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Press Release: With Significant Increases in Transmission and Outbreaks at High-Risk Settings, Getting Boosted Should be a High Priority for Residents and Workers- 12,378 New Positive Cases and 14 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County Since Saturday

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 05/23/2022 02:51 PM PDT

For Immediate Release:
May 23, 2022

With Significant Increases in Transmission and Outbreaks at High-Risk Settings, Getting Boosted Should be a High Priority for Residents and Workers

12,378 New Positive Cases and 14 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County Since Saturday

With increases across multiple COVID metrics, including cases, hospitalizations, outbreaks in high-risk settings, and the test positivity rate, layering in more protections is needed to reduce the risk of transmission and severe illness. Evidence continues to show that those fully vaccinated and recently boosted have increased protection that is important during times of high transmission.

Over the past seven days, there were 22 new outbreaks at skilled nursing facilities, which elevated the level of concern at these facilities to high. Nursing facilities are now required to implement additional safety measures including: universal masking of all staff, visitors, and residents; N95 respirators for all staff at all times in a facility; twice weekly screening testing of staff, and weekly testing of residents; testing of all visitors; and, pausing communal dining and non-essential group activities. Efforts continue to ensure that staff and residents are up-to-date on their vaccinations.

There are also increases in outbreaks among people experiencing homelessness, with 13 new outbreaks reported for the week ending May 22. The rise in outbreaks among people experiencing homelessness has led to increased testing and referrals to quarantine and isolation sites. Mobile teams are focused on ensuring easy access to vaccinations and boosters for those that are not housed.

Omicron, which is known to be 20-30% more easily transmitted than previous strains, accounted for 100% of all positive cases for sequenced specimens collected in the week ending April 30. While the BA.2 Omicron variant remains the predominant variant in LA County, BA.2.12.1, is becoming more common in LA County, which is of concern since it is more transmissible that BA.2. The BA.2.12.1 sub-lineage accounted for 27% of positive sequenced specimens for the period ending April 30, compared to 3% about one month before. This rate of increase is similar to what is seen nationally, where for the week ending May 14, BA.2.12.1 accounted for 48% of positive sequences specimens vs. 19% about one month before. For the week ending April 30, the BA.2.3 and its sub-lineages accounted for 12% of positive sequenced specimens.

With these highly infectious subvariants and sub-lineages in circulation, cases continue to increase in LA County. The average number of daily new cases reported over the last seven days increased to 3,843 compared to the 1,436 reported one month ago, an increase of 168%.

The seven-day average test positivity rate also increased when compared to one month ago. The rate today is 3%, double from what it was one month ago on April 23 when the seven-day average test positivity rate was 1.5%.

The higher case numbers have translated to an increased number of people getting severely ill and needing to be hospitalized. Over the last seven days, the average number of COVID-positive patients per day in LA County hospitals was 378, an increase of 72% from one month ago when the average number of COVID-positive patients per day was 220.

Deaths, which typically lag hospitalizations by several weeks, remain stable at an average of seven deaths reported per day this past week.

Vaccines continue to provide the best defense against COVID and there is ample evidence supporting the need for all vaccinated individuals to get a booster dose 5 months after completing their initial series to maintain maximum protection. Currently, there are about 2.9 million booster-dose eligible residents age 12 and older not benefiting from the extra protection of a booster dose. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved booster doses for children ages 5-11. With cases increasing by 264% this past month among children ages 5-11 (a higher rate of increase than the corresponding 116% increase among young adults ages 18-49), the 130,000 children ages 5-11 immediately eligible for the booster are encouraged to take advantage of the additional protection offered by the 3rd dose of the pediatric Pfizer vaccine.

There are more than 2,000 sites in LA County where residents can get boosters, including pharmacies, Public Health pods, mobile and school vaccination clinics, and more. Residents can find vaccination sites near their home or work by visiting VaccinateLACounty.com or by calling the Public Health Call Center at (833) 540-0473 (open 7 days a week, 8:00 am – 8:30 pm).

