LA Mayor Karen Bass has tested positive for the coronavirus but is feeling fine and intends to work remotely, her office announced on June 8.
A short while later, Bass, 69, announced on her Twitter account.
Last night, I tested positive for COVID-19 following a routine test.
I’m feeling fine and will continue to work from home and follow public health guidelines.https://t.co/p2swPQ3A1g
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) June 8, 2023
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“Last night, I tested positive for COVID-19 following a routine test. I’m feeling fine and will continue to work from home and follow public health guidelines,” Bass tweeted.
The mayor’s office noticed that Bass was vaccinated and boosted. Her representative, Zach Seidl, said this is whenever Bass first tried positive for Covid.
On Thursday morning, Bass was scheduled to speak at the Lotus Festival in Echo Park, a celebration of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Likewise, she planned to go to supper for grant beneficiaries in Pico Association at night.
However, her office updated her schedule on Thursday to state that she was not planning any public events.
Seidl said Bass plans to participate essentially in a lodging gathering facilitated by the BizFed Establishment and Milken Organization on Friday. A virtual event had already been planned for the forum.
The L.A. County public health department, mentioned in its weekly coronavirus update on Thursday that historically, there has been a “significant increase” in coronavirus transmissions between June and August, citing summer travel and celebrations.
The Department of Health pointed out that taking medications like Paxlovid and Molnupiravir within five days of symptoms can lower the risk of severe illness.
The mayor’s medication status was not immediately available. Even though Bass was in Ohio for the U.S. Conference of Mayors over the weekend, it isn’t clear where she got the virus.
To keep the number of coronavirus cases low this summer, County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer issued a statement reminding the public to take safety measures like regularly washing their hands and testing for COVID-19.
“For now, all residents are encouraged to use the knowledge we have gained over the past three-plus years, especially when participating in higher-risk activities, such as travel,” she said. “While these activities are lower risk than in past summers, they are not no-risk, especially for older or immunocompromised people.”
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Since the pandemic began, 1,902 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total to nearly 3.75 million, as reported in the update on Thursday.
The typical seven-day number of Coronavirus related hospitalizations was 226, and the week-after-week number of passings was 46. The county had recorded 36,424 coronavirus-related deaths as of Tuesday.
