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Press Release: Updated Bivalent Boosters Remain Essential to Reducing COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Deaths in Los Angeles County

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 02/03/2023 01:00 PM PST

For Immediate Release:

February 3, 2023

Updated Bivalent Boosters Remain Essential to Reducing COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Deaths in Los Angeles County

1,417 New Positive Cases and 19 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

For the third consecutive week, Los Angeles County is in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Low COVID-19 Community Level. Use of bivalent boosters, therapeutics, and other common sense mitigation measures are helping to tamper transmission and prevent severe illness, these tools will continue to be essential even as we move into a new phase of the pandemic.

This week, Los Angeles County’s Low Community Level included a 7-day case rate of 69 new cases per 100,000 people, a nominal increase from the 65 new cases per 100,000 people a week prior. The 7-day total for new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people is currently 7.0, a small decline from 7.2 last week. And the 7-day average of the proportion of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients is now 4.0 percent, down from 4.6 percent the week prior.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) especially stresses the importance of staying up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations. Local data provides powerful evidence of the very real protection offered by the bivalent booster even against the newer variants circulating now, including XBB.1.5.

It shows the significant differences in hospitalization and death rates based on a person’s vaccination coverage.

Public Health’s most recent hospitalization rates (for a 30-day period ending Jan. 17) found the following: unvaccinated individuals were hospitalized at a rate three times higher than those vaccinated without the updated booster and six times higher than those who had gotten the updated booster; those who had been vaccinated but didn’t have the updated booster were hospitalized at double the rate than those who did get the bivalent booster.

The most recent data on deaths (for a 30-day period ending Jan. 10) also painted a difficult picture for unvaccinated individuals. Unvaccinated individuals died at a rate four times higher than those vaccinated without the updated booster and seven and half times higher than those who had gotten the updated booster; those who had been vaccinated but didn’t get the updated booster died at a rate double than that of those who did get the bivalent booster.

The bivalent booster is available to all adults and children 6 months and older. Public Health urges everyone who has not yet received the bivalent booster to get it as soon as possible. About 22% of eligible people over the age of 12 have received the bivalent booster in Los Angeles County and over 5.5 million people are eligible for this booster right now.

For the past two years COVID-19 has been one of the top 10 leading causes of death in LA County including among children, with 21 pediatric deaths recorded since the start of the pandemic. In Los Angeles County, and nationwide, COVID-19 also remains a top 10 leading cause of death among adults.

“I recognize that many are experiencing the loss of loved ones from COVD-19. I extend my heartfelt condolences to those who are grieving and offer my wishes for healing and peace,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. “It is a great relief to see that we remain in the Low Community Level and my sincere hope is that we are entering a new phase with less devastation, severe illness, and death as residents continue to take advantage of the protections available. Over the next few months, emergency orders at the federal and state level will lift, but we must not let go of all the lessons learned since March 2020, including those about how the virus spreads and how we can limit transmission and serious outcomes.”

For more information about vaccinations and boosters, testing and treatment, visit VaccinateLACounty.com or VacunateLosAngeles.com (en español) or call 1-833-540-0473 seven days a week between 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles County is currently reporting a steady number COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations compared to the week prior, with deaths slightly lower when compared to most of January.

Today, Public Health reported 19 additional deaths and 1,417 new positive cases. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 35,325. There are 687 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized.

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:

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:

Cases through 12:00pm 2/2/2023
	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	3,680,571
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3,480,230
-- Long Beach	161,090
-- Pasadena	39,251
Deaths	35,325
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	33,506
-- Long Beach	1,377
-- Pasadena	442
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	109,756
- 5 to 11	280,831
- 12 to 17	275,604
- 18 to 29	749,473
- 30 to 49	1,117,643
- 50 to 64	601,971
- 65 to 79	254,581
- over 80	87,915
- Under Investigation	2,456
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	1,793,686
- Male	1,596,463
- Other	1,741
- Under Investigation	88,340
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	6,607
- Asian	257,941
- Black	181,825
- Hispanic/Latino	1,492,770
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17,492
- White	480,545
- Other	398,169
- Under Investigation	644,881
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	170,698
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	78
- Asian	4,335
- Black	3,141
- Hispanic/Latino	16,571
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	115
- White	8,788
- Other	390
- Under Investigation	88
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	6264	29996
City of Alhambra	24933	28750
City of Arcadia	13258	22956
City of Artesia	5888	35058
City of Avalon	288	7444
City of Azusa	17281	34534
City of Baldwin Park	29192	38026
City of Bell	16786	46202
City of Bell Gardens	16936	39321
City of Bellflower	30270	38940
City of Beverly Hills	11332	32827
City of Bradbury	69	6455
City of Burbank	32183	30027
City of Calabasas	5722	23525
City of Carson	34303	36552
City of Cerritos	13022	26009
City of Claremont	10064	27585
City of Commerce*	5775	44189
City of Compton	39672	39710
City of Covina	19876	40537
City of Cudahy	12096	49682
City of Culver City	11557	28990
City of Diamond Bar	13325	23168
City of Downey	45956	40219
City of Duarte	7338	33330
City of El Monte	42109	35908
City of El Segundo	3984	23734
City of Gardena	21470	35019
City of Glendale	59186	28662
City of Glendora	14748	27951
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4932	33606
City of Hawthorne	29064	32735
City of Hermosa Beach	4629	23533
City of Hidden Hills	378	20000
City of Huntington Park	26049	43792
City of Industry	987	225858
City of Inglewood	38031	33483
City of Irwindale	872	59767
City of La Canada Flintridge	4455	21529
City of La Habra Heights	209	3831
City of La Mirada	13917	28059
City of La Puente	15794	38809
City of La Verne	9113	27381
City of Lakewood	26473	32942
City of Lancaster*	63202	39117
City of Lawndale	10401	30942
City of Lomita	5948	28694
City of Lynwood*	30764	42700
City of Malibu	2825	21796
City of Manhattan Beach	7283	20231
City of Maywood	12679	45203
City of Monrovia	11650	30026
City of Montebello	25038	38894
City of Monterey Park	17158	27558
City of Norwalk	42200	39211
City of Palmdale	66074	41564
City of Palos Verdes Estates	2212	16359
City of Paramount	22400	39984
City of Pico Rivera	27598	42931
City of Pomona	64484	41354
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	7532	17620
City of Redondo Beach	15238	22181
City of Rolling Hills	285	14691
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1498	18464
City of Rosemead	15004	27107
City of San Dimas*	10936	31684
City of San Fernando	12628	51308
City of San Gabriel	11214	27382
City of San Marino	2359	17768
City of Santa Clarita	72204	32757
City of Santa Fe Springs	7757	42240
City of Santa Monica	25893	28009
City of Sierra Madre	2344	21330
City of Signal Hill	4015	34034
City of South El Monte	8302	39751
City of South Gate	46644	47521
City of South Pasadena	6161	23648
City of Temple City	10509	28827
City of Torrance	33536	22467
City of Vernon	356	170335
City of Walnut	7419	24299
City of West Covina	38865	35908
City of West Hollywood	11083	29994
City of Westlake Village	439	5251
City of Whittier	30773	35196
Los Angeles	1504390	37195
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	3166	38600
Los Angeles - Alsace	4443	35701
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	833	33293
Los Angeles - Arleta	16725	48662
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	4996	34065
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	10041	32260
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2398	28449
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3277	26164
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	4149	31496
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	39983	46019
Los Angeles - Brentwood	8243	26629
Los Angeles - Brookside	149	25645
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2270	31878
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	24976	38255
Los Angeles - Carthay	4277	29778
Los Angeles - Central	16900	43342
Los Angeles - Century City	3673	28713
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	16115	47726
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	12727	34341
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2511	27380
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2848	35507
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	5237	35986
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4849	32000
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	5249	37956
Los Angeles - Crestview	3880	34131
Los Angeles - Del Rey	8268	27619
Los Angeles - Downtown*	15911	57843
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	13512	34131
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	9407	32120
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4437	31124
Los Angeles - El Sereno	16744	40050
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1813	31740
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3525	34657
Los Angeles - Encino	14995	33195
Los Angeles - Exposition	1249	37553
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	18037	40156
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1245	34583
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3747	42965
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	22650	47739
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	10857	34353
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	4086	37960
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	21226	36476
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	9964	46333
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4663	27367
Los Angeles - Harbor City	9267	31878
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	15488	35523
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	635	26359
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	6107	33862
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	17806	46938
Los Angeles - Highland Park	16952	35031
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5441	39229
Los Angeles - Hollywood	21332	31254
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	7528	25576
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	11758	41197
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	3111	38536
Los Angeles - Koreatown	16037	31024
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1572	34481
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	16051	38030
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	6077	46273
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5674	37243
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	12649	38804
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	3006	37458
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8584	30286
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1443	46058
Los Angeles - Longwood	1759	40869
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	6271	29022
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	3176	37207
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	886	28361
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	10741	25290
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	950	21789
Los Angeles - Melrose	25914	33353
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4421	29415
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4832	26867
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	11768	48781
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	8122	33638
Los Angeles - North Hills	24994	40591
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	58428	38586
Los Angeles - Northridge	25241	36163
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	4941	23207
Los Angeles - Pacoima	38494	50006
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	915	23791
Los Angeles - Palms	11793	26877
Los Angeles - Panorama City	33193	44110
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	3196	23535
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	16127	38543
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	586	18335
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3363	30721
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	10388	29190
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2211	33704
Los Angeles - Regent Square	867	31187
Los Angeles - Reseda	31622	41273
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1773	38244
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1160	27436
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	25801	33062
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1294	29131
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	27237	31216
Los Angeles - Silverlake	13065	29637
Los Angeles - South Carthay	3214	30335
Los Angeles - South Park	16762	44156
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1858	40532
Los Angeles - Studio City	6920	30838
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	22984	43793
Los Angeles - Sunland	6797	33306
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	209	32303
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	41697	50604
Los Angeles - Tarzana	10410	33716
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	13393	33922
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2772	28260
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2511	28849
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	521	39893
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	467	25135
Los Angeles - Tujunga	8885	31949
Los Angeles - University Hills	919	26801
Los Angeles - University Park	11512	41929
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	11085	36930
Los Angeles - Valley Village	8441	34146
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	37277	39999
Los Angeles - Venice	9046	26696
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7416	43116
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3725	48648
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	18504	44928
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	24548	47210
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2798	33313
Los Angeles - View Heights	1096	29670
Los Angeles - Watts	19443	45562
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1815	36928
Los Angeles - West Adams	10788	39045
Los Angeles - West Hills	12760	31471
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	11385	30250
Los Angeles - West Vernon	24515	45699
Los Angeles - Westchester	13641	26435
Los Angeles - Westlake	20613	34728
Los Angeles - Westwood	16288	30102
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	21517	59556
Los Angeles - Wilmington	23401	41427
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	16979	33843
Los Angeles - Winnetka	19684	38010
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	20248	29752
Unincorporated - Acton	1999	25078
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	980	23569
Unincorporated - Altadena	11435	26215
Unincorporated - Anaverde	419	27785
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	91	7309
Unincorporated - Arcadia	2197	27528
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	17333	40839
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2793	57035
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2703	39897
Unincorporated - Azusa	6302	39578
Unincorporated - Bassett	6129	41365
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	203	18919
Unincorporated - Bradbury	130	120370
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3695	47813
Unincorporated - Castaic*	9501	34942
Unincorporated - Cerritos	184	31346
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	10	50000
Unincorporated - Claremont	157	22365
Unincorporated - Covina	6182	36756
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	4996	38010
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1208	27498
Unincorporated - Del Rey	144	45283
Unincorporated - Del Sur	695	28778
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	947	37986
Unincorporated - Duarte	1979	44693
Unincorporated - East Covina	88	26748
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1627	30745
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	43	37719
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	57996	46297
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	427	6669
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	6267	40939
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1409	26555
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2695	30656
Unincorporated - El Monte	0	0
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	286	17219
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	30119	46548
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	195	29545
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	16351	29237
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	752	29912
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	170	15483
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	315	22309
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	4387	22155
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	21	3107
Unincorporated - La Rambla	889	42843
Unincorporated - La Verne*	652	31961
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	2025	28638
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	200	29940
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	4039	31084
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	455	27693
Unincorporated - Lakewood	26	22807
Unincorporated - Lennox	7572	33591
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	308	17590
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1402	34867
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	358	27602
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1323	37069
Unincorporated - Llano	106	12087
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2664	28307
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1118	28807
Unincorporated - Newhall	105	47727
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	509	42487
Unincorporated - North Whittier	3111	37213
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5228	21751
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	37	17209
Unincorporated - Palmdale	266	31591
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	122	19646
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	432	22086
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	369	59612
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	24	5217
Unincorporated - Pomona	121	6244
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3882	30079
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1194	44870
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	280	30075
Unincorporated - Rosewood	507	39425
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	534	44761
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1325	39423
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	12256	24021
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	44	5128
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	7868	38910
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	89	4373
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	60	19481
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	581	217603
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3866	20762
Unincorporated - Saugus	338	218065
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	130	36517
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	119	26154
Unincorporated - South El Monte	755	42061
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	3137	35454
Unincorporated - South Whittier	21404	36142
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	248	31754
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	5887	28079
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2125	35205
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	582	44907
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	428	25814
Unincorporated - Val Verde	1202	36325
Unincorporated - Valencia	927	30176
Unincorporated - Valinda	9560	40905
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3545	30468
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7370	45654
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	185	12244
Unincorporated - West Carson	8122	36774
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	5	41667
Unincorporated - West LA	855	89811
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	4206	42766
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	491	36130
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	10652	39562
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	248	19077
Unincorporated - Westhills	197	23480
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	918	24925
Unincorporated - Whittier	972	25687
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	76	633333
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	16543	47383
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1877	31143
- Under Investigation	69776
* --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community
** --These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation.

The Department of Public Health is committed to promoting health equity and ensuring optimal health and well -being for all 10 million residents of Los Angeles County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health. Nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health comprises of more than 5,000 employees and has an annual budget of $1.3 billion.

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