“We are thinking of everyone across our communities who has lost a loved one or friend to COVID-19, and we wish you healing and peace,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The numbers in LA County are increasing across nearly all of our metrics reflecting the reality of the dominance of highly infectious mutated variants. To protect those who are most vulnerable, we need to take care of each other by creating barriers to the transmission of the virus; this happens when we are up-to-date on vaccinations and boosters, wear a mask when indoors and around others, and get tested to know our status if we feel sick, have been exposed, or are gathering indoors. None of this is particularly hard and these actions protect the elderly, those with underlying health conditions, and those with many potential exposures at their worksites or in the community.”

Today, Public Health reported 14 additional deaths and 5,152 new positive cases Saturday, 4,750 new cases Sunday, and 2,476 new cases today. The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend. Of the 14 new deaths reported today, four were between the ages of 50-64, six were between the ages of 65-79, and four were aged 80 years or older. Of the 14 newly reported deaths, all had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 32,086.

Public Health has reported a total of 2,942,149 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today’s positivity rate is 3.0%.

There are 391 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 11,974,373 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	2,942,149
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	2,784,808
-- Long Beach	127,749
-- Pasadena	29,592
Deaths	32,086
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	30,404
-- Long Beach	1,268
-- Pasadena	414
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	85503
- 5 to 11	247445
- 12 to 17	242073
- 18 to 29	620121
- 30 to 49	889185
- 50 to 64	460333
- 65 to 79	179825
- over 80	58259
- Under Investigation	2064
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	1418446
- Male	1288613
- Other	1235
- Under Investigation	76514
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	5116
- Asian	178063
- Black	140111
- Hispanic/Latino	1254105
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	14106
- White	367630
- Other	308895
- Under Investigation	516782
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)***	138,598
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	73
- Asian	3797
- Black	2816
- Hispanic/Latino	15619
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	112
- White	7589
- Other	308
- Under Investigation	90
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	4466	21386
City of Alhambra	17875	20611
City of Arcadia	8677	15024
City of Artesia	4300	25603
City of Avalon	64	1654
City of Azusa	13999	27976
City of Baldwin Park	23319	30376
City of Bell	14114	38847
City of Bell Gardens	14307	33217
City of Bellflower	23811	30631
City of Beverly Hills	8894	25765
City of Bradbury	67	6268
City of Burbank	23729	22139
City of Calabasas	4293	17650
City of Carson	26485	28222
City of Cerritos	8927	17830
City of Claremont	7418	20332
City of Commerce*	4589	35114
City of Compton	33519	33551
City of Covina	15030	30653
City of Cudahy	10160	41730
City of Culver City	8071	20246
City of Diamond Bar	9637	16756
City of Downey	36720	32136
City of Duarte	5362	24355
City of El Monte	33609	28660
City of El Segundo	3020	17991
City of Gardena	16799	27400
City of Glendale	46072	22312
City of Glendora	12135	22999
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4230	28823
City of Hawthorne	23220	26152
City of Hermosa Beach	3586	18231
City of Hidden Hills	283	14974
City of Huntington Park	22367	37602
City of Industry	411	94050
City of Inglewood	30143	26539
City of Irwindale	541	37080
City of La Canada Flintridge	3187	15401
City of La Habra Heights	168	3080
City of La Mirada	10825	21825
City of La Puente	12922	31752
City of La Verne	7268	21838
City of Lakewood	19714	24531
City of Lancaster*	51693	31994
City of Lawndale	8346	24829
City of Lomita	4488	21651
City of Lynwood*	25094	34830
City of Malibu	2272	17530
City of Manhattan Beach	5470	15195
City of Maywood	10712	38190
City of Monrovia	8598	22160
City of Montebello	19632	30496
City of Monterey Park	12177	19558
City of Norwalk	33801	31407
City of Palmdale	53858	33880
City of Palos Verdes Estates	1639	12121
City of Paramount	19181	34238
City of Pico Rivera	21381	33260
City of Pomona	52887	33917
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	5292	12380
City of Redondo Beach	10935	15918
City of Rolling Hills	202	10412
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1068	13164
City of Rosemead	11177	20193
City of San Dimas*	8366	24238
City of San Fernando	10651	43276
City of San Gabriel	7934	19373
City of San Marino	1581	11908
City of Santa Clarita	56202	25497
City of Santa Fe Springs	6476	35265
City of Santa Monica	18876	20418
City of Sierra Madre	1637	14897
City of Signal Hill	2965	25134
City of South El Monte	6660	31889
City of South Gate	38963	39695
City of South Pasadena	4410	16927
City of Temple City	6606	18121
City of Torrance	24258	16251
City of Vernon	314	150239
City of Walnut	5134	16815
City of West Covina	30208	27910
City of West Hollywood	8627	23347
City of Westlake Village	299	3577
City of Whittier	24317	27812
Los Angeles	1217491	30102
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	2662	32455
Los Angeles - Alsace	3642	29265
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	6	15000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	667	26659
Los Angeles - Arleta	13893	40422
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	3742	25515
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	7793	25038
Los Angeles - Bel Air	1646	19528
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	2556	20407
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	3249	24664
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	33765	38862
Los Angeles - Brentwood	6190	19997
Los Angeles - Brookside	109	18761
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	1906	26766
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	20684	31681
Los Angeles - Carthay	3148	21917
Los Angeles - Central	15037	38564
Los Angeles - Century City	2594	20278
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	13637	40387
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	9821	26500
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	1846	20129
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2075	25870
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	4196	28833
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	3773	24899
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	4123	29814
Los Angeles - Crestview	3011	26487
Los Angeles - Del Rey	6381	21315
Los Angeles - Downtown*	12483	45381
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	9890	24982
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	7594	25930
Los Angeles - Echo Park	3551	24909
Los Angeles - El Sereno	13648	32644
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1436	25140
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	2837	27893
Los Angeles - Encino	11076	24520
Los Angeles - Exposition	1005	30216
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	14899	33170
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	939	26083
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3087	35397
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	19718	41560
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	8394	26560
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	3265	30333
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	16690	28681
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	8642	40186
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	3620	21245
Los Angeles - Harbor City	7286	25064
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	12478	28619
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	471	19552
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	5270	29221
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	15211	40098
Los Angeles - Highland Park	13490	27877
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	4398	31709
Los Angeles - Hollywood	16864	24708
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	5734	19481
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	9459	33142
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	2585	32020
Los Angeles - Koreatown	13356	25837
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1286	28208
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	12693	30074
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	4710	35864
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	4438	29130
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	10370	31813
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	2499	31140
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	7068	24937
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1134	36195
Los Angeles - Longwood	1380	32063
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	4211	19488
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	2472	28960
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	576	18438
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	7919	18646
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	736	16881
Los Angeles - Melrose	21011	27043
Los Angeles - Mid-city	3619	24079
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	3724	20706
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	9662	40051
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	6603	27347
Los Angeles - North Hills	20493	33281
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	47656	31473
Los Angeles - Northridge	19934	28560
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	3737	17552
Los Angeles - Pacoima	32582	42326
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	705	18331
Los Angeles - Palms	8665	19748
Los Angeles - Panorama City	27627	36714
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	2401	17680
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	14095	33686
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	445	13924
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	2505	22883
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	7731	21724
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	1593	24284
Los Angeles - Regent Square	677	24353
Los Angeles - Reseda	25358	33097
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1453	31342
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	919	21736
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	20329	26050
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1016	22873
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	20244	23201
Los Angeles - Silverlake	10287	23336
Los Angeles - South Carthay	2437	23001
Los Angeles - South Park	15027	39585
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1562	34075
Los Angeles - Studio City	5041	22464
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	19169	36524
Los Angeles - Sunland	5280	25872
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	133	20556
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	34388	41734
Los Angeles - Tarzana	8034	26020
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	11357	28765
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2300	23448
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	1834	21071
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	367	28101
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	355	19107
Los Angeles - Tujunga	6970	25063
Los Angeles - University Hills	738	21522
Los Angeles - University Park	9631	35078
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	9030	30084
Los Angeles - Valley Village	6361	25732
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	31159	33435
Los Angeles - Venice	7095	20938
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	6267	36436
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3182	41557
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	15727	38185
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	21983	42277
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2355	28039
Los Angeles - View Heights	790	21386
Los Angeles - Watts	16506	38679
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1462	29746
Los Angeles - West Adams	8947	32381
Los Angeles - West Hills	9273	22871
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	8234	21878
Los Angeles - West Vernon	20747	38675
Los Angeles - Westchester	9636	18673
Los Angeles - Westlake	17471	29435
Los Angeles - Westwood	11667	21562
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	16628	46024
Los Angeles - Wilmington	19736	34939
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	13416	26741
Los Angeles - Winnetka	15778	30468
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	15447	22698
Unincorporated - Acton	1552	19471
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	797	19168
Unincorporated - Altadena	8721	19993
Unincorporated - Anaverde	331	21950
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	75	6024
Unincorporated - Arcadia	1516	18995
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	14508	34183
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2322	47417
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2264	33417
Unincorporated - Azusa	5036	31627
Unincorporated - Bassett	4889	32996
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	151	14073
Unincorporated - Bradbury	72	66667
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	2709	35054
Unincorporated - Castaic*	7775	28594
Unincorporated - Cerritos	148	25213
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	2	10000
Unincorporated - Claremont	103	14672
Unincorporated - Covina	4916	29229
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	3689	28066
Unincorporated - Del Aire	940	21398
Unincorporated - Del Rey	97	30503
Unincorporated - Del Sur	550	22774
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	756	30325
Unincorporated - Duarte	1542	34824
Unincorporated - East Covina	76	23100
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1240	23432
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	43	37719
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	48760	38924
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	331	5169
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	5140	33577
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1114	20995
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	1923	21875
Unincorporated - El Monte	51	35172
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	212	12763
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	26640	41171
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	169	25606
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	12168	21757
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	618	24582
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	135	12295
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	544	38527
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	3065	15479
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	17	2515
Unincorporated - La Rambla	617	29735
Unincorporated - La Verne*	525	25735
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	1357	19191
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	151	22605
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	3478	26766
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	361	21972
Unincorporated - Lakewood	1	877
Unincorporated - Lennox	6507	28866
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	264	15077
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1204	29943
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	279	21511
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1044	29252
Unincorporated - Llano	101	11517
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	1816	19297
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	896	23087
Unincorporated - Newhall	87	39545
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	345	28798
Unincorporated - North Whittier	2463	29462
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	4288	17840
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	143	7379
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3165	24523
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	951	35738
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	221	23738
Unincorporated - Rosewood	401	31182
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	420	35205
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1101	32758
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	9138	17910
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	36	4196
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	6492	32105
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	66	3243
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	49	15909
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	634	237453
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	2994	16079
Unincorporated - Saugus	332	214194
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	92	25843
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	94	20659
Unincorporated - South El Monte	629	35042
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	2085	23565
Unincorporated - South Whittier	17542	29621
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	188	24072
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	4351	20753
Unincorporated - Sun Village	1828	30285
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	423	32639
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	322	19421
Unincorporated - Val Verde	876	26473
Unincorporated - Valencia	718	23372
Unincorporated - Valinda	7633	32660
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	2624	22553
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	6202	38419
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	136	9001
Unincorporated - West Carson	5754	26053
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	596	62605
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	3273	33279
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	398	29286
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	8432	31317
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	176	13538
Unincorporated - Westhills	134	15971
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	736	19984
Unincorporated - Whittier	762	20137
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	65	541667
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	13906	39830
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1476	24490
- Under Investigation	68426

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