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Press Release: Vaccines Continue to Provide Powerful Protection Against the Delta Variant

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 07/29/2021 06:32 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
July 29, 2021

Vaccines Continue to Provide Powerful Protection Against the Delta Variant

3,248 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and 17 New Deaths

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is reporting 3,248 new cases of COVID-19, a 17% increase over last week. The daily average case rate is now 15.7 cases per 100,000 people, an increase of 21.7% from last week’s rate of 12.9 cases per 100,000 people. This is a significantly smaller rate of increase than seen last week, where cases increased over 80% from the prior week.

Over the last few weeks, case rates have risen precipitously among unvaccinated people. In June, 80% of all new cases were among those not vaccinated. While cases are also rising among vaccinated people, this increase is smaller and slower than it is in unvaccinated people. Between May 1 and July 17 of this year, our county had 3,167 hospitalized COVID cases: 92% were among unvaccinated or partially vaccinated individuals, and 8%, were among those fully vaccinated. These trends contribute the certainty that the vaccines are working as intended: although vaccinated people are seeing a rise in new COVID diagnoses, they are primarily experiencing their infections not as severe illnesses that bring them to the emergency room, but as bad colds. As the data shows, unvaccinated people simply cannot have the same level of confidence that an infection with this virus will lead to mild illness.

To date, Public Health has identified 1,293,450 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 24,675 deaths. Of the 17 new deaths reported today, four people that passed away were over the age of 80, three people that passed away were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, and 10 people who passed away were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old.

Testing results are available for nearly 7,300,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today's daily test positivity rate is 5.17%, an increase of less than half a percentage point (0.44) from last week’s rate of 4.73%, which was itself an increase of nearly a full percentage point over the previous week. This also suggests that our rate of increase may be stabilizing.

Specimens sequenced by several labs serving Southern California, including the L.A. County Public Health lab show the Delta variant is on the rise. Sequences collected between July 18 and 24 show that the Delta variant was isolated in 96% of the 675 specimens sequenced that week. This is consistent with the rise of Delta nationwide and CDC estimates. Given nearly 4 million residents in L.A. County are not yet vaccinated, risk of increased spread of this variant within our County remains extremely high. This now-predominant strain is more efficiently transmitted between people, likely due to its faster replication, higher viral load, and greater affinity for lower respiratory tract cells compared with earlier COVID strains.

With high rates of transmission in the county, Public Health remains focused on mitigation strategies to reduce the spread of the virus. The most powerful tool we have for lowering viral transmission remains vaccinations. There is ample data and science that prove the vaccines are both safe and effective at preventing serious illness and death.

“For all of those in our County who have lost a loved one to COVID-19, we extend our deepest condolences to you and your family,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Vaccinations are critically important to reducing the impact of rising infection on our residents. The science on this variant shows that it is different from earlier variants of COVID: it replicates faster and more efficiently in respiratory tract cells, which means that infected people may now spread up to 1,000 times more virus particles with every cough, sneeze, or shout than they did a year ago. They may also spread the virus efficiently 2 days earlier in their illness course than did people who were infected a year ago. A more infectious variant indicates infected people have more opportunities to transmit the virus and can do so more efficiently before they realize they were even exposed. And while vaccinated people are extremely unlikely to get severely ill from COVID, there is a small risk of getting infected, and transmitting the virus. This is why we are asking everyone to wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status.”

Increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant is leading to case increases across all racial and ethnic groups. In keeping with recent trends, over the month preceding July 17, all groups saw an increase in cases, with the highest case rate observed among Black residents, whose case rate rose from 43 cases per 100,000 people to 181 cases per 100,000 people, an increase of 320%. There were also significant increases in case rates for all groups, with increases of 182% in Latinx residents, 361% in White residents, and 371% in Asian residents. The more recent case incidence rate in Black residents is more than twice that in White residents, and also important to note that now White residents, who have traditionally experienced lower case rates than Latinx and Black residents, are the group with the next highest case rate.

Over the same interval, hospitalization rates have been trending upward by 35 to 90% in Black, Latinx, and Asian residents, and we have seen deaths begin to trend upward among Black, Latinx, White and Asian residents by 71%.

To find a vaccination site near you, make an appointment at vaccination sites, and much more, visit: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish). 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. Appointments and photo identification are not needed for adults 18 and older at any of the county vaccination sites.

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	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	1293450	3248
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1226022	3079
-- Long Beach	55643	140
-- Pasadena	11,785	29
Deaths	24675	17
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	23372	17
-- Long Beach	951	0
-- Pasadena	352	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	30638
- 5 to 11	59199
- 12 to 17	73410
- 18 to 29	293400
- 30 to 49	409060
- 50 to 64	233230
- 65 to 79	92706
- over 80	33696
- Under Investigation	683
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	621116
- Male	581321
- Other	667
- Under Investigation	22918
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2082
- Asian	58659
- Black	52834
- Hispanic/Latino	647993
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	4447
- White	139795
- Other	103790
- Under Investigation	216422
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	92290
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	52
- Asian	3179
- Black	1955
- Hispanic/Latino	12539
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	69
- White	5379
- Other	165
- Under Investigation	34
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1140	5459
City of Alhambra	7149	8243
City of Arcadia	2900	5021
City of Artesia	2138	12730
City of Avalon	19	491
City of Azusa	6482	12954
City of Baldwin Park	13395	17448
City of Bell	6918	19041
City of Bell Gardens	8498	19730
City of Bellflower	11224	14439
City of Beverly Hills	3035	8792
City of Bradbury	39	3648
City of Burbank	9522	8884
City of Calabasas	1422	5846
City of Carson	10357	11036
City of Cerritos	3214	6419
City of Claremont	2370	6496
City of Commerce*	2465	18861
City of Compton	17653	17670
City of Covina	6610	13481
City of Cudahy	4902	20134
City of Culver City	2428	6091
City of Diamond Bar	3431	5965
City of Downey	18101	15842
City of Duarte	2399	10897
City of El Monte	17531	14949
City of El Segundo	820	4885
City of Gardena	6715	10953
City of Glendale	21207	10270
City of Glendora	5021	9516
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2308	15726
City of Hawthorne	11072	12470
City of Hermosa Beach	1140	5796
City of Hidden Hills	102	5397
City of Huntington Park	11422	19202
City of Industry	174	39817
City of Inglewood	14613	12866
City of Irwindale	257	17615
City of La Canada Flintridge	821	3968
City of La Habra Heights	121	2218
City of La Mirada	4473	9018
City of La Puente	6845	16819
City of La Verne	3001	9017
City of Lakewood	7781	9682
City of Lancaster*	23395	14480
City of Lawndale	3761	11189
City of Lomita	1571	7579
City of Lynwood*	13628	18915
City of Malibu	504	3889
City of Manhattan Beach	1532	4256
City of Maywood	5315	18949
City of Monrovia	3321	8559
City of Montebello	10439	16216
City of Monterey Park	4971	7984
City of Norwalk	16611	15435
City of Palmdale	25582	16093
City of Palos Verdes Estates	530	3920
City of Paramount	10242	18282
City of Pico Rivera	11407	17745
City of Pomona	25168	16140
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	1661	3886
City of Redondo Beach	3179	4628
City of Rolling Hills	64	3299
City of Rolling Hills Estates	328	4043
City of Rosemead	5068	9156
City of San Dimas*	3363	9743
City of San Fernando	5415	22001
City of San Gabriel	3342	8160
City of San Marino	398	2998
City of Santa Clarita	21830	9904
City of Santa Fe Springs	2973	16189
City of Santa Monica	5402	5843
City of Sierra Madre	510	4641
City of Signal Hill	1216	10308
City of South El Monte	3487	16696
City of South Gate	19149	19509
City of South Pasadena	1396	5358
City of Temple City	2439	6690
City of Torrance	7946	5323
City of Vernon	128	61244
City of Walnut	1843	6036
City of West Covina	13338	12323
City of West Hollywood	2857	7732
City of Westlake Village	125	1495
City of Whittier	11486	13137
Los Angeles	529219	13085
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1231	15009
Los Angeles - Alsace	1662	13355
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	309	12350
Los Angeles - Arleta	7235	21050
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1499	10221
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	2983	9584
Los Angeles - Bel Air	465	5517
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	739	5900
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1032	7834
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	17774	20457
Los Angeles - Brentwood	1754	5666
Los Angeles - Brookside	37	6368
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	767	10771
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	9740	14918
Los Angeles - Carthay	1066	7422
Los Angeles - Central	7759	19899
Los Angeles - Century City	701	5480
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	6479	19188
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	3892	10502
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	515	5616
Los Angeles - Chinatown	787	9812
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1681	11551
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1621	10698
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1567	11331
Los Angeles - Crestview	1093	9615
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2233	7459
Los Angeles - Downtown*	4564	16592
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	3853	9733
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3386	11561
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1427	10010
Los Angeles - El Sereno	6382	15265
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	548	9594
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1346	13234
Los Angeles - Encino	3742	8284
Los Angeles - Exposition	388	11666
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	6481	14429
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	304	8444
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1412	16191
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	9494	20011
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	3547	11223
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1440	13378
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	6969	11976
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4094	19037
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1164	6831
Los Angeles - Harbor City	2730	9391
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5186	11894
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	182	7555
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2656	14727
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	7470	19692
Los Angeles - Highland Park	6028	12457
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2155	15537
Los Angeles - Hollywood	6300	9230
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	1829	6214
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	3986	13966
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1214	15038
Los Angeles - Koreatown	5780	11181
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	558	12240
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	5680	13458
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2383	18145
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	1729	11349
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5257	16127
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1201	14966
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	2923	10313
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	420	13406
Los Angeles - Longwood	614	14266
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1182	5470
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1028	12043
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	175	5602
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2344	5519
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	169	3876
Los Angeles - Melrose	8802	11329
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1335	8882
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1153	6411
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	4506	18678
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	2961	12263
Los Angeles - North Hills	9647	15667
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	21954	14499
Los Angeles - Northridge	8059	11546
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	933	4382
Los Angeles - Pacoima	17632	22905
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	167	4342
Los Angeles - Palms	2855	6507
Los Angeles - Panorama City	13900	18472
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	733	5398
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7277	17392
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	135	4224
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	685	6257
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	2674	7514
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	424	6463
Los Angeles - Regent Square	277	9964
Los Angeles - Reseda	11946	15592
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	728	15703
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	283	6693
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	7711	9881
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	423	9523
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	6575	7535
Los Angeles - Silverlake	3484	7903
Los Angeles - South Carthay	799	7541
Los Angeles - South Park	7498	19752
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	725	15816
Los Angeles - Studio City	1578	7032
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	9787	18648
Los Angeles - Sunland	2394	11731
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	39	6028
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	16686	20250
Los Angeles - Tarzana	3506	11355
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	5280	13373
Los Angeles - Thai Town	965	9838
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	593	6813
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	155	11868
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	119	6405
Los Angeles - Tujunga	3073	11050
Los Angeles - University Hills	285	8311
Los Angeles - University Park	3701	13480
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	4039	13456
Los Angeles - Valley Village	2257	9130
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	15144	16250
Los Angeles - Venice	2042	6026
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	2952	17163
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1540	20112
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	7806	18953
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	11308	21747
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1094	13025
Los Angeles - View Heights	247	6687
Los Angeles - Watts	7777	18224
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	604	12289
Los Angeles - West Adams	4176	15114
Los Angeles - West Hills	3293	8122
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	2694	7158
Los Angeles - West Vernon	10456	19491
Los Angeles - Westchester	2856	5535
Los Angeles - Westlake	8006	13488
Los Angeles - Westwood	3056	5648
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	6645	18392
Los Angeles - Wilmington	8723	15442
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	5851	11662
Los Angeles - Winnetka	7071	13654
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	5561	8171
Unincorporated - Acton	518	6499
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	308	7407
Unincorporated - Altadena	3517	8063
Unincorporated - Anaverde	154	10212
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	34	2731
Unincorporated - Arcadia	646	8094
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	6682	15744
Unincorporated - Athens Village	1108	22626
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	1120	16531
Unincorporated - Azusa	2423	15217
Unincorporated - Bassett	2674	18047
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	51	4753
Unincorporated - Bradbury	52	48148
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	907	11737
Unincorporated - Castaic*	3893	14317
Unincorporated - Cerritos	72	12266
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	41	5840
Unincorporated - Covina	2409	14323
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	1589	12089
Unincorporated - Del Aire	329	7489
Unincorporated - Del Rey	37	11635
Unincorporated - Del Sur	178	7371
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	375	15042
Unincorporated - Duarte	873	19715
Unincorporated - East Covina	39	11854
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	524	9902
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	17	14912
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	25368	20251
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	225	3514
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	2862	18696
Unincorporated - East Whittier	493	9291
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	872	9919
Unincorporated - El Monte	24	16552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	84	5057
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	13873	21440
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	76	11515
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	5399	9654
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	328	13047
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	45	4098
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	280	19830
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	1186	5990
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	16	2367
Unincorporated - La Rambla	283	13639
Unincorporated - La Verne*	171	8382
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	449	6350
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	43	6437
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	1647	12675
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	145	8825
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	3623	16072
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	122	6967
Unincorporated - Littlerock	543	13504
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	129	9946
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	545	15270
Unincorporated - Llano	41	4675
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	495	5260
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	389	10023
Unincorporated - Newhall	69	31364
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	166	13856
Unincorporated - North Whittier	1159	13864
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	1676	6973
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	11	5116
Unincorporated - Palmdale	111	13183
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	26	4187
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	134	6851
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	175	28271
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	4	870
Unincorporated - Pomona	61	3148
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	1284	9949
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	421	15821
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	95	10204
Unincorporated - Rosewood	169	13142
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	164	13747
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	526	15650
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	3753	7356
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	15	1748
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	3563	17620
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	40	1966
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	18	5844
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	166	62172
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	792	4253
Unincorporated - Saugus	140	90323
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	46	12921
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	35	7692
Unincorporated - South El Monte	354	19721
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	957	10816
Unincorporated - South Whittier	8598	14518
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	85	10883
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	1278	6096
Unincorporated - Sun Village	969	16054
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	198	15278
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	106	6393
Unincorporated - Val Verde	352	10638
Unincorporated - Valencia	216	7031
Unincorporated - Valinda	3853	16486
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	781	6713
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	3119	19321
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	58	3839
Unincorporated - West Carson	2361	10690
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	197	20693
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	1751	17804
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	207	15232
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	4325	16063
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	46	3538
Unincorporated - Westhills	49	5840
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	292	7928
Unincorporated - Whittier	332	8774
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	47	391667
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	6410	18360
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	549	9109
- Under Investigation	15241

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 24 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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