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Press Release: COVID Vaccines are Extraordinarily Safe, Effective Against the Virus and Variants of the Virus and Readily Available Without an Appointment

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 07/31/2021 03:59 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
July 31, 2021

COVID Vaccines are Extraordinarily Safe, Effective Against the Virus and Variants of the Virus, and Readily Available Without an Apppointment

3,318 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and 11 New Deaths

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 11 new deaths and 3,318 new cases of COVID-19. Of the new deaths reported today, three people who died were over the age of 80, three people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, three people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, and two people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49 years old.

To date, Public Health identified 1,300,313 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 24,682 deaths. There are 1,008 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 23% of these people are in the ICU. This is an additional 320 people hospitalized since last Saturday, an increase of 45% in hospitalizations in one week.

Testing results are available for over 7,322,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today's daily test positivity rate is 6.1%.

The evidence continues to show that the vaccination offers the most protection from COVID and the variants of the virus. Each of the vaccines has been thoroughly tested and continues to undergo intense safety monitoring. All three vaccines being administered in L.A. County are highly effective in preventing serious disease, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19.

To make it as easy as possible for eligible residents to get vaccinated, Public Health continues to offer vaccines at many different sites across the county. This week there are 772 sites offering vaccinations including pharmacies, clinics, community sites, and hospitals, and many of the vaccination sites are concentrated in areas that have been hard hit by the pandemic. There are also 322 sites where Public Health mobile teams are offering vaccinations this week.

Beginning this weekend, all five county-run vaccination sites will be open on Sundays (11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Norwalk, Commerce, and Ted Watkins; 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Balboa and Obregon).

L.A. County residents and workers 12 years and older are eligible to receive a vaccine. Vaccines are always free; you do not need to have health insurance, you do not need a government issued ID, and you will not be asked about your immigration status.

“The sorrow caused by COVID-19 has been tremendous; all those mourning the loss of a loved one, we mourn with you and wish you peace and healing,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Over the past eight months, millions of people in the U.S., and around the world, have been safely vaccinated. The data overwhelmingly shows the vaccines to be effective at preventing serious illness that causes hospitalization, and death. To really beat back transmission, however, we need to have higher levels of vaccination, particularly among our younger residents. The tragic reality is that almost every single person hospitalized and dying from COVID-19 is unvaccinated and these hospitalizations and deaths are, for the most part, preventable. We recognize that many teens and young adults that have not yet been vaccinated have heard or read that the vaccines aren’t safe and that COVID causes only mild illness. Neither is true. Almost 25,000 LA County residents have died from COVID-19, and COVID is now the leading cause of death. And the three authorized vaccines used in the United States have undergone the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history. This monitoring includes using both established and new safety monitoring systems to look at all the reports of potential side effects and results from these monitoring efforts are reassuring. To date, the systems in place to monitor the safety of these vaccines have found only three very rare types of health problems after vaccination and the scientific and medical communities have determined that the benefits of the vaccine overwhelming outweigh the very small risk that a person getting vaccinated would experience one of these serious side effects. With huge increases in cases and hospitalizations across the entire county, the three COVID vaccines are powerfully protective and extraordinarily safe. If you are eligible to get vaccinated, please get informed and vaccinated so that you can protect yourself and our LA County community.”

