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Press Release: Public Health Urges Vaccinations and Safety Precautions as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Increase; Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Protected

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 07/09/2021 04:30 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
July 9, 2021

Public Health Urges Vaccinations and Safety Precautions as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Increase; Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Protected
5 New Deaths and 1,107 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) confirms a doubling of new cases in a week with 1,107 new cases of COVID-19. Last Friday, Public Health reported 549 COVID-19 cases.

There are 320 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized; an increase from the 280 hospitalizations reported last Friday.

Today’s daily test positivity rate is 2.4%, an increase from last week’s rate of 1.5%.

With increased COVID-19 transmission among unvaccinated people, Public Health encourages those that are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and not yet vaccinated, to get vaccinated without delay. It takes time before you are considered fully vaccinated. For all of the vaccines, you are only considered fully protected two weeks after all doses are complete. Vaccination is the best protection against this disease.

Anyone not fully vaccinated should take all precautions – wear a mask in indoor public settings, move social activities outdoors as much as possible, and wash your hands or use hand sanitizer frequently when outside your home.

Currently, the low case rates among healthcare workers at nursing homes and at all healthcare facilities reflects their high vaccination rates. Healthcare worker cases plummeted since they began receiving vaccinations in December 2020. During the last week of December, there were nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 among healthcare workers. Last week, there were 75 new cases among healthcare workers reported across the entire county.

To date, 271 healthcare workers have tragically passed away from COVID-19. At the peak of the surge, the week of January 3, 2021, 24 healthcare workers passed away. Since mid-May, two healthcare workers have passed away from COVID-19.

Throughout the pandemic, nursing facility staff have accounted for one-fourth of healthcare worker cases. Fortunately, cases among nursing facility staff also dropped since they began receiving vaccinations. The last week of December 2020, more than 1,100 nursing facility staff tested positive for COVID-19. For the week of June 20, a total of only six nursing facility staff tested positive for COVID-19. Currently, 84% of skilled nursing facility staff are fully vaccinated.

Of the five new deaths reported today, one person that passed away was over the age of 80, one person who passed was between the ages of 50 and 64, and one person who passed was between the ages of 30 and 49. Two deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach. To date, Public Health identified 1,255,434 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 24,530 deaths. Testing results are available for more than 7,094,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive.

"Our hearts go to everyone who has lost a loved one, a friend, a neighbor, or a co-worker to COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “There are slightly under 4 million residents in L.A. County that are not yet vaccinated against COVID-19, and the risk of increased spread remains high among communities with lower vaccination rates. This is particularly true if there are gatherings with unvaccinated friends and family in indoor settings. The need for masking and infection control among those not yet vaccinated remains important. This Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus spreads more easily than others. With vaccinations and good prevention measures, almost all of this transmission can be prevented.”

Beginning today Friday, July 9 through next Thursday, July 15 at County-run vaccination sites, LA City sites, and St. John’s Well Child and Family Center sites, everyone 18 and older coming to get a vaccine will have an opportunity to win one of seven packages of concert tickets. Prizes will include tickets to see Celine Dion, Grupo Firma, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, and Dan and Shay at Staples Center, and box seats to four classical concerts at the Hollywood Bowl. Official rules and participating site locations are posted online on the Los Angeles Vaccination Sweepstakes page.

Visit: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish) to find a vaccination site near you, to make an appointment at vaccination sites, and much more. If you don’t have internet access, can’t use a computer, or you’re over 65, you can call 1-833-540-0473 for help finding an appointment, connecting to free transportation to and from a vaccination site, or scheduling a home-visit if you are homebound. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.

