Hermosa Beach has logged 152. The coastal City of Malibu is also under 100, with 83 cases. Cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula also are how numbers: Rolling Hills, 5; Rolling Hills Estates, 31, Palos Verdes Estates, 75, and Rancho Palos Verdes, 229. Playa Del Rey reports 20 and Playa Vista has 104.

Nearby cities reporting a larger amount of COVID-19 cases include

• Torrance at 1,068
• Hawthorne at 1,462
• Inglewood at 2,107
• Lawndale at 485
• Redondo Beach at 418
• Westchester at 301
• Venice at 211
• Culver City at 330, and
• Santa Monica at 658.

In LA County overall, residents between the ages of 18 and 49 years old account for nearly 60% of new COVID-19 cases, with residents aged 30 to 49 years old driving most of those cases. Reported the count today via email, "Younger residents are also being hospitalized more than before. People between the ages of 30 and 49 years old account for 25% of hospitalized patients in the County. Patients between the ages of 18 and 29 years old now account for more than twice the proportion of all hospitalizations than they did in April. These patients now match the hospitalization rate of people aged 80 years old or older. By comparison, hospitalizations of those 80 years old or older have fallen by half since a peak in April."

The City of Manhattan Beach has enacted an emergency order that allows people who do not wear a facial covering over their nose and mouth to be fined from $100-$350. During his "Coffee With The Mayor" today, Manhattan Beach Mayor Richard Montgomery once again reminded people to wear a mask. He hopes the numbers in LA County will decrease significantly enough for Manhattan Beach to be able to hold annual popular events in October, November, and December.