doesn’t take holidays off. With Halloween underway and residents practicing their modified celebrations, Los Angeles Public Health urges Angelenos to avoid traditional trick-or-treating and trunk or treating this year.
The advisory comes as Public Health reports 15 new deaths and 1,326 new positive cases on Saturday. The latest update also shares a total of 783 current hospitalizations, with 28% of the admitted patients being treated in the ICU. Typical Halloween practices such as partying and trick-or-treating increases the risk of COVID-19 exposure through crowding, communal food handling and encountering non-household individuals. Instead of in-person events, L.A. County health officials suggest virtual gatherings, at-home scavenger hunts and drive-in movies for those looking to get their horror fix this holiday.
As with any gathering, Halloween get-togethers should be limited to residents from at most two other households, while attendees maintain social distance and wear face coverings the entire time. Officials also encourage Halloween celebrants to stay home if they are experiencing symptoms, tested positive for COVID-19 or have been in contact with or exposed to someone who is positive.
To date, Public Health has reported a total of 307,618 positive cases of COVID-19 and a total of 7,071 deaths in
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