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Press Release: With Increases in Worksite Outbreaks and Positive Cases, the LA County Public Transit Masking Requirement Is Extended and Employers Are Urged to Use Safety Measures That Protect Workers and Customers

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 05/20/2022 02:50 PM PDT

For Immediate Release:
May 20, 2022

With Increases in Worksite Outbreaks and Positive Cases, the LA County Public Transit Masking Requirement Is Extended and Employers Are Urged to Use Safety Measures That Protect Workers and Customers

3,180 New Positive Cases and 10 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

As case and test positivity rates and hospitalizations increase in LA County, masking will continue to be required in all public transit and indoor transportation hubs within LA County.

Many residents and workers require public transportation to get to their jobs, secure essential goods and services, and connect with family and friends.

Traveling on public transportation increases a person’s risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 by bringing people in close contact with others, often for prolonged periods, in poorly ventilated spaces.

To reduce this risk, the County’s Health Officer Order continues to require masks to be worn by everyone, 2 years of age and older, regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status, on public transit and indoor transportation hubs within the county. This includes wearing masks on commuter trains, subways, buses, taxis, ride-shares, airport and bus terminals, train and subway stations, seaport or other indoor port terminals, or any other indoor area that serves as a transportation hub.

Public Health will reassess this masking requirement when either the COVID-19 community transmission level in Los Angeles County decreases to moderate (<50 weekly cases/100,000 people) or within 30 days, whichever occurs first.

Worksite transmission is also increasing in Los Angeles County and employers are urged to use common sense strategies to help keep employees and customers safe.

The early alert metrics continue to document increased transmission at worksites, with 227 worksite cluster reports received between May 11th through noon on May 17th. This is more than 6 times as many clusters we reported for a 7-day period one month ago.

Of these worksite clusters, 42% were reported from the Retail Trade sector alone, including in Building Material, Garden Equipment and Supply Dealers, and Food and Beverage Stores. Manufacturing, the second most frequent sector represented, accounted for 17% of all worksite cluster reports received.

The vaccines continue to offer strong protection against the virus, and vaccination partners may be able to provide vaccination services for your workplace, organization, or special event. These mobile units offer vaccines and boosters to employees and customers and can be arranged by filling out this form or finding a provider at http://ph.lacounty.gov/acd/ncorona2019/vaccine/providerfinder/ and contacting them directly.

Employers are required to provide all employees at indoor worksites, where masking is optional, with medical grade masks and respirators for voluntary use.

In order to reduce transmission at worksites, employers are required to report any cluster of worksite COVID-19 cases to the Department of Public Health. A cluster is three or more laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the worksite within a 14-day period. Reports to Public Health should be made as soon as possible and no later than 48 hours after reports or knowledge of at least three cases. Worksites can report a cluster to Public Health online or by phone: 1-888-397-3993. If Public Health determines that there is an outbreak at a worksite, employees are required to mask both indoors and, if they can’t be socially distanced, outdoors as well.

Residents or workers who are a close contact to someone with COVID-19 and have no symptoms are not required to quarantine but must wear a highly protective mask around others, monitor their health for 10 days and get tested 3-5 days after they were last exposed. If they test positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, they don’t need to test unless they get symptoms. If their test result is positive, they must isolate.

Some close contacts must quarantine or be excluded from work if they live or work in select high-risk settings, including emergency shelters and cooling and heating centers; homeless shelters; healthcare settings; long-term care centers; adult and senior care facilities; and local correctional facilities and detention centers.

Some close contacts in other settings may be required to be excluded from work by their employer.

Workers concerned about possible COVID-19 violations or other workplace safety concerns have several options for filing a complaint. To file a complaint with Public Health, which can be submitted anonymously, workers can call the Environmental Health Customer Call Center at (888) 700-9995 or click on the “Report a Problem” at www.ph.lacounty.gov/eh. To file a complaint with Cal/OSHA about employee safety, workplace safety, or hazardous conditions, workers can call (833) 579-0927 or email the local Cal/OSHA Enforcement Office that serves the location of the job site.

