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For Immediate Release:

June 24, 2022

Los Angeles County Remains at Medium Community Level; Public Health Closely Monitoring Additional Post-Surge Metrics - 6,129 New Positive Cases and 8 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LA County remains at the medium community level on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Community Level framework. The CDC Community Level framework contains three elements: the weekly cumulative case rate per 100,000 people, and two hospital metrics, the seven-day cumulative rate of COVID-19 hospital admissions, and the percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients.

This medium level is based on a very high case rate of 307 cases per 100,000 residents, well above the CDC’s 200 cases per 100,000 threshold for the low community level.

The county’s hospital admission rate is at 7.3 per 100,000 people, unchanged from last week. The percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID patients is at 3.6%, slightly up from 3.5% last week. If the county reaches 10 for either of these two metrics, it will move into the “high” community level.

Los Angeles County Metrics

New Cases
(per 100,000 people in last 7 days)

New COVID-19 admissions per 100,000 population (7-day total)

Proportion of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients (7-day average)

307.09/100,000

7.3

3.7%

If the county continues its current rate of increase over the coming weeks, it may reach the COVID-19 hospital admission rate of 10 per 100,000 people threshold in mid-July, which is the high community level. However, the future hospitalization trend cannot be predicted with certainty. Hospitalizations could level off and begin to decline—this would be a great relief, or they could again begin to increase more rapidly. The data will need to be monitored closely.

If the county does move into the high level and remain there for two consecutive weeks, Public Health will implement a universal indoor masking requirement for everyone age 2 and older in LA County as a safety measure recommended by the CDC. If it were to be implemented, it would remain in effect until the county returns to the medium level for two consecutive weeks.

The county is also tracking seven of eight county Early Alert Signals. For the summer, school outbreaks will not be monitored since schools are closed. Five of the seven Early Alert county metrics Public Health is tracking continues to convey cause for medium or high concern.

LA County did move in a positive direction on several metrics. The case rate in low-income communities and the weekly number of outbreaks in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) both declined enough to move both metrics back down from high to medium concern. The number of outbreaks in settings for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) also decreased to move the county from medium to low concern.

The metrics for emergency department visits and worksite clusters both remain at medium concern, as they were last week. And the number of sewer systems with a two-fold increase in viral load continues to be in low concern.

Indicator Thresholds

Low Concern

Medium Concern

High Concern

LA County Current Values

Percent of specimens sequenced that are identified as a new Variant of Concern (including subvariants) (based on the World Health Organization’s designation)

< 10%

10%-20%

> 20%

91%

7-day average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related

< 5%

5%-10%

> 10%

7%

7-day cumulative crude case rate for the lowest income areas (30-100% area poverty)

< 100 per 100,000

100-200 per 100,000

> 200 per 100,000

192 per 100,000

Number of sewer systems with a two-fold or greater increase in wastewater SARS-CoV-2 concentration

0

1-2

? 3

0

Number of new outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities over the past 7 days

?10

11-20

>20

11

Number of new outbreaks in TK-12 school classrooms over the past 7 days

? 7

8-14

? 15

N/A

Number of new outbreaks in PEH settings over the past 7 days

? 10

11-20

>20

5

Number of worksite cluster reports in the past 7 days

< 100

100-300

> 300

251

As a reminder, alerts in any community-wide measure that reaches the threshold for medium or high concern will trigger an in-depth review of contributing factors and the possibility of modifications to community prevention strategies. Sector specific alerts that reach the threshold for medium or high concern will result in action steps outlined in the Priority Sector Response table above. Sectors must be in a lower concern level for at least two weeks before the additional mitigation strategies can be lifted.

“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 begin to enjoy the warm summer days with family and friends, taking steps every day to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will help us avoid hitting the CDC high community level threshold. With highly infectious variants and sub-lineages in LA County, it remains important to use all of our safety measures that work to reduce COVID-19 risk, including vaccinations, masking, moving activities outdoors, maximizing ventilation when indoors, and testing and staying home when sick. Every time you make the decision to wear a mask indoors, you are protecting yourself and all those around you, including essential workers and those most vulnerable. With summer holidays, camp and trips being planned, this is also an important time to make sure all members of your household are fully vaccinated and boosted.”

Today, Public Health reported eight additional deaths and 6,129 new positive cases. Of the eight new deaths reported today, one person was between the ages of 50-64, one person was between the ages of 65-79, and six people were aged 80 years or older. Of the eight newly reported deaths, all had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 32,291.

