MALIBU, CA – COVID-19 tests are available to students from Malibu and Santa Monica at John Adams Middle School on Monday, officials from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School district said.
The tests are available until 1:30 p.m. at John Adams Middle School, 2425 16th St., Santa Monica.
As coronavirus cases increase in Los Angeles County, the district is urging parents to enroll students with symptoms for COVID-19 tests.
From Monday, the district wants to continue classroom teaching.
“We are committed to continuing the personal instruction and have taken steps to ensure that
We do this for sure, “said Superintendent Ben Drati in a statement and message to parents this weekend.
“As you know, we’ve updated our air systems, improved hygiene practices, mandated indoor and outdoor face masks, continued to conduct weekly on-site PCR tests, and offered vaccination clinics to combat this relentless virus,” said Drati.
“If your student or someone else in the house is experiencing symptoms, please come to John Adams Middle School on Monday, January 3, 2022 between 8:30 am and 1:30 pm for reaction testing and registration,” said Drati.
People can register online.
Los Angeles County reported nearly 45,000 new cases of COVID-19 this weekend, an alarming number given the typical delays in weekend reporting.
Officials reported 23,553 new cases for Saturday and another 21,200 positive tests on Sunday after a one-day record of 27,091 new infections was reported on Friday.
Four more coronavirus-related deaths were also logged this weekend, two each on Saturday and Sunday.
The latest numbers bring the county’s cumulative totals to 1,741,292 cases and 27,640 deaths since the pandemic began, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Health.
Meanwhile, the county’s COVID hospital admissions continued to rise, rising more than 150 for the second straight day. The number of COVID patients in the county hospitals rose from 1,628 on Saturday to 1,792, according to the latest state numbers. Of these patients, 263 were in intensive care, up from 246 the previous day.
The daily test positive rate was 21.8 percent on Sunday.
Health officials continued to urge residents to limit higher-risk activities, including indoor activities that expose individuals for long periods of time, as well as crowded outdoor events.
– City News Service and Patch Editor Nicole Charky contributed to this report.
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