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Al fresco dining at a restaurant in Los Angeles.
Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
Some restaurants in Los Angeles have temporarily closed their doors due to an increase in the number of COVID cases, reports CBS Los Angeles. The Village Idiot of Melrose announced its closure for a few days after a vaccinated staff member tested positive for the virus, while Bottega Louie of West Hollywood attributed its closure to “an abundance of caution.” Last week, Los Angeles County reinstated its indoor mask mandate, though some wondered if that would actually be enforced. (Sheriff Alex Villanueve says his department will “ask for voluntary compliance.”) Other companies have also started asking for proof of vaccination, according to LA Taco.
Since California reopened on June 15, the state’s test positivity rate has dropped from 0.08% to 3%, although, as CalMatters notes, the number of cases is well below the numbers during the winter wave. Nationally, the number of COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths have all increased this month in what the CDC describes as an “unvaccinated pandemic.” Almost all deaths from COVID in recent months (over 99%), The New Yorker noted last week, was among the unvaccinated.
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