“I send my deepest sympathies and wishes of peace and comfort to the many families who have lost a loved one from COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As we move into the CDC’s Medium Community Level and see elevated levels of concern among our early alert signals, the task in front of us is similar to work we had to do at other points over the past 2 ½ years: slowing transmission. We know what works- masking, testing, and vaccination, along with systems and policies that support the use of these and other effective safety measures. If each of us takes advantage of the good access to these effective resources, I am hopeful that we can slow transmission again, prevent strain on our healthcare system, and protect each other.”

Today, Public Health reported 10 additional deaths and 3,180 new positive cases today. Of the 10 new deaths reported today, one was between the ages of 50-64, one was between the ages of 65-79, and seven were aged 80 years or older. Of the 10 newly reported deaths, six had underlying health conditions. One death was reported by the City of Long Beach. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 32,074.

Public Health has reported a total of 2,929,950 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today’s positivity rate is 3.7%.

There are 401 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 11,957,743 individuals, with 22% of people testing positive.

A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov including:

COVID-19 Daily Data (cases, deaths, testing, testing positivity rate, mortality rate, and hospitalizations)
Gender, Age, Race/Ethnicity and City/Community Cases and Deaths
Recovery Metrics
Contact Tracing Metrics
Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance
Outbreaks:

Residential Congregate Settings
Non-Residential Settings
Homeless Service Settings

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
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

