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Press Release: COVID-19 Outbreaks Continue in Correctional Facilities

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 09/14/2021 05:35 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
September 14, 2021

COVID-19 Outbreaks Continue in Correctional Facilities

27 New Deaths and 1,725 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is investigating 22 ongoing outbreaks in correctional and law enforcement settings; a slight increase from the 20 ongoing outbreaks in these settings reported a month ago on August 17. As of September 10, COVID-19 case counts associated with correctional facility outbreaks increased by 117 cases from the previous week when 176 new cases were reported.

To date, there have been 10,957 cases among people who are incarcerated and staff at correctional facilities. A total of 7,078 cases have been reported in county jail facilities (5,363 among people who are incarcerated and 1,715 among staff), 1,839 cases in state prison facilities (1,513 among people who are incarcerated and 326 among staff), 832 cases in the federal prison facilities (781 among people who are incarcerated and 51 among staff), and 728 cases in the juvenile facilities (265 among youth and 463 among staff).

To date, there have been 47 correctional facility deaths reported; 41 among people who were incarcerated and six among staff.

County, state and federal authorities continue to work to reduce the potential for outbreaks at prisons and jail facilities in Los Angeles County throughout the pandemic. Correctional facilities are required to verify the vaccination status of all workers and comply with respirator, masking, and testing mandates.

Today, Public Health confirms 27 new deaths and 1,725 new cases of COVID-19. Of the 27 new deaths reported today, five people who passed away were over the age of 80, 10 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, nine people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, and three people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49. To date, Public Health identified 1,435,163 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 25,713 deaths.

There are 1,224 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 30% of these people are in the ICU. Testing results are available for nearly 8,400,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today’s test positivity rate is 1.4%.

"Our deepest condolences go out to the families and friends mourning the loss of a loved one to COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “With the highly transmissible Delta variant accounting for all COVID-19 strains recently sequenced in L.A. County and with a continued high level of spread over months now, it remains essential to mask up and get vaccinated if you are eligible. While both vaccinated and unvaccinated people can get infected, being unvaccinated increase your chances four fold of becoming infected, 10 fold of being hospitalized and more than 10 fold for dying. The vaccine continues doing its very important work of dramatically reducing illness and suffering from COVID among the people who are vaccinated. The struggle now is to get enough people vaccinated to break the cycle of high rates of transmission. We continue working with our partners to increase vaccinations, our most powerful tool for ending the pandemic.”

Public Health encourages everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated. Anyone 12 and older living or working in L.A. County can get vaccinated against COVID-19. Many vaccination sites across the county, including all the County-run sites, are also offering third doses of vaccine to eligible immunocompromised people. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.

Visit: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish) to find a vaccination site near you, 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.

