May 27: LB Health Dept. Worker Tests Positive For COVID-19; LB Death Toll Rises To 81; Info Comes On Same day LB Announces It Will Join w/ LA County In Seeking Sac;to "Variance" To Enable Add'l LB Reopenings

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Total positives (red dots) and deaths (black dots)	Daily new reported positive cases	LB Hospitalizations (from Apr. 20): Red bars = Snapshot 12:01 a.m. Blue bars = Updated daily

(May 27, 2020, 7:25 p.m.) -- On May 27, 2020, the City of Long Beach dislcosed that a LB Dept. of Health & Human Services employee has tested positive for COVID-19 and LB's COVID-19 death toll has risen to 81.

The information comes on the same day that Mayor Garcia announced at a midafternoon news briefing that Long Beach will join with Los Angeles County in seeking a "variance" from CA's Dept. of Public Health to let all of L.A. County -- including Long Beach with its separate Health Department -- reopen additional businesses that the state agency has allowed for some counties -- including OC -- but not yet Los Angeles County (with some COVID-19 metrics exceeding Sac'to specified levels.)

In a May 27 release, the City of Long Beach indicated:

A Department of Health and Human Services employee (a LB resident) "who works in a public-facing area has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee is assigned to the Human Services Bureau and was last at work the week of May 17. The site where the employee worked has been deep cleaned and sanitized [and] the employee is recovering at home in self-isolation."

LB's COVID-19 death toll has risen to 81 (up from 75.) The six new deaths include an out of state death on 5/18, and additional LB deaths on 5/25 and 5/26. One of the six new deaths isn't associated with a LB long term care facility. 67 persons are hospitalized. 1,666 (up from 1,605) LB residents to date have tested positive, approx. 1,184 ave recovered.

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