For more information:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,929,950
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	2,772,679
-- Long Beach	127,749
-- Pasadena	29,522
Deaths	32,074
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	30,392
-- Long Beach	1,268
-- Pasadena	414
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	85153
- 5 to 11	246418
- 12 to 17	240920
- 18 to 29	617653
- 30 to 49	885123
- 50 to 64	458414
- 65 to 79	178940
- over 80	57998
- Under Investigation	2060
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	1411877
- Male	1283236
- Other	1222
- Under Investigation	76344
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	5095
- Asian	176290
- Black	139464
- Hispanic/Latino	1250686
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	14042
- White	364863
- Other	307413
- Under Investigation	514826
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)***	138,333
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	73
- Asian	3794
- Black	2816
- Hispanic/Latino	15612
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	112
- White	7586
- Other	309
- Under Investigation	90
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	4429	21209
City of Alhambra	17764	20483
City of Arcadia	8591	14875
City of Artesia	4281	25490
City of Avalon	64	1654
City of Azusa	13950	27878
City of Baldwin Park	23252	30288
City of Bell	14071	38729
City of Bell Gardens	14278	33150
City of Bellflower	23742	30542
City of Beverly Hills	8831	25582
City of Bradbury	67	6268
City of Burbank	23572	21993
City of Calabasas	4255	17494
City of Carson	26300	28025
City of Cerritos	8852	17680
City of Claremont	7362	20179
City of Commerce*	4580	35045
City of Compton	33446	33478
City of Covina	14976	30543
City of Cudahy	10137	41636
City of Culver City	7974	20003
City of Diamond Bar	9571	16641
City of Downey	36593	32025
City of Duarte	5332	24219
City of El Monte	33514	28579
City of El Segundo	2989	17807
City of Gardena	16726	27281
City of Glendale	45853	22206
City of Glendora	12092	22917
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4217	28734
City of Hawthorne	23103	26021
City of Hermosa Beach	3527	17931
City of Hidden Hills	279	14762
City of Huntington Park	22310	37506
City of Industry	408	93364
City of Inglewood	30018	26428
City of Irwindale	541	37080
City of La Canada Flintridge	3145	15198
City of La Habra Heights	168	3080
City of La Mirada	10764	21702
City of La Puente	12887	31666
City of La Verne	7248	21778
City of Lakewood	19614	24407
City of Lancaster*	51567	31916
City of Lawndale	8304	24704
City of Lomita	4463	21530
City of Lynwood*	25044	34761
City of Malibu	2259	17429
City of Manhattan Beach	5388	14967
City of Maywood	10694	38126
City of Monrovia	8551	22039
City of Montebello	19563	30389
City of Monterey Park	12073	19391
City of Norwalk	33722	31334
City of Palmdale	53684	33770
City of Palos Verdes Estates	1624	12010
City of Paramount	19140	34165
City of Pico Rivera	21313	33154
City of Pomona	52761	33836
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	5234	12244
City of Redondo Beach	10783	15696
City of Rolling Hills	201	10361
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1052	12967
City of Rosemead	11122	20094
City of San Dimas*	8316	24093
City of San Fernando	10622	43158
City of San Gabriel	7885	19253
City of San Marino	1555	11712
City of Santa Clarita	55899	25360
City of Santa Fe Springs	6461	35183
City of Santa Monica	18624	20146
City of Sierra Madre	1623	14769
City of Signal Hill	2943	24947
City of South El Monte	6649	31836
City of South Gate	38828	39558
City of South Pasadena	4360	16735
City of Temple City	6555	17981
City of Torrance	24037	16103
City of Vernon	313	149761
City of Walnut	5099	16701
City of West Covina	30052	27766
City of West Hollywood	8541	23114
City of Westlake Village	297	3553
City of Whittier	24230	27713
Los Angeles	1211660	29957
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	2657	32395
Los Angeles - Alsace	3623	29112
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	6	15000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	663	26499
Los Angeles - Arleta	13856	40314
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	3709	25290
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	7743	24877
Los Angeles - Bel Air	1625	19279
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	2533	20224
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	3229	24512
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	33680	38764
Los Angeles - Brentwood	6102	19712
Los Angeles - Brookside	105	18072
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	1892	26569
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	20596	31546
Los Angeles - Carthay	3124	21750
Los Angeles - Central	15012	38500
Los Angeles - Century City	2563	20036
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	13615	40322
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	9755	26321
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	1825	19900
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2055	25620
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	4170	28654
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	3756	24787
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	4104	29677
Los Angeles - Crestview	2996	26355
Los Angeles - Del Rey	6323	21122
Los Angeles - Downtown*	12362	44941
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	9806	24770
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	7551	25783
Los Angeles - Echo Park	3528	24747
Los Angeles - El Sereno	13591	32508
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1431	25053
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	2816	27687
Los Angeles - Encino	10994	24338
Los Angeles - Exposition	991	29796
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	14823	33001
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	932	25889
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3073	35237
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	19677	41473
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	8333	26367
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	3252	30212
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	16606	28537
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	8619	40079
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	3584	21034
Los Angeles - Harbor City	7244	24919
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	12431	28511
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	469	19469
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	5254	29132
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	15170	39989
Los Angeles - Highland Park	13424	27741
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	4378	31565
Los Angeles - Hollywood	16763	24560
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	5669	19260
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	9408	32963
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	2568	31810
Los Angeles - Koreatown	13279	25688
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1283	28142
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	12615	29889
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	4694	35742
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	4419	29006
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	10317	31650
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	2489	31016
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	7029	24800
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1122	35812
Los Angeles - Longwood	1378	32017
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	4140	19160
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	2463	28854
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	566	18118
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	7826	18427
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	722	16560
Los Angeles - Melrose	20884	26879
Los Angeles - Mid-city	3600	23952
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	3688	20506
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	9619	39873
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	6573	27223
Los Angeles - North Hills	20411	33148
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	47472	31351
Los Angeles - Northridge	19831	28412
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	3692	17341
Los Angeles - Pacoima	32516	42240
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	695	18071
Los Angeles - Palms	8571	19534
Los Angeles - Panorama City	27543	36602
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	2383	17548
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	14061	33605
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	436	13642
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	2465	22518
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	7658	21518
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	1572	23963
Los Angeles - Regent Square	673	24209
Los Angeles - Reseda	25238	32940
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1447	31212
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	905	21405
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	20228	25921
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1013	22805
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	20059	22989
Los Angeles - Silverlake	10189	23113
Los Angeles - South Carthay	2420	22841
Los Angeles - South Park	14993	39496
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1558	33988
Los Angeles - Studio City	4991	22242
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	19104	36400
Los Angeles - Sunland	5243	25691
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	131	20247
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	34247	41563
Los Angeles - Tarzana	7989	25874
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	11301	28623
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2283	23275
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	1821	20921
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	367	28101
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	351	18891
Los Angeles - Tujunga	6938	24948
Los Angeles - University Hills	734	21406
Los Angeles - University Park	9591	34932
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	8993	29961
Los Angeles - Valley Village	6307	25514
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	31055	33323
Los Angeles - Venice	6996	20646
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	6252	36349
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3174	41452
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	15695	38108
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	21949	42211
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2347	27944
Los Angeles - View Heights	786	21278
Los Angeles - Watts	16458	38567
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1457	29644
Los Angeles - West Adams	8911	32251
Los Angeles - West Hills	9182	22646
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	8136	21618
Los Angeles - West Vernon	20685	38560
Los Angeles - Westchester	9515	18439
Los Angeles - Westlake	17389	29297
Los Angeles - Westwood	11478	21213
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	16935	46874
Los Angeles - Wilmington	19678	34836
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	13344	26598
Los Angeles - Winnetka	15704	30325
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	15327	22521
Unincorporated - Acton	1549	19433
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	794	19096
Unincorporated - Altadena	8671	19878
Unincorporated - Anaverde	332	22016
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	75	6024
Unincorporated - Arcadia	1500	18795
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	14469	34091
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2312	47213
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2255	33284
Unincorporated - Azusa	5030	31590
Unincorporated - Bassett	4875	32901
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	150	13979
Unincorporated - Bradbury	72	66667
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	2692	34834
Unincorporated - Castaic*	7364	27082
Unincorporated - Cerritos	147	25043
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	2	10000
Unincorporated - Claremont	103	14672
Unincorporated - Covina	4897	29116
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	3671	27929
Unincorporated - Del Aire	931	21193
Unincorporated - Del Rey	97	30503
Unincorporated - Del Sur	548	22692
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	756	30325
Unincorporated - Duarte	1540	34779
Unincorporated - East Covina	76	23100
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1237	23375
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	43	37719
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	48619	38812
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	330	5154
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	5134	33538
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1111	20939
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	1914	21772
Unincorporated - El Monte	51	35172
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	211	12703
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	26593	41099
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	169	25606
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	12098	21632
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	616	24503
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	135	12295
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	544	38527
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	3041	15358
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	17	2515
Unincorporated - La Rambla	617	29735
Unincorporated - La Verne*	523	25637
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	1345	19021
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	151	22605
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	3468	26689
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	361	21972
Unincorporated - Lakewood	1	877
Unincorporated - Lennox	6494	28808
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	262	14963
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1203	29918
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	279	21511
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1044	29252
Unincorporated - Llano	101	11517
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	1796	19084
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	892	22984
Unincorporated - Newhall	87	39545
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	344	28715
Unincorporated - North Whittier	2455	29366
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	4251	17686
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	26	12093
Unincorporated - Palmdale	217	25772
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	71	11433
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	326	16667
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	302	48788
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	15	3261
Unincorporated - Pomona	141	7276
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3158	24469
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	947	35588
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	218	23416
Unincorporated - Rosewood	399	31026
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	417	34954
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1096	32609
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	9087	17810
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	36	4196
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	6472	32006
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	66	3243
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	49	15909
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	633	237079
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	2978	15993
Unincorporated - Saugus	328	211613
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	91	25562
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	93	20440
Unincorporated - South El Monte	628	34986
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	2076	23463
Unincorporated - South Whittier	17494	29540
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	186	23816
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	4310	20557
Unincorporated - Sun Village	1822	30186
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	423	32639
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	316	19059
Unincorporated - Val Verde	875	26443
Unincorporated - Valencia	714	23242
Unincorporated - Valinda	7601	32523
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	2606	22398
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	6181	38289
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	136	9001
Unincorporated - West Carson	5722	25908
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	589	61870
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	3268	33228
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	396	29139
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	8410	31235
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	174	13385
Unincorporated - Westhills	133	15852
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	734	19929
Unincorporated - Whittier	761	20111
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	65	541667
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	13888	39779
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1466	24324
- Under Investigation	69338

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