Press Release: Los Angeles County Aligns with State on New COVID-19 Guidelines; Local Orders Will Address Enhanced Protections in High-Risk Settings

news release DPH

For Immediate Release:

March 10, 2023

Los Angeles County Aligns with State on New COVID-19 Guidelines; Local Orders Will Address Enhanced Protections in High-Risk Settings

1,073 New Positive Cases and 11 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County 

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will align with the following new guidance issued by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH):

  • Masking – With current COVID case and hospitalization levels, masking for the general public is based on individual preference. Vulnerable populations, including people who are elderly, immunocompromised, or have underlying health conditions, and those who have contact with them should consider masking in indoor public spaces.
  • Vaccination – On April 3, CDPH will rescind COVID-19 vaccination orders for workers at correctional, detention, and adult care facilities.
  • Isolation – Starting March 13, individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 should continue to isolate (stay home) for 5 days and may leave isolation after day 5, as long as they have been fever-free for 24 hours (without the use of fever-reducing medicines) and they either have no symptoms or their symptoms are mild and improving. A negative COVID-19 test is no longer required to leave isolation between days 6-10. The Department of Public Health strongly recommends that people test negative prior to leaving isolation between days 6-10.

Infected people should wear a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days. People may now discontinue wearing a mask around others between days 6-10 if they have two sequential negative tests taken at least one day apart.

  • Quarantine – Starting March 13, it is strongly recommended but not required that a person who is a close contact to a person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 wears a well-fitting mask around others for a total of 10 days, especially in indoor settings or when near those who are at high risk for severe illness. It is recommended that close contact tests as soon as possible to determine infection status and then, if negative, test again within 3-5 days after the last known exposure.

The Department of Public Health will continue to assess the impact of COVID-19 and to protect the county’s most vulnerable residents by continuing to require robust COVID-19 case and cluster reporting by worksites, schools, and healthcare facilities to the Department of Public Health. The ongoing case and cluster reporting requirements are intended to help Public Health officials quickly identify sectors where there may be increased COVID-19 transmissions and take action to prevent unmitigated spread.

Public Health will also continue enhanced protective measures in healthcare settings. Specifically, Public Health will continue to require:

  • Healthcare workers to be vaccinated and boosted and wear a mask during patient care or working in patient care areas. This requirement will be re-assessed by the end of September 2023.

Monitoring LA County Early Alert Signals, including observing wastewater and new variant trends, and examining emergency department visit metrics will also continue in addition to COVID-19 surveillance in high-risk settings

Public Health will continue to work to provide free vaccinations, boosters, testing and treatment, regardless of immigration or insurance status.

Los Angeles County remains in the CDC’s Low COVID-19 Community Level for the eighth consecutive week. This includes a 7-day case rate of 57 new cases per 100,000 people, a decrease from the week prior.  The 7-day total for new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people is currently 5.9, a small decrease from last week. And the 7-day average of the proportion of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients is now 3.7%, down from the week prior. 

Even with less stringent guidelines, Los Angeles County residents are strongly recommended to stay up to date on vaccines and boosters, test before gatherings and get treatment and stay home when sick. The updated bivalent booster has been shown to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths when compared to individuals who had been vaccinated but had not received the updated booster. During the 30-day period ending February 21, people who were vaccinated against COVID-19, yet had not received the bivalent booster, were over 3 times less likely to be hospitalized compared to people who were unvaccinated and 1.5 times more likely to be hospitalized compared to those who had the updated booster as well.

Find a location to get boosted at VaccinateLACounty.comVacunateLosAngeles.com (en español).

Telehealth services to connect residents to COVID-19 medication can be reached at 833-540-0473, 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.; 7 days a week.

“To those who have lost a loved one to COVID-19, please accept my heartfelt sympathies during this difficult time. May their memories be a source of comfort and strength,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. “As we move forward, I share with many others the goal of keeping each other safe and healthy by making sure that critical resources remain available. Because we now know so much more about COVID-19 – how it spreads, who is most vulnerable, and how we can prevent severe illness, which can also help decrease the risk for long COVID and help to avoid future health issues that may arise from a COVID infection – it remains important to work together to keep transmission low.”

Today, Public Health reported 11 additional deaths and 1,073 new positive cases. Today’s case count includes one week’s worth of cases (266) from Long Beach, as that jurisdiction has moved to weekly reporting. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 35,814. There are 604 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 

Spanish https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html 

 

For more information: 

Cases through 12:00pm 3/9/2023

 

 

 

Total Cases

 

Laboratory Confirmed Cases

3,714,353

 

-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)

3,511,779

 

-- Long Beach

162,816

 

-- Pasadena

39,758

 

Deaths

35,814

 

-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)

33,983

 

-- Long Beach

1,389

 

-- Pasadena

442

 

Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

- 0 to 4

110,813

 

- 5 to 11

281,893

 

- 12 to 17

276,763

 

- 18 to 29

754,579

 

- 30 to 49

1,126,799

 

- 50 to 64

608,753

 

- 65 to 79

259,395

 

-  over 80

90,308

 

-  Under Investigation

2,476

 

Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  Female

1,811,185

 

-  Male

1,610,217

 

-  Other

1,768

 

-  Under Investigation

88,609

 

Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  American Indian/Alaska Native

6,658

 

-  Asian

260,772

 

-  Black

184,063

 

-  Hispanic/Latino

1,504,550

 

-  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

17,604

 

-  White

486,386

 

-  Other

402,108

 

-  Under Investigation

649,638

 

Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  Hospitalized (Ever)

174,219

 

Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  American Indian/Alaska Native

80

 

-  Asian

4,410

 

-  Black

3,183

 

-  Hispanic/Latino

16,713

 

-  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

118

 

-  White

8,986

 

-  Other

403

 

-  Under Investigation

90

 

CITY / COMMUNITY**

Cases

Case Rate

City of Agoura Hills

6303

30182

City of Alhambra

25233

29096

City of Arcadia

13459

23304

City of Artesia

5956

35463

City of Avalon

288

7444

City of Azusa

17415

34802

City of Baldwin Park

29469

38387

City of Bell

16925

46584

City of Bell Gardens

17041

39565

City of Bellflower

30529

39273

City of Beverly Hills

11463

33207

City of Bradbury

71

6642

City of Burbank

32537

30357

City of Calabasas

5776

23747

City of Carson

34656

36929

City of Cerritos

13186

26337

City of Claremont

10271

28152

City of Commerce*

5829

44602

City of Compton

39976

40014

City of Covina

20101

40996

City of Cudahy

12157

49932

City of Culver City

11740

29449

City of Diamond Bar

13503

23477

City of Downey

46429

40633

City of Duarte

7422

33712

City of El Monte

42453

36201

City of El Segundo

4032

24020

City of Gardena

21686

35371

City of Glendale

59786

28953

City of Glendora

14915

28267

City of Hawaiian Gardens

4967

33844

City of Hawthorne

29361

33069

City of Hermosa Beach

4681

23798

City of Hidden Hills

380

20106

City of Huntington Park

26204

44052

City of Industry

997

228146

City of Inglewood

38432

33836

City of Irwindale

880

60315

City of La Canada Flintridge

4495

21722

City of La Habra Heights

211

3868

City of La Mirada

14102

28432

City of La Puente

15911

39096

City of La Verne

9180

27582

City of Lakewood

26770

33312

City of Lancaster*

63645

39392

City of Lawndale

10506

31255

City of Lomita

6011

28998

City of Lynwood*

30989

43012

City of Malibu

2851

21997

City of Manhattan Beach

7369

20470

City of Maywood

12742

45428

City of Monrovia

11774

30345

City of Montebello

25293

39290

City of Monterey Park

17336

27844

City of Norwalk

42649

39629

City of Palmdale

66483

41822

City of Palos Verdes Estates

2238

16551

City of Paramount

22570

40287

City of Pico Rivera

27906

43410

City of Pomona

65104

41752

City of Rancho Palos Verdes

7646

17887

City of Redondo Beach

15395

22410

City of Rolling Hills

293

15103

City of Rolling Hills Estates

1515

18674

City of Rosemead

15114

27306

City of San Dimas*

11033

31965

City of San Fernando

12724

51698

City of San Gabriel

11317

27633

City of San Marino

2383

17948

City of Santa Clarita

72867

33058

City of Santa Fe Springs

7826

42616

City of Santa Monica

26163

28301

City of Sierra Madre

2382

21676

City of Signal Hill

4064

34449

City of South El Monte

8371

40081

City of South Gate

46955

47838

City of South Pasadena

6274

24082

City of Temple City

10621

29135

City of Torrance

33977

22762

City of Vernon

357

170813

City of Walnut

7489

24528

City of West Covina

39254

36267

City of West Hollywood

11188

30278

City of Westlake Village

445

5323

City of Whittier

31091

35560

Los Angeles

1517540

37520

Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie

3183

38808

Los Angeles - Alsace

4489

36071

Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest

0

0

Los Angeles - Angelino Heights

842

33653

Los Angeles - Arleta

16847

49017

Los Angeles - Atwater Village

5044

34392

Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills

10153

32620

Los Angeles - Bel Air

2424

28758

Los Angeles - Beverly Crest

3305

26387

Los Angeles - Beverlywood

4190

31807

Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*

40256

46333

Los Angeles - Brentwood

8319

26874

Los Angeles - Brookside

154

26506

Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning

2286

32102

Los Angeles - Canoga Park

25175

38559

Los Angeles - Carthay

4334

30175

Los Angeles - Central

16983

43555

Los Angeles - Century City

3712

29018

Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove

16215

48022

Los Angeles - Chatsworth

12852

34678

Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills

2532

27609

Los Angeles - Chinatown

2883

35943

Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran

5287

36329

Los Angeles - Country Club Park

4890

32271

Los Angeles - Crenshaw District

5297

38304

Los Angeles - Crestview

3919

34474

Los Angeles - Del Rey

8353

27903

Los Angeles - Downtown*

16095

58512

Los Angeles - Eagle Rock

13697

34598

Los Angeles - East Hollywood

9485

32386

Los Angeles - Echo Park

4483

31446

Los Angeles - El Sereno

16872

40356

Los Angeles - Elysian Park

1832

32073

Los Angeles - Elysian Valley

3556

34962

Los Angeles - Encino

15133

33501

Los Angeles - Exposition

1267

38094

Los Angeles - Exposition Park

18171

40455

Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights

1253

34806

Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square

3776

43298

Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone

22799

48054

Los Angeles - Glassell Park

10948

34641

Los Angeles - Gramercy Place

4137

38434

Los Angeles - Granada Hills

21431

36829

Los Angeles - Green Meadows

10018

46585

Los Angeles - Hancock Park

4702

27596

Los Angeles - Harbor City

9352

32171

Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway

15603

35787

Los Angeles - Harbor Pines

643

26692

Los Angeles - Harvard Heights

6140

34045

Los Angeles - Harvard Park

17926

47255

Los Angeles - Highland Park

17136

35412

Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown

5488

39567

Los Angeles - Hollywood

21553

31578

Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills

7621

25892

Los Angeles - Hyde Park

11857

41544

Los Angeles - Jefferson Park

3133

38808

Los Angeles - Koreatown

16165

31271

Los Angeles - Lafayette Square

1588

34832

Los Angeles - Lake Balboa

16216

38421

Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace

6122

46615

Los Angeles - Leimert Park

5736

37650

Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights

12752

39120

Los Angeles - Little Armenia

3045

37944

Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh

8641

30487

Los Angeles - Little Tokyo

1455

46441

Los Angeles - Longwood

1771

41148

Los Angeles - Los Feliz

6366

29461

Los Angeles - Manchester Square

3218

37699

Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon

893

28585

Los Angeles - Mar Vista

10856

25561

Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula

958

21972

Los Angeles - Melrose

26130

33631

Los Angeles - Mid-city

4465

29707

Los Angeles - Miracle Mile

4895

27217

Los Angeles - Mission Hills

11860

49163

Los Angeles - Mt. Washington

8189

33916

Los Angeles - North Hills

25205

40934

Los Angeles - North Hollywood

58893

38894

Los Angeles - Northridge

25482

36509

Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades

5003

23498

Los Angeles - Pacoima

38757

50347

Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands

917

23843

Los Angeles - Palms

11952

27240

Los Angeles - Panorama City

33422

44415

Los Angeles - Park La Brea

3232

23800

Los Angeles - Pico-Union

16287

38925

Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey

594

18586

Los Angeles - Playa Vista

3384

30913

Los Angeles - Porter Ranch

10478

29443

Los Angeles - Rancho Park

2233

34040

Los Angeles - Regent Square

873

31403

Los Angeles - Reseda

31930

41675

Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch

1785

38503

Los Angeles - Reynier Village

1175

27791

Los Angeles - San Pedro*

26037

33365

Los Angeles - Shadow Hills

1315

29604

Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks

27541

31564

Los Angeles - Silverlake

13186

29912

Los Angeles - South Carthay

3244

30618

Los Angeles - South Park

16843

44369

Los Angeles - St Elmo Village

1869

40772

Los Angeles - Studio City

6994

31168

Los Angeles - Sun Valley

23144

44098

Los Angeles - Sunland

6898

33800

Los Angeles - Sycamore Square

211

32612

Los Angeles - Sylmar*

42012

50987

Los Angeles - Tarzana

10505

34023

Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry

13471

34119

Los Angeles - Thai Town

2796

28504

Los Angeles - Toluca Lake

2544

29228

Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace

528

40429

Los Angeles - Toluca Woods

473

25457

Los Angeles - Tujunga

8950

32183

Los Angeles - University Hills

925

26976

Los Angeles - University Park

11582

42184

Los Angeles - Valley Glen

11173

37223

Los Angeles - Valley Village

8513

34438

Los Angeles - Van Nuys*

37533

40274

Los Angeles - Venice

9119

26912

Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls

7474

43453

Los Angeles - Vermont Square

3746

48923

Los Angeles - Vermont Vista

18603

45168

Los Angeles - Vernon Central

24657

47419

Los Angeles - Victoria Park

2809

33444

Los Angeles - View Heights

1108

29995

Los Angeles - Watts

19579

45880

Los Angeles - Wellington Square

1835

37335

Los Angeles - West Adams

10914

39501

Los Angeles - West Hills

12861

31720

Los Angeles - West Los Angeles

11521

30612

Los Angeles - West Vernon

24685

46016

Los Angeles - Westchester

13794

26731

Los Angeles - Westlake

20794

35033

Los Angeles - Westwood

16508

30509

Los Angeles - Wholesale District*

22038

60998

Los Angeles - Wilmington

23586

41755

Los Angeles - Wilshire Center

17090

34064

Los Angeles - Winnetka

19854

38339

Los Angeles - Woodland Hills

20416

29999

Unincorporated - Acton

2005

25154

Unincorporated - Agua Dulce

985

23689

Unincorporated - Altadena

11571

26527

Unincorporated - Anaverde

420

27851

Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest

92

7390

Unincorporated - Arcadia

2218

27791

Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont

17474

41171

Unincorporated - Athens Village

2819

57566

Unincorporated - Avocado Heights

2723

40192

Unincorporated - Azusa

6357

39923

Unincorporated - Bassett

6176

41682

Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon

204

19012

Unincorporated - Bradbury

131

121296

Unincorporated - Canyon Country

3737

48357

Unincorporated - Castaic*

9572

35203

Unincorporated - Cerritos

189

32198

Unincorporated - Charter Oak

10

50000

Unincorporated - Claremont

158

22507

Unincorporated - Covina

6239

37095

Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)

5045

38383

Unincorporated - Del Aire

1216

27680

Unincorporated - Del Rey

144

45283

Unincorporated - Del Sur

700

28986

Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands

955

38307

Unincorporated - Duarte

2001

45190

Unincorporated - East Covina

90

27356

Unincorporated - East La Mirada

1640

30990

Unincorporated - East Lancaster

43

37719

Unincorporated - East Los Angeles

58406

46624

Unincorporated - East Pasadena

430

6716

Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez

6305

41188

Unincorporated - East Whittier

1427

26894

Unincorporated - El Camino Village

2746

31236

Unincorporated - El Monte

0

0

Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake

286

17219

Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone

30310

46843

Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon

1

8333

Unincorporated - Glendora

199

30152

Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights

16498

29500

Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway

4

400000

Unincorporated - Hawthorne

762

30310

Unincorporated - Hi Vista

170

15483

Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons

319

22592

Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose

4438

22413

Unincorporated - La Habra Heights

21

3107

Unincorporated - La Rambla

901

43422

Unincorporated - La Verne*

659

32304

Unincorporated - Ladera Heights

2050

28992

Unincorporated - Lake Hughes

203

30389

Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles

4069

31314

Unincorporated - Lake Manor

459

27937

Unincorporated - Lakewood

28

24561

Unincorporated - Lennox

7622

33812

Unincorporated - Leona Valley

311

17761

Unincorporated - Littlerock

1411

35091

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills

362

27911

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom

1323

37069

Unincorporated - Llano

107

12201

Unincorporated - Marina del Rey

2692

28605

Unincorporated - Miracle Mile

0

0

Unincorporated - Monrovia

1123

28936

Unincorporated - Newhall

105

47727

Unincorporated - North Lancaster

509

42487

Unincorporated - North Whittier

3130

37440

Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel

5284

21984

Unincorporated - Padua Hills

38

17674

Unincorporated - Palmdale

267

31710

Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula

124

19968

Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano

433

22137

Unincorporated - Pellissier Village

374

60420

Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon

24

5217

Unincorporated - Pomona

122

6295

Unincorporated - Quartz Hill

3901

30226

Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez

1202

45171

Unincorporated - Roosevelt

280

30075

Unincorporated - Rosewood

511

39736

Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena

544

45599

Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez

1338

39810

Unincorporated - Rowland Heights

12409

24321

Unincorporated - San Clemente Island

0

0

Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon

44

5128

Unincorporated - San Jose Hills

7929

39212

Unincorporated - San Pasqual

90

4423

Unincorporated - Sand Canyon

63

20455

Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island

589

220599

Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*

3923

21068

Unincorporated - Saugus

343

221290

Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country

130

36517

Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley

121

26593

Unincorporated - South El Monte

759

42284

Unincorporated - South San Gabriel

3173

35861

Unincorporated - South Whittier

21561

36407

Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley

252

32266

Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch

5934

28303

Unincorporated - Sun Village

2137

35404

Unincorporated - Sunrise Village

587

45293

Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain

435

26236

Unincorporated - Val Verde

1214

36688

Unincorporated - Valencia

930

30273

Unincorporated - Valinda

9638

41239

Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills

3586

30821

Unincorporated - Walnut Park

7435

46057

Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley

188

12442

Unincorporated - West Carson

8242

37318

Unincorporated - West Chatsworth

5

41667

Unincorporated - West LA

887

93172

Unincorporated - West Puente Valley

4234

43050

Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez

495

36424

Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos

10738

39881

Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills

250

19231

Unincorporated - Westhills

198

23600

Unincorporated - White Fence Farms

926

25143

Unincorporated - Whittier

989

26136

Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows

76

633333

Unincorporated - Willowbrook

16670

47747

Unincorporated - Wiseburn

1897

31475

 - Under Investigation

70340

 

*  --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community

 

Data are subject to change based on further investigation