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	1300313	3318
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1232551	3117
-- Long Beach	55885	146
-- Pasadena	11,877	55
Deaths	24682	11
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	23377	11
-- Long Beach	953	0
-- Pasadena	352	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	30837
- 5 to 11	59663
- 12 to 17	73840
- 18 to 29	295134
- 30 to 49	411481
- 50 to 64	234128
- 65 to 79	93015
- over 80	33770
- Under Investigation	683
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	624372
- Male	584323
- Other	671
- Under Investigation	23185
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2088
- Asian	58925
- Black	53612
- Hispanic/Latino	650126
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	4484
- White	141006
- Other	104605
- Under Investigation	217705
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	1229471
- Hospitalized (Ever)	92439
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	52
- Asian	3179
- Black	1956
- Hispanic/Latino	12539
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	69
- White	5378
- Other	168
- Under Investigation	36
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1154	5526
City of Alhambra	7199	8301
City of Arcadia	2917	5051
City of Artesia	2142	12754
City of Avalon	19	491
City of Azusa	6523	13036
City of Baldwin Park	13426	17489
City of Bell	6936	19091
City of Bell Gardens	8509	19756
City of Bellflower	11313	14553
City of Beverly Hills	3069	8890
City of Bradbury	39	3648
City of Burbank	9577	8935
City of Calabasas	1431	5883
City of Carson	10405	11087
City of Cerritos	3232	6455
City of Claremont	2380	6523
City of Commerce*	2473	18923
City of Compton	17733	17750
City of Covina	6651	13565
City of Cudahy	4920	20208
City of Culver City	2449	6143
City of Diamond Bar	3453	6004
City of Downey	18189	15919
City of Duarte	2410	10947
City of El Monte	17576	14988
City of El Segundo	832	4957
City of Gardena	6765	11034
City of Glendale	21345	10337
City of Glendora	5054	9579
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2319	15801
City of Hawthorne	11143	12550
City of Hermosa Beach	1162	5907
City of Hidden Hills	103	5450
City of Huntington Park	11446	19242
City of Industry	174	39817
City of Inglewood	14755	12991
City of Irwindale	258	17683
City of La Canada Flintridge	829	4006
City of La Habra Heights	121	2218
City of La Mirada	4496	9065
City of La Puente	6868	16876
City of La Verne	3016	9062
City of Lakewood	7844	9761
City of Lancaster*	23546	14573
City of Lawndale	3782	11251
City of Lomita	1577	7608
City of Lynwood*	13685	18995
City of Malibu	514	3966
City of Manhattan Beach	1560	4333
City of Maywood	5333	19013
City of Monrovia	3344	8619
City of Montebello	10469	16263
City of Monterey Park	5004	8037
City of Norwalk	16675	15494
City of Palmdale	25691	16161
City of Palos Verdes Estates	537	3971
City of Paramount	10281	18351
City of Pico Rivera	11431	17782
City of Pomona	25248	16192
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	1678	3925
City of Redondo Beach	3208	4670
City of Rolling Hills	64	3299
City of Rolling Hills Estates	331	4080
City of Rosemead	5076	9171
City of San Dimas*	3384	9804
City of San Fernando	5437	22091
City of San Gabriel	3349	8177
City of San Marino	399	3005
City of Santa Clarita	21987	9975
City of Santa Fe Springs	2982	16238
City of Santa Monica	5466	5913
City of Sierra Madre	513	4668
City of Signal Hill	1232	10443
City of South El Monte	3496	16739
City of South Gate	19215	19576
City of South Pasadena	1412	5420
City of Temple City	2445	6707
City of Torrance	8012	5368
City of Vernon	129	61722
City of Walnut	1853	6069
City of West Covina	13413	12392
City of West Hollywood	2929	7927
City of Westlake Village	126	1507
City of Whittier	11530	13187
Los Angeles	532031	13154
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1233	15033
Los Angeles - Alsace	1667	13395
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	309	12350
Los Angeles - Arleta	7259	21120
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1501	10235
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	3018	9696
Los Angeles - Bel Air	468	5552
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	751	5996
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1040	7895
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	17809	20497
Los Angeles - Brentwood	1775	5734
Los Angeles - Brookside	37	6368
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	770	10813
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	9775	14972
Los Angeles - Carthay	1071	7457
Los Angeles - Central	7770	19927
Los Angeles - Century City	709	5543
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	6498	19244
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	3913	10558
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	520	5670
Los Angeles - Chinatown	794	9899
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1690	11613
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1630	10757
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1579	11418
Los Angeles - Crestview	1099	9667
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2254	7529
Los Angeles - Downtown*	4600	16723
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	3874	9786
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3398	11602
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1433	10052
Los Angeles - El Sereno	6408	15327
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	551	9646
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1352	13293
Los Angeles - Encino	3779	8366
Los Angeles - Exposition	389	11696
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	6504	14480
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	308	8556
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1416	16237
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	9515	20055
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	3564	11277
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1459	13554
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	7003	12035
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4103	19079
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1175	6896
Los Angeles - Harbor City	2741	9429
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5223	11979
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	182	7555
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2666	14782
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	7506	19786
Los Angeles - Highland Park	6056	12515
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2164	15602
Los Angeles - Hollywood	6379	9346
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	1858	6312
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	4009	14046
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1221	15124
Los Angeles - Koreatown	5797	11214
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	562	12327
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	5708	13524
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2397	18252
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	1746	11460
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5276	16186
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1206	15028
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	2938	10366
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	422	13470
Los Angeles - Longwood	614	14266
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1195	5530
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1039	12172
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	176	5634
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2380	5604
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	172	3945
Los Angeles - Melrose	8846	11385
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1346	8955
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1167	6489
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	4531	18782
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	2975	12321
Los Angeles - North Hills	9682	15724
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	22096	14592
Los Angeles - Northridge	8106	11614
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	942	4424
Los Angeles - Pacoima	17681	22969
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	168	4368
Los Angeles - Palms	2881	6566
Los Angeles - Panorama City	13940	18525
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	739	5442
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7294	17432
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	135	4224
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	690	6303
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	2696	7576
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	429	6540
Los Angeles - Regent Square	279	10036
Los Angeles - Reseda	12009	15674
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	730	15746
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	285	6741
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	7752	9934
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	430	9680
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	6649	7620
Los Angeles - Silverlake	3513	7969
Los Angeles - South Carthay	811	7655
Los Angeles - South Park	7534	19847
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	726	15838
Los Angeles - Studio City	1602	7139
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	9825	18720
Los Angeles - Sunland	2412	11819
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	39	6028
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	16762	20343
Los Angeles - Tarzana	3527	11423
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	5300	13424
Los Angeles - Thai Town	976	9950
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	599	6882
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	155	11868
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	122	6566
Los Angeles - Tujunga	3099	11143
Los Angeles - University Hills	285	8311
Los Angeles - University Park	3709	13509
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	4073	13569
Los Angeles - Valley Village	2280	9223
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	15200	16310
Los Angeles - Venice	2083	6147
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	2976	17302
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1550	20243
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	7835	19023
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	11322	21774
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1099	13085
Los Angeles - View Heights	248	6714
Los Angeles - Watts	7811	18304
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	609	12391
Los Angeles - West Adams	4194	15179
Los Angeles - West Hills	3321	8191
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	2720	7227
Los Angeles - West Vernon	10487	19549
Los Angeles - Westchester	2896	5612
Los Angeles - Westlake	8048	13559
Los Angeles - Westwood	3096	5722
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	6689	18514
Los Angeles - Wilmington	8761	15510
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	5881	11722
Los Angeles - Winnetka	7096	13703
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	5633	8277
Unincorporated - Acton	521	6536
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	311	7480
Unincorporated - Altadena	3548	8134
Unincorporated - Anaverde	154	10212
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	34	2731
Unincorporated - Arcadia	648	8119
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	6711	15812
Unincorporated - Athens Village	1111	22687
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	1123	16576
Unincorporated - Azusa	2427	15242
Unincorporated - Bassett	2682	18101
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	51	4753
Unincorporated - Bradbury	52	48148
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	920	11905
Unincorporated - Castaic*	3910	14380
Unincorporated - Cerritos	73	12436
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	41	5840
Unincorporated - Covina	2417	14371
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	1599	12165
Unincorporated - Del Aire	335	7626
Unincorporated - Del Rey	37	11635
Unincorporated - Del Sur	178	7371
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	375	15042
Unincorporated - Duarte	877	19806
Unincorporated - East Covina	39	11854
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	527	9958
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	17	14912
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	25430	20300
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	226	3530
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	2869	18742
Unincorporated - East Whittier	496	9348
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	877	9976
Unincorporated - El Monte	24	16552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	85	5117
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	13910	21498
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	76	11515
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	5428	9706
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	328	13047
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	45	4098
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	280	19830
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	1192	6020
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	16	2367
Unincorporated - La Rambla	283	13639
Unincorporated - La Verne*	171	8382
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	460	6505
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	43	6437
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	1653	12721
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	149	9069
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	3631	16108
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	122	6967
Unincorporated - Littlerock	547	13604
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	129	9946
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	548	15354
Unincorporated - Llano	41	4675
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	500	5313
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	390	10049
Unincorporated - Newhall	69	31364
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	170	14190
Unincorporated - North Whittier	1165	13935
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	1683	7002
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	11	5116
Unincorporated - Palmdale	112	13302
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	26	4187
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	135	6902
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	178	28756
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	4	870
Unincorporated - Pomona	62	3199
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	1292	10011
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	423	15896
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	95	10204
Unincorporated - Rosewood	170	13219
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	167	13998
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	527	15680
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	3760	7369
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	15	1748
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	3575	17680
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	40	1966
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	18	5844
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	168	62921
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	796	4275
Unincorporated - Saugus	142	91613
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	8645	14598
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	88	11268
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	1292	6162
Unincorporated - Sun Village	974	16137
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	198	15278
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	112	6755
Unincorporated - Val Verde	355	10728
Unincorporated - Valencia	220	7161
Unincorporated - Valinda	3867	16546
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	792	6807
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	3121	19333
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	58	3839
Unincorporated - West Carson	2376	10758
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	199	20903
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	1756	17855
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	207	15232
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	4347	16145
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	47	3615
Unincorporated - Westhills	52	6198
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	295	8010
Unincorporated - Whittier	335	8853
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	56	466667
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	6468	18526
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	555	9209
- Under Investigation	15481

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 37 cases and 5 deaths 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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