Public Health has reported a total of 3,088,482 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today’s positivity rate is 11.3%.

There are 741 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 12,147,886 individuals, with 23% 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:

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

For more information:

Total Cases

Laboratory Confirmed Cases

3,088,482

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

2,922,483

-- Long Beach

134,344

-- Pasadena

31,655

Deaths

32,291

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

30,590

-- Long Beach

1,283

-- Pasadena

418

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

- 0 to 4

89901

- 5 to 11

257988

- 12 to 17

252881

- 18 to 29

648317

- 30 to 49

935102

- 50 to 64

484431

- 65 to 79

190433

- over 80

61286

- Under Investigation

2144

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

- Female

1492156

- Male

1349587

- Other

1326

- Under Investigation

79414

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

- American Indian/Alaska Native

5393

- Asian

195169

- Black

147228

- Hispanic/Latino

1296905

- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

14851

- White

392755

- Other

326197

- Under Investigation

543985

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

- Hospitalized (Ever)***

141,355

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

- American Indian/Alaska Native

72

- Asian

3828

- Black

2844

- Hispanic/Latino

15669

- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

113

- White

7669

- Other

304

- Under Investigation

91

CITY / COMMUNITY**

Cases

Case Rate

City of Agoura Hills

5180

24805

City of Alhambra

19141

22071

City of Arcadia

9528

16498

City of Artesia

4573

27228

City of Avalon

64

1654

City of Azusa

14595

29167

City of Baldwin Park

24292

31643

City of Bell

14577

40122

City of Bell Gardens

14733

34206

City of Bellflower

24891

32020

City of Beverly Hills

9539

27633

City of Bradbury

67

6268

City of Burbank

25530

23820

City of Calabasas

4624

19011

City of Carson

28130

29975

City of Cerritos

9803

19580

City of Claremont

7834

21472

City of Commerce*

4745

36307

City of Compton

34506

34539

City of Covina

15678

31975

City of Cudahy

10491

43089

City of Culver City

8835

22162

City of Diamond Bar

10393

18070

City of Downey

38360

33572

City of Duarte

5669

25749

City of El Monte

34823

29695

City of El Segundo

3327

19820

City of Gardena

17797

29028

City of Glendale

48550

23512

City of Glendora

12771

24204

City of Hawaiian Gardens

4360

29708

City of Hawthorne

24285

27352

City of Hermosa Beach

3853

19588

City of Hidden Hills

319

16878

City of Huntington Park

23008

38679

City of Industry

431

98627

City of Inglewood

31432

27673

City of Irwindale

569

38999

City of La Canada Flintridge

3498

16904

City of La Habra Heights

171

3135

City of La Mirada

11377

22938

City of La Puente

13421

32978

City of La Verne

7666

23033

City of Lakewood

21117

26277

City of Lancaster*

53507

33117

City of Lawndale

8755

26046

City of Lomita

4827

23286

City of Lynwood*

25983

36064

City of Malibu

2436

18795

City of Manhattan Beach

5956

16545

City of Maywood

11023

39299

City of Monrovia

9114

23490

City of Montebello

20467

31793

City of Monterey Park

13094

21030

City of Norwalk

35128

32640

City of Palmdale

55698

35037

City of Palos Verdes Estates

1766

13060

City of Paramount

19739

35234

City of Pico Rivera

22357

34778

City of Pomona

54543

34979

City of Rancho Palos Verdes

5807

13585

City of Redondo Beach

12051

17542

City of Rolling Hills

223

11495

City of Rolling Hills Estates

1155

14236

City of Rosemead

11933

21559

City of San Dimas*

8838

25606

City of San Fernando

11002

44702

City of San Gabriel

8510

20779

City of San Marino

1802

13572

City of Santa Clarita

59396

26946

City of Santa Fe Springs

6738

36691

City of Santa Monica

20763

22460

City of Sierra Madre

1772

16125

City of Signal Hill

3167

26846

City of South El Monte

6885

32966

City of South Gate

40425

41185

City of South Pasadena

4825

18520

City of Temple City

7186

19712

City of Torrance

26372

17668

City of Vernon

322

154067

City of Walnut

5599

18338

City of West Covina

31828

29406

City of West Hollywood

9275

25101

City of Westlake Village

318

3804

City of Whittier

25568

29243

Los Angeles

1277402

31583

Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie

2758

33626

Los Angeles - Alsace

3848

30920

Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest

6

15000