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	1435163
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1359743
-- Long Beach	62447
-- Pasadena	12973
Deaths	25713
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	24360
-- Long Beach	995
-- Pasadena	358
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	35298
- 5 to 11	73270
- 12 to 17	84878
- 18 to 29	324454
- 30 to 49	452309
- 50 to 64	252170
- 65 to 79	100465
- over 80	36092
- Under Investigation	807
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	686296
- Male	643259
- Other	734
- Under Investigation	29454
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2301
- Asian	64738
- Black	64180
- Hispanic/Latino	704421
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	4988
- White	163742
- Other	115555
- Under Investigation	239818
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	99289
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	53
- Asian	3235
- Black	2096
- Hispanic/Latino	12961
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	80
- White	5674
- Other	212
- Under Investigation	49
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1364	6532
City of Alhambra	7942	9158
City of Arcadia	3255	5636
City of Artesia	2403	14308
City of Avalon	28	724
City of Azusa	7192	14373
City of Baldwin Park	14328	18664
City of Bell	7384	20324
City of Bell Gardens	8953	20787
City of Bellflower	12606	16217
City of Beverly Hills	3510	10168
City of Bradbury	42	3929
City of Burbank	10781	10059
City of Calabasas	1691	6952
City of Carson	11694	12461
City of Cerritos	3621	7232
City of Claremont	2703	7409
City of Commerce*	2666	20399
City of Compton	19172	19190
City of Covina	7437	15168
City of Cudahy	5294	21744
City of Culver City	2806	7039
City of Diamond Bar	3876	6739
City of Downey	19911	17426
City of Duarte	2685	12196
City of El Monte	18677	15927
City of El Segundo	1013	6035
City of Gardena	7553	12319
City of Glendale	23937	11592
City of Glendora	5739	10877
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2518	17157
City of Hawthorne	12304	13858
City of Hermosa Beach	1461	7428
City of Hidden Hills	125	6614
City of Huntington Park	12120	20375
City of Industry	188	43021
City of Inglewood	16393	14433
City of Irwindale	297	20356
City of La Canada Flintridge	1007	4866
City of La Habra Heights	126	2310
City of La Mirada	5101	10284
City of La Puente	7380	18134
City of La Verne	3409	10243
City of Lakewood	9019	11223
City of Lancaster*	26889	16642
City of Lawndale	4173	12414
City of Lomita	1848	8915
City of Lynwood*	14625	20299
City of Malibu	630	4861
City of Manhattan Beach	1953	5425
City of Maywood	5690	20286
City of Monrovia	3808	9814
City of Montebello	11301	17555
City of Monterey Park	5447	8749
City of Norwalk	18156	16870
City of Palmdale	28535	17950
City of Palos Verdes Estates	636	4703
City of Paramount	11133	19872
City of Pico Rivera	12317	19160
City of Pomona	28227	18102
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	2011	4704
City of Redondo Beach	3911	5693
City of Rolling Hills	78	4021
City of Rolling Hills Estates	418	5152
City of Rosemead	5443	9834
City of San Dimas*	3850	11154
City of San Fernando	5886	23915
City of San Gabriel	3587	8759
City of San Marino	456	3435
City of Santa Clarita	25672	11647
City of Santa Fe Springs	3278	17850
City of Santa Monica	6357	6876
City of Sierra Madre	592	5387
City of Signal Hill	1392	11800
City of South El Monte	3752	17965
City of South Gate	20705	21094
City of South Pasadena	1637	6283
City of Temple City	2675	7338
City of Torrance	9282	6218
City of Vernon	135	64593
City of Walnut	2076	6799
City of West Covina	14766	13643
City of West Hollywood	3470	9391
City of Westlake Village	145	1734
City of Whittier	12770	14606
Los Angeles	585926	14487
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1341	16350
Los Angeles - Alsace	1794	14415
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	334	13349
Los Angeles - Arleta	7738	22514
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1675	11421
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	3472	11155
Los Angeles - Bel Air	540	6406
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	858	6850
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1234	9368
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	18987	21853
Los Angeles - Brentwood	2035	6574
Los Angeles - Brookside	45	7745
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	840	11796
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	10691	16375
Los Angeles - Carthay	1253	8724
Los Angeles - Central	8246	21148
Los Angeles - Century City	836	6535
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	7062	20915
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	4439	11978
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	624	6804
Los Angeles - Chinatown	907	11308
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1894	13014
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1794	11839
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1802	13031
Los Angeles - Crestview	1250	10996
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2571	8588
Los Angeles - Downtown*	5180	18832
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	4242	10715
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3678	12558
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1627	11413
Los Angeles - El Sereno	6936	16590
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	627	10977
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1457	14325
Los Angeles - Encino	4362	9656
Los Angeles - Exposition	435	13079
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	7071	15742
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	360	10000
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1564	17934
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	10262	21629
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	3913	12381
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1672	15533
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	7879	13540
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4434	20618
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1349	7917
Los Angeles - Harbor City	3121	10736
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5736	13156
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	215	8925
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2825	15664
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	8105	21365
Los Angeles - Highland Park	6520	13474
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2306	16626
Los Angeles - Hollywood	7404	10848
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	2231	7580
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	4511	15805
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1325	16413
Los Angeles - Koreatown	6202	11998
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	616	13512
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	6317	14967
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2601	19805
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	1998	13115
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5666	17382
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1302	16224
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	3160	11149
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	476	15193
Los Angeles - Longwood	659	15311
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1435	6641
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1224	14339
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	197	6306
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2767	6515
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	223	5115
Los Angeles - Melrose	9763	12566
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1482	9860
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1375	7645
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	4927	20424
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	3196	13237
Los Angeles - North Hills	10528	17098
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	24281	16035
Los Angeles - Northridge	9033	12942
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	1114	5232
Los Angeles - Pacoima	18802	24425
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	197	5122
Los Angeles - Palms	3294	7507
Los Angeles - Panorama City	14896	19795
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	864	6362
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7730	18474
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	167	5225
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	825	7536
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	3146	8840
