LB reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths & LA County Health Dept releases a racial breakdown of fatalities

Three more Long Beach residents have died due to coronavirus complications, bring the cities fatalities to six.

• According to city officials, all three of the new fatalities were in their 80's and had underlying health problems.

• Officials also reported 26 more cases of coronavirus.

• Long Beach's new appointment only drive-thru testing site at Long Beach City College's Pacific Coast Campus has opened next to the Rapid Assessment Clinic.

• Today is the first time city officials announced multiple deaths in a single day.

By the numbers: Long Beach

• 256 confirmed cases.

• 87 recoveries

• 6 total COVID-19 deaths

Los Angeles County:

For the first time, the LA County Department of Public Health has shared data on the racial breakdown of coronavirus fatality rate.

• The limited data is based on 93 confirmed coronavirus deaths, but the limited data does reveal that African-Americans are more likely to die from the coronavirus

• L.A. County Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer said, “When we look at these numbers by the total population of each group, African Americans have a slightly higher rate of death than other races,”.

Here's the breakdown:

• 19% Asian

• 17% African American

• 28% Latinx

• 27% White

• 9% belonging to another race or ethnicity

By the Numbers

• 6,910 total cases

• 550 cases today

• 169 deaths

• 1,510 hospitalized

• 12 LA County Fire Department personnel have tested positive.

• 24 LA County Sheriff personnel tested positive for COVID-19

• 10 cases among the homeless.

Elsewhere:

• 😷: LA Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an emergency order that will require many workers providing non-medical essential services to wear a mask while at work. 

• 👷🏻‍♂️👷🏻‍♀️: Gov. Newsom says 2.3 million Californians have filed claims for unemployment insurance, per the Press-Telegram.

• Death toll surpasses 10,000 in France

• Trump calls the World Health Organization "very China-centric" and threatens to withhold future funding.

Gov. Newsom says "We have secured... 200 million masks on a monthly basis starting in the next few weeks,".