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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:

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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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