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	499	7607
Los Angeles - Regent Square	324	11655
Los Angeles - Reseda	13209	17240
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	806	17386
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	327	7734
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	8987	11516
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	480	10806
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	7823	8966
Los Angeles - Silverlake	4065	9221
Los Angeles - South Carthay	937	8844
Los Angeles - South Park	8132	21422
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	764	16667
Los Angeles - Studio City	1885	8400
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	10556	20113
Los Angeles - Sunland	2668	13073
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	43	6646
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	18160	22039
Los Angeles - Tarzana	3981	12894
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	5772	14619
Los Angeles - Thai Town	1104	11255
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	717	8238
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	173	13247
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	142	7643
Los Angeles - Tujunga	3501	12589
Los Angeles - University Hills	312	9099
Los Angeles - University Park	4067	14813
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	4513	15035
Los Angeles - Valley Village	2704	10939
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	16489	17693
Los Angeles - Venice	2543	7505
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	3298	19174
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1692	22097
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	8591	20859
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	12061	23195
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1171	13942
Los Angeles - View Heights	282	7634
Los Angeles - Watts	8519	19963
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	675	13733
Los Angeles - West Adams	4552	16475
Los Angeles - West Hills	3813	9404
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	3167	8415
Los Angeles - West Vernon	11336	21132
Los Angeles - Westchester	3407	6602
Los Angeles - Westlake	8619	14521
Los Angeles - Westwood	3547	6555
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	7769	21504
Los Angeles - Wilmington	9614	17020
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	6404	12765
Los Angeles - Winnetka	7754	14973
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	6602	9701
Unincorporated - Acton	677	8493
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	376	9043
Unincorporated - Altadena	3940	9033
Unincorporated - Anaverde	170	11273
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	37	2972
Unincorporated - Arcadia	715	8959
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	7425	17494
Unincorporated - Athens Village	1172	23933
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	1253	18494
Unincorporated - Azusa	2621	16460
Unincorporated - Bassett	2853	19255
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	62	5778
Unincorporated - Bradbury	52	48148
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	1093	14143
Unincorporated - Castaic*	4276	15726
Unincorporated - Cerritos	76	12947
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	50	7123
Unincorporated - Covina	2662	15827
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	1766	13436
Unincorporated - Del Aire	381	8673
Unincorporated - Del Rey	41	12893
Unincorporated - Del Sur	226	9358
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	404	16205
Unincorporated - Duarte	938	21183
Unincorporated - East Covina	43	13070
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	620	11716
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	19	16667
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	27207	21719
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	237	3701
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	3075	20088
Unincorporated - East Whittier	562	10592
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	955	10863
Unincorporated - El Monte	24	16552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	98	5900
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	14856	22960
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	82	12424
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	5909	10566
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	349	13882
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	53	4827
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	301	21317
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	1379	6964
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	16	2367
Unincorporated - La Rambla	306	14747
Unincorporated - La Verne*	193	9461
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	543	7679
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	51	7635
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	1845	14199
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	173	10530
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	3875	17190
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	143	8167
Unincorporated - Littlerock	613	15245
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	142	10948
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	599	16783
Unincorporated - Llano	54	6157
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	639	6790
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	434	11183
Unincorporated - Newhall	70	31818
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	183	15275
Unincorporated - North Whittier	1244	14880
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	1845	7676
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	12	5581
Unincorporated - Palmdale	122	14489
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	31	4992
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	167	8538
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	188	30372
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	4	870
Unincorporated - Pomona	71	3664
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	1512	11715
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	465	17475
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	103	11063
Unincorporated - Rosewood	197	15319
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	191	16010
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	586	17435
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	4087	8010
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	18	2098
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	3817	18876
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	43	2113
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	22	7143
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	219	82022
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	959	5150
Unincorporated - Saugus	159	102581
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	46	12921
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	40	8791
Unincorporated - South El Monte	380	21170
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	1024	11573
Unincorporated - South Whittier	9441	15942
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	102	13060
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	1588	7574
Unincorporated - Sun Village	1028	17031
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	208	16049
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	132	7961
Unincorporated - Val Verde	411	12421
Unincorporated - Valencia	262	8529
Unincorporated - Valinda	4205	17992
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	957	8225
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	3321	20572
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	63	4169
Unincorporated - West Carson	2649	11994
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	214	22479
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	1893	19248
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	226	16630
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	4752	17649
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	56	4308
Unincorporated - Westhills	62	7390
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	347	9422
Unincorporated - Whittier	363	9593
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	54	450000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	7621	21829
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	624	10353
- Under Investigation	16636

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 27 cases and 2 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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