COVID-19 Sector Protocols, Best Practices, COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Recovery Dashboard, and additional actions you can take 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	1255434
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1190178
-- Long Beach	53843
-- Pasadena	11413
Deaths	24530
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	23233
-- Long Beach	947
-- Pasadena	350
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	29690
- 5 to 11	57079
- 12 to 17	71290
- 18 to 29	282323
- 30 to 49	395694
- 50 to 64	228806
- 65 to 79	91300
- over 80	33337
- Under Investigation	659
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	603432
- Male	564272
- Other	652
- Under Investigation	21822
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2024
- Asian	57092
- Black	48420
- Hispanic/Latino	636749
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	4276
- White	132454
- Other	99770
- Under Investigation	209393
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	91352
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	51
- Asian	3165
- Black	1928
- Hispanic/Latino	12479
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	68
- White	5357
- Other	153
- Under Investigation	32
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1071	5129
City of Alhambra	6943	8006
City of Arcadia	2772	4800
City of Artesia	2096	12480
City of Avalon	16	414
City of Azusa	6367	12724
City of Baldwin Park	13220	17220
City of Bell	6824	18782
City of Bell Gardens	8405	19514
City of Bellflower	10891	14010
City of Beverly Hills	2772	8030
City of Bradbury	39	3648
City of Burbank	9058	8451
City of Calabasas	1310	5386
City of Carson	9979	10633
City of Cerritos	3110	6212
City of Claremont	2303	6312
City of Commerce*	2408	18425
City of Compton	17262	17279
City of Covina	6465	13185
City of Cudahy	4834	19855
City of Culver City	2260	5669
City of Diamond Bar	3293	5725
City of Downey	17718	15506
City of Duarte	2333	10597
City of El Monte	17305	14757
City of El Segundo	754	4492
City of Gardena	6473	10558
City of Glendale	20380	9870
City of Glendora	4877	9243
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2260	15399
City of Hawthorne	10699	12050
City of Hermosa Beach	1040	5287
City of Hidden Hills	92	4868
City of Huntington Park	11304	19003
City of Industry	174	39817
City of Inglewood	13935	12269
City of Irwindale	254	17409
City of La Canada Flintridge	776	3750
City of La Habra Heights	117	2145
City of La Mirada	4332	8734
City of La Puente	6742	16566
City of La Verne	2925	8789
City of Lakewood	7430	9246
City of Lancaster*	22705	14053
City of Lawndale	3654	10870
City of Lomita	1524	7352
City of Lynwood*	13425	18634
City of Malibu	457	3526
City of Manhattan Beach	1407	3908
City of Maywood	5251	18721
City of Monrovia	3227	8317
City of Montebello	10260	15938
City of Monterey Park	4865	7814
City of Norwalk	16258	15107
City of Palmdale	25055	15761
City of Palos Verdes Estates	495	3661
City of Paramount	10035	17912
City of Pico Rivera	11238	17482
City of Pomona	24594	15772
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	1572	3677
City of Redondo Beach	2935	4272
City of Rolling Hills	59	3041
City of Rolling Hills Estates	294	3624
City of Rosemead	4986	9008
City of San Dimas*	3284	9514
City of San Fernando	5323	21628
City of San Gabriel	3272	7989
City of San Marino	389	2930
City of Santa Clarita	20854	9461
City of Santa Fe Springs	2901	15797
City of Santa Monica	4931	5334
City of Sierra Madre	481	4377
City of Signal Hill	1147	9723
City of South El Monte	3446	16500
City of South Gate	18802	19155
City of South Pasadena	1339	5140
City of Temple City	2391	6559
City of Torrance	7579	5077
City of Vernon	124	59330
City of Walnut	1780	5830
City of West Covina	13002	12013
City of West Hollywood	2436	6593
City of Westlake Village	118	1411
City of Whittier	11235	12850
Los Angeles	511933	12657
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1213	14789
Los Angeles - Alsace	1608	12921
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	296	11831
Los Angeles - Arleta	7128	20739
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1438	9805
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	2799	8993
Los Angeles - Bel Air	419	4971
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	677	5405
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	961	7295
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	17574	20227
Los Angeles - Brentwood	1616	5220
Los Angeles - Brookside	34	5852
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	728	10223
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	9547	14623
Los Angeles - Carthay	980	6823
Los Angeles - Central	7677	19689
Los Angeles - Century City	647	5058
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	6332	18753
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	3746	10108
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	472	5147
Los Angeles - Chinatown	744	9276
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1627	11180
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1575	10394
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1493	10796
Los Angeles - Crestview	1047	9210
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2059	6878
Los Angeles - Downtown*	4205	15287
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	3720	9397
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3305	11285
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1361	9547
Los Angeles - El Sereno	6274	15007
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	520	9104
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1320	12978
Los Angeles - Encino	3519	7790
Los Angeles - Exposition	370	11124
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	6294	14013
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	278	7722
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1372	15732
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	9362	19732
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	3467	10970
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1363	12663
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	6690	11497
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4015	18670
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1088	6385
Los Angeles - Harbor City	2585	8892
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5031	11539
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	176	7306
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2610	14472
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	7304	19254
Los Angeles - Highland Park	5862	12114
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2094	15097
Los Angeles - Hollywood	5727	8391
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	1629	5534
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	3805	13332
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1181	14629
Los Angeles - Koreatown	5630	10891
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	540	11845
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	5498	13027
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2338	17802
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	1641	10771
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5147	15790
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1177	14667
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	2828	9978
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	405	12927
Los Angeles - Longwood	591	13731
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1084	5017
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	980	11481
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	162	5186
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2109	4966
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	155	3555
Los Angeles - Melrose	8367	10769
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1236	8224
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1034	5749
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	4388	18189
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	2893	11982
Los Angeles - North Hills	9447	15342
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	21151	13968
Los Angeles - Northridge	7733	11079
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	868	4077
Los Angeles - Pacoima	17400	22604
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	154	4004
Los Angeles - Palms	2661	6065
Los Angeles - Panorama City	13645	18133
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	658	4845
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7177	17153
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	116	3630
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	626	5718
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	2525	7095
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	381	5808
Los Angeles - Regent Square	262	9424
Los Angeles - Reseda	11672	15234
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	711	15336
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	274	6481
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	7411	9497
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	403	9072
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	6013	6891
Los Angeles - Silverlake	3274	7427
Los Angeles - South Carthay	743	7013
Los Angeles - South Park	7417	19538
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	707	15423
Los Angeles - Studio City	1439	6413
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	9591	18274
Los Angeles - Sunland	2330	11417
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	29	4482
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	16326	19814
Los Angeles - Tarzana	3395	10996
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	5131	12996
Los Angeles - Thai Town	913	9308
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	523	6009
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	148	11332
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	111	5974
Los Angeles - Tujunga	2987	10741
Los Angeles - University Hills	274	7991
Los Angeles - University Park	3608	13141
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	3914	13040
Los Angeles - Valley Village	2107	8523
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	14804	15885
Los Angeles - Venice	1781	5256
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	2888	16791
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1493	19498
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	7630	18526
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	11175	21491
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1065	12680
Los Angeles - View Heights	229	6199
Los Angeles - Watts	7601	17812
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	591	12024
Los Angeles - West Adams	4048	14651
Los Angeles - West Hills	3115	7683
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	2494	6627
Los Angeles - West Vernon	10258	19122
Los Angeles - Westchester	2602	5042
Los Angeles - Westlake	7836	13202
Los Angeles - Westwood	2882	5326
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	6465	17894
Los Angeles - Wilmington	8559	15152
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	5679	11320
Los Angeles - Winnetka	6885	13295
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	5227	7681
Unincorporated - Acton	502	6298
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	293	7047
Unincorporated - Altadena	3378	7744
Unincorporated - Anaverde	150	9947
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	33	2651
Unincorporated - Arcadia	618	7743
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	6475	15256
Unincorporated - Athens Village	1086	22177
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	1094	16148
Unincorporated - Azusa	2387	14991
Unincorporated - Bassett	2644	17844
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	49	4567
Unincorporated - Bradbury	51	47222
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	861	11141
Unincorporated - Castaic*	3787	13927
Unincorporated - Cerritos	72	12266
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	41	5840
Unincorporated - Covina	2358	14020
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	1551	11800
Unincorporated - Del Aire	319	7262
Unincorporated - Del Rey	33	10377
Unincorporated - Del Sur	171	7081
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	367	14721
Unincorporated - Duarte	859	19399
Unincorporated - East Covina	35	10638
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	508	9599
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	17	14912
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	25096	20034
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	223	3483
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	2805	18324
Unincorporated - East Whittier	482	9084
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	846	9623
Unincorporated - El Monte	24	16552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	82	4937
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	13720	21204
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	72	10909
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	5276	9434
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	323	12848
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	45	4098
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	274	19405
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	1134	5727
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	16	2367
Unincorporated - La Rambla	275	13253
Unincorporated - La Verne*	167	8186
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	408	5770
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	42	6287
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	1610	12390
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	134	8156
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	3571	15842
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	114	6511
Unincorporated - Littlerock	539	13405
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	126	9715
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	540	15130
Unincorporated - Llano	41	4675
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	414	4399
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	377	9714
Unincorporated - Newhall	69	31364
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	165	13773
Unincorporated - North Whittier	1125	13457
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	1642	6831
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	11	5116
Unincorporated - Palmdale	111	13183
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	23	3704
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	129	6595
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	170	27464
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	3	652
Unincorporated - Pomona	61	3148
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	1237	9585
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	395	14844
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	93	9989
Unincorporated - Rosewood	166	12908
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	155	12992
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	509	15144
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	3679	7211
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	15	1748
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	3521	17413
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	39	1916
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	18	5844
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	164	61423
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	726	3899
Unincorporated - Saugus	135	87097
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	41	11517
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	28	6154
Unincorporated - South El Monte	348	19387
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	945	10680
Unincorporated - South Whittier	8460	14285
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	79	10115
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	1183	5642
Unincorporated - Sun Village	962	15938
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	197	15201
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	97	5850
Unincorporated - Val Verde	340	10275
Unincorporated - Valencia	201	6543
Unincorporated - Valinda	3790	16217
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	718	6171
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	3085	19110
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	58	3839
Unincorporated - West Carson	2291	10373
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	2	16667
Unincorporated - West LA	235	24685
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	1726	17550
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	201	14790
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	4261	15825
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	44	3385
Unincorporated - Westhills	44	5244
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	284	7711
Unincorporated - Whittier	321	8483
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	19	158333
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	6184	17713
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	524	8694
- Under Investigation	15150

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 27 cases 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.

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

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

Spanish https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
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Press Release: Public Health Urges Vaccinations and Safety Precautions as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Increase; Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Protected

Public Health Urges Vaccinations and Safety Precautions as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Increase; Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Protected 5 New Deaths and 1,107 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Public Health Urges Vaccinations and Safety Precautions as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Increase; Fully Vaccinated Healthcare Workers Protected
5 New Deaths and 1,107 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County