Local Officials Announce 13 Additional COVID-19 Cases on Thursday

City officials announced 13 new local cases of the Coronavirus on Thursday and one additional fatality as the city’s case count continued to move towards 2,000.

So far there have been 1,956 cases and 106 deaths.

Meanwhile cases at Huntington Hospital appeared to be on the decline.

Doctors are treating 37 patients infected by the virus.

Two weeks, 61 patients were being treated at the hospital.

The numbers were announced about an hour after Los Angeles County’s health officers said today investigators are looking into reports of area religious institutions continuing to hold indoor services despite coronavirus restrictions barring such gatherings, and he said violation notices will be issued to offenders.

Locally, Harvest Rock Church has continued to flout orders and hold services under the guise that churches are an essential business.

It is not known if city officials plan to start issuing violation orders. Harvest Rock lost in court earlier this month after a judge ruled that Gov. Gavin Newsom had not been properly noticed in a lawsuit.

A March choir practice in Washington state that led to 87% of the attendees becoming infected with the virus, and two people dying.