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Press Release - First COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in Los Angeles County as Hospitalizations Accelerate at Disastrous Speed

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 12/14/2020 05:40 PM PST

Media Contact: media@ph.lacounty.gov - (213) 240-8144

For Immediate Release:
December 14, 2020

First COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in Los Angeles County as Hospitalizations Accelerate at Disastrous Speed
48 New Deaths and 7,344 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in Los Angeles County today.

The first shipment of vaccine arrived today at one of nine pre-positioned sites, with the remaining eight sites receiving their shipment over the next two days. The current expected initial allocation for L.A. County is 82,875 doses, and we are hoping to receive two additional allocations in December. This does not include allocations for the Cities of Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own independent health departments and are receiving their own allocations.

The nine prepositioned sites have been working with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) and EMS to make arrangements to redistribute vaccine so that every acute care hospital that serves COVID-19 patients receives a pro-rata share of this initial allocation. Public Health has been hosting webinars, holding office hours, and distributing information in order to help prepare all the acute care hospitals for this large undertaking.

A second allocation of the vaccine that should arrive later this month will allow for a distribution of vaccines to all health care personnel and residents at our skilled nursing facilities, along with continued distribution to frontline healthcare and EMS personnel.

Today, Public Health has confirmed 48 new deaths and 7,344 new cases of COVID-19. The number of new cases reported today reflect a reporting lag from one large lab; this lab started reporting the backlog of cases today.

To date, Public Health identified 532,730 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 8,345 deaths. Since the beginning of the surge on November 1, cases have increased 625% with younger people continuing to drive the increase in community transmission in the county. More than 70% of cases are from people under the age of 50 years old.

There are 4,203 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 21% of these people are in the ICU. Today's number reflects an increase of more than 1,200 patients in just a week, when on December 7, the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 was 2,988. Since December 1, the County has surpassed previous all-time highs every day.

While the highest number of cases are among young adults, the steepest increase in hospitalizations is experienced by older residents. Residents over 80 years old have consistently experienced the highest rates of hospitalization among all age groups in L.A. County followed by residents 65 to 79 years old, and residents 50 to 64 years old.

Our reality is frightening at the moment with over 4,200 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and almost half of our ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients. By next weekend, there are likely to be over 5,000 patients hospitalized and more than 50% of ICU beds occupied by COVID-19 patients.

Equally important as ICU bed capacity is ICU staffing capacity. Every bed needs to be staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare workers. The recent surge in cases has resulted in huge increases in cases among our healthcare workers. In the last two weeks there have been over 3,400 new cases among healthcare workers. In early November there were 40 new cases among healthcare workers per day; last week there were nearly 250 cases among healthcare workers per day.

Of the 48 new deaths reported today, 15 people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old, 17 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, 12 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, three people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49 years old, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 29 years old. Forty people who died had underlying health conditions including 13 people over the age of 80 years old, 13 people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, 11 people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, two people between the ages of 30 and 49 years old, and one person between the ages of 18 and 29 years old.

“Our hearts go out to every person who is mourning a loved one or friend who has passed away from COVID-19. We are so sorry for your loss,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “I want to thank the many people who made today possible starting with the scientists and researchers who have shown incredible diligence and ingenuity under the most pressing circumstances, the volunteers who participated in the clinical trials, the production teams who found ways to quickly manufacture this life-saving vaccine, and the transportation teams who have managed the crucial work of getting the vaccine to facilities across the country so that vaccinations can begin immediately. And to all the public health practitioners at federal, state, and local health departments, thank you for the 24/7 work to ensure the safe and equitable distribution of this vaccine across every community. Because it is likely to take a few months to have enough vaccine available to immunize the millions of individuals who live and work in L.A. County, in the meantime, we all must continue to remain extremely diligent in reducing transmission of the virus. We continue to see extremely high numbers of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 - the surge we are experiencing is alarming. If you are not playing by the rules, to be blunt, you are part of the problem, and at this point, you are contributing to these distressing increases in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths."

The best thing everyone can do right now is stay home as much as possible and only go out for work, exercise or for essential services. When you must leave your home, always wear a face covering and stay at least 6 feet away from people you do not live with at all times. Individuals with underlying health conditions and those that are older should remain in their home and not be around others unless seeking routine or essential health and dental care. If you are having difficulty breathing, go to an emergency room or call 911.

The Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Roadmap to Recovery, Recovery Dashboard, and additional things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	532730
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	507226
-- Long Beach	20697
-- Pasadena	4807
Deaths	8345
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	7911
-- Long Beach	295
-- Pasadena	139
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	9553
- 5 to 11	21702
- 12 to 17	26820
- 18 to 29	125870
- 30 to 49	173111
- 50 to 64	95430
- 65 to 79	36776
- over 80	14614
- Under Investigation	3350
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	256328
- Male	242823
- Other	218
- Under Investigation	7857
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	740
- Asian	17475
- Black	15834
- Hispanic/Latino	207749
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1682
- White	47630
- Other	51058
- Under Investigation	165058
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	31110
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	18
- Asian	1118
- Black	730
- Hispanic/Latino	4093
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	24
- White	1847
- Other	53
- Under Investigation	28
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	407	1949
City of Alhambra	2661	3068
City of Arcadia	1087	1882
City of Artesia	808	4811
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	2917	5829
City of Baldwin Park	5762	7506
City of Bell	2929	8062
City of Bell Gardens	3825	8881
City of Bellflower	4499	5788
City of Beverly Hills	1226	3552
City of Bradbury	30	2806
City of Burbank	3562	3323
City of Calabasas	531	2183
City of Carson	3612	3849
City of Cerritos	1119	2235
City of Claremont	953	2612
City of Commerce*	1168	8937
City of Compton	7359	7366
City of Covina	2781	5672
City of Cudahy	2103	8638
City of Culver City	859	2155
City of Diamond Bar	1272	2212
City of Downey	8084	7075
City of Duarte	1028	4669
City of El Monte	8134	6936
City of El Segundo	265	1579
City of Gardena	2465	4021
City of Glendale	7970	3860
City of Glendora	2221	4209
City of Hawaiian Gardens	1024	6977
City of Hawthorne	4015	4522
City of Hermosa Beach	446	2267
City of Hidden Hills	31	1640
City of Huntington Park	5119	8606
City of Industry	78	17849
City of Inglewood	5492	4835
City of Irwindale	124	8499
City of La Canada Flintridge	337	1629
City of La Habra Heights	74	1357
City of La Mirada	1804	3637
City of La Puente	3093	7600
City of La Verne	1184	3557
City of Lakewood	2687	3344
City of Lancaster*	9627	5958
City of Lawndale	1356	4034
City of Lomita	459	2214
City of Lynwood*	6072	8428
City of Malibu	178	1373
City of Manhattan Beach	628	1744
City of Maywood	2460	8770
City of Monrovia	1409	3631
City of Montebello	4591	7132
City of Monterey Park	1897	3047
City of Norwalk	6843	6358
City of Palmdale	10637	6691
City of Palos Verdes Estates	166	1228
City of Paramount	4404	7861
City of Pico Rivera	5116	7958
City of Pomona	11716	7514
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	559	1308
City of Redondo Beach	1181	1719
City of Rolling Hills	16	825
City of Rolling Hills Estates	106	1307
City of Rosemead	1924	3476
City of San Dimas*	1316	3813
City of San Fernando	2233	9073
City of San Gabriel	1314	3208
City of San Marino	165	1243
City of Santa Clarita	8307	3769
City of Santa Fe Springs	1156	6295
City of Santa Monica	1938	2096
City of Sierra Madre	212	1929
City of Signal Hill	504	4272
City of South El Monte	1579	7560
City of South Gate	8361	8518
City of South Pasadena	556	2134
City of Temple City	1034	2836
City of Torrance	2657	1780
City of Vernon	35	16746
City of Walnut	716	2345
City of West Covina	5747	5310
City of West Hollywood	1131	3061
City of Westlake Village	65	778
City of Whittier	4977	5692
Los Angeles	215749	5334
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	516	6291
Los Angeles - Alsace	697	5601
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	120	4796
Los Angeles - Arleta	3103	9028
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	519	3539
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	1135	3647
Los Angeles - Bel Air	159	1886
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	281	2244
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	333	2528
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	7837	9020
Los Angeles - Brentwood	647	2090
Los Angeles - Brookside	10	1721
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	301	4227
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	4032	6176
Los Angeles - Carthay	459	3196
Los Angeles - Central	3550	9104
Los Angeles - Century City	256	2001
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	2697	7987
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	1569	4234
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	181	1974
Los Angeles - Chinatown	315	3927
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	631	4336
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	655	4323
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	639	4621
Los Angeles - Crestview	411	3615
Los Angeles - Del Rey	878	2933
Los Angeles - Downtown*	1748	6355
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	1470	3713
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	1292	4412
Los Angeles - Echo Park	535	3753
Los Angeles - El Sereno	2656	6353
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	217	3799
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	485	4768
Los Angeles - Encino	1492	3303
Los Angeles - Exposition	147	4420
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	2600	5788
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	79	2194
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	618	7086
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	4231	8918
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	1351	4275
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	522	4849
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	2783	4783
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	1642	7635
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	449	2635
Los Angeles - Harbor City	990	3406
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	1927	4420
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	65	2698
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	986	5467
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	2964	7813
Los Angeles - Highland Park	2393	4945
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	841	6063
Los Angeles - Hollywood	2463	3609
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	716	2433
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	1475	5168
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	512	6342
Los Angeles - Koreatown	2094	4051
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	236	5177
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	2330	5521
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	1048	7980
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	655	4299
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	2135	6550
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	545	6791
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	1009	3560
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	162	5171
Los Angeles - Longwood	240	5576
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	465	2152
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	393	4604
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	57	1825
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	739	1740
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	67	1537
Los Angeles - Melrose	3556	4577
Los Angeles - Mid-city	521	3466
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	382	2124
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	1889	7830
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	1131	4684
Los Angeles - North Hills	4029	6543
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	8729	5765
Los Angeles - Northridge	3144	4504
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	303	1423
Los Angeles - Pacoima	7726	10037
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	63	1638
Los Angeles - Palms	1007	2295
Los Angeles - Panorama City	5937	7890
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	253	1863
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	3078	7356
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	55	1721
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	240	2192
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	964	2709
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	157	2393
Los Angeles - Regent Square	85	3058
Los Angeles - Reseda	4976	6495
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	288	6212
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	93	2200
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	3155	4043
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	154	3467
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	2410	2762
Los Angeles - Silverlake	1326	3008
Los Angeles - South Carthay	281	2652
Los Angeles - South Park	3417	9001
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	269	5868
Los Angeles - Studio City	558	2487
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	3807	7254
Los Angeles - Sunland	975	4778
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	14	2164
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	7086	8600
Los Angeles - Tarzana	1467	4751
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	2274	5760
Los Angeles - Thai Town	360	3670
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	216	2482
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	51	3905
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	50	2691
Los Angeles - Tujunga	1114	4006
Los Angeles - University Hills	108	3150
Los Angeles - University Park	1725	6283
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	1621	5400
Los Angeles - Valley Village	901	3645
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	6635	7120
Los Angeles - Venice	729	2151
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	1253	7285
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	633	8267
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	3326	8076
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	5050	9712
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	447	5322
Los Angeles - View Heights	92	2491
Los Angeles - Watts	3417	8007
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	244	4964
Los Angeles - West Adams	1685	6098
Los Angeles - West Hills	1210	2984
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	1008	2678
Los Angeles - West Vernon	4344	8098
Los Angeles - Westchester	939	1820
Los Angeles - Westlake	3708	6247
Los Angeles - Westwood	1000	1848
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	3490	9660
Los Angeles - Wilmington	3368	5962
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	2139	4264
Los Angeles - Winnetka	2863	5529
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	2034	2989
Unincorporated - Acton	177	2221
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	83	1996
Unincorporated - Altadena	1374	3150
Unincorporated - Anaverde	65	4310
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	10	803
Unincorporated - Arcadia	213	2669
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	2661	6270
Unincorporated - Athens Village	499	10190
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	521	7690
Unincorporated - Azusa	1068	6707
Unincorporated - Bassett	1148	7748
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	18	1678
Unincorporated - Bradbury	9	8333
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	354	4581
Unincorporated - Castaic*	2586	9510
Unincorporated - Cerritos	36	6133
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	29	4131
Unincorporated - Covina	980	5827
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	667	5075
Unincorporated - Del Aire	140	3187
Unincorporated - Del Rey	12	3774
Unincorporated - Del Sur	62	2567
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	155	6217
Unincorporated - Duarte	431	9734
Unincorporated - East Covina	15	4559
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	230	4346
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	4	3509
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	11812	9429
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	120	1874
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	1209	7898
Unincorporated - East Whittier	185	3487
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	320	3640
Unincorporated - El Monte	10	6897
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	24	1445
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	6284	9712
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Glendora	30	4545
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	2208	3948
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	1	100000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	122	4853
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	17	1548
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	82	5807
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	409	2066
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	11	1627
Unincorporated - La Rambla	109	5253
Unincorporated - La Verne*	73	3578
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	161	2277
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	17	2545
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	631	4856
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	56	3408
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	1381	6126
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	45	2570
Unincorporated - Littlerock	220	5471
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	43	3315
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	206	5772
Unincorporated - Llano	22	2509
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	163	1732
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	153	3942
Unincorporated - Newhall	43	19545
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	64	5342
Unincorporated - North Whittier	463	5538
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	732	3045
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	5	2326
Unincorporated - Palmdale	36	4276
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	9	1449
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	41	2096
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	80	12924
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Pomona	35	1806
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	483	3742
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	132	4961
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	35	3759
Unincorporated - Rosewood	62	4821
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	62	5197
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	212	6308
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	1475	2891
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	4	466
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	1605	7937
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	16	786
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	68	25468
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	234	1257
Unincorporated - Saugus	58	37419
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	18	5056
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	10	2198
Unincorporated - South El Monte	157	8747
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	396	4476
Unincorporated - South Whittier	3852	6504
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	32	4097
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	424	2022
Unincorporated - Sun Village	387	6412
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	109	8410
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	35	2111
Unincorporated - Val Verde	139	4201
Unincorporated - Valencia	78	2539
Unincorporated - Valinda	1624	6949
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	297	2553
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	1330	8239
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	12	794
Unincorporated - West Carson	811	3672
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	1	8333
Unincorporated - West LA	92	9664
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	774	7870
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	58	4268
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	1997	7417
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	17	1308
Unincorporated - Westhills	25	2980
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	133	3611
Unincorporated - Whittier	125	3303
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	5	41667
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	2667	7639
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	224	3717
- Under Investigation	7951

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 100 cases and one death previously reported were not in Public Health's jurisdiction.

* Means that case numbers include cases associated with correctional facility outbreaks located in the city/community.

**Rate is crude and is per 100,000. This represents the number of cases per 100,000 people and allows for the proportional comparison of cities of different sizes.

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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/
California Department of Public Health:

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

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World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

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Press Release - First COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in Los Angeles County as Hospitalizations Accelerate at Disastrous Speed

First COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in Los Angeles County as Hospitalizations Accelerate at Disastrous Speed 48 New Deaths and 7,344 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

First COVID-19 Vaccines Administered in Los Angeles County as Hospitalizations Accelerate at Disastrous Speed
48 New Deaths and 7,344 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County