Los Angeles - Angelino Heights

696

27818

Los Angeles - Arleta

14421

41958

Los Angeles - Atwater Village

3982

27151

Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills

8248

26500

Los Angeles - Bel Air

1855

22007

Los Angeles - Beverly Crest

2797

22331

Los Angeles - Beverlywood

3473

26365

Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*

34867

40131

Los Angeles - Brentwood

6852

22135

Los Angeles - Brookside

119

20482

Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning

2014

28283

Los Angeles - Canoga Park

21519

32960

Los Angeles - Carthay

3441

23957

Los Angeles - Central

15377

39436

Los Angeles - Century City

2877

22491

Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove

14004

41474

Los Angeles - Chatsworth

10386

28024

Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills

2023

22059

Los Angeles - Chinatown

2230

27802

Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran

4379

30090

Los Angeles - Country Club Park

3996

26371

Los Angeles - Crenshaw District

4366

31571

Los Angeles - Crestview

3200

28149

Los Angeles - Del Rey

6862

22922

Los Angeles - Downtown*

13159

47839

Los Angeles - Eagle Rock

10732

27109

Los Angeles - East Hollywood

7916

27029

Los Angeles - Echo Park

3762

26389

Los Angeles - El Sereno

14283

34163

Los Angeles - Elysian Park

1512

26471

Los Angeles - Elysian Valley

3007

29564

Los Angeles - Encino

12054

26685

Los Angeles - Exposition

1064

31990

Los Angeles - Exposition Park

15383

34248

Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights

1006

27944

Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square

3176

36418

Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone

20229

42637

Los Angeles - Glassell Park

8922

28231

Los Angeles - Gramercy Place

3405

31633

Los Angeles - Granada Hills

17670

30366

Los Angeles - Green Meadows

8880

41293

Los Angeles - Hancock Park

3866

22689

Los Angeles - Harbor City

7677

26409

Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway

13127

30108

Los Angeles - Harbor Pines

498

20672

Los Angeles - Harvard Heights

5424

30075

Los Angeles - Harvard Park

15646

41244

Los Angeles - Highland Park

14221

29388

Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown

4593

33115

Los Angeles - Hollywood

17900

26226

Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills

6167

20952

Los Angeles - Hyde Park

9862

34554

Los Angeles - Jefferson Park

2706

33519

Los Angeles - Koreatown

13938

26963

Los Angeles - Lafayette Square

1370

30050

Los Angeles - Lake Balboa

13352

31635

Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace

4899

37303

Los Angeles - Leimert Park

4677

30699

Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights

10834

33236

Los Angeles - Little Armenia

2581

32162

Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh

7416

26165

Los Angeles - Little Tokyo

1188

37919

Los Angeles - Longwood

1448

33643

Los Angeles - Los Feliz

4619

21376

Los Angeles - Manchester Square

2595

30401

Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon

643

20583

Los Angeles - Mar Vista

8681

20440

Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula

788

18073

Los Angeles - Melrose

22097

28440

Los Angeles - Mid-city

3844

25576

Los Angeles - Miracle Mile

3974

22096

Los Angeles - Mission Hills

10028

41569

Los Angeles - Mt. Washington

6954

28801

Los Angeles - North Hills

21349

34672

Los Angeles - North Hollywood

49961

32995

Los Angeles - Northridge

21007

30097

Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades

4128

19388

Los Angeles - Pacoima

33646

43708

Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands

780

20281

Los Angeles - Palms

9436

21506

Los Angeles - Panorama City

28566

37961

Los Angeles - Park La Brea

2583

19021

Los Angeles - Pico-Union

14438

34506

Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey

478

14956

Los Angeles - Playa Vista

2740

25030

Los Angeles - Porter Ranch

8419

23657

Los Angeles - Rancho Park

1762

26860

Los Angeles - Regent Square

725

26079

Los Angeles - Reseda

26486

34569

Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch

1525

32895

Los Angeles - Reynier Village

989

23392

Los Angeles - San Pedro*

21591

27667

Los Angeles - Shadow Hills

1063

23931

Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks

21956

25163

Los Angeles - Silverlake

11031

25023

Los Angeles - South Carthay

2584

24389

Los Angeles - South Park

15351

40439

Los Angeles - St Elmo Village

1618

35297

Los Angeles - Studio City

5520

24599

Los Angeles - Sun Valley

19837

37797

Los Angeles - Sunland

5555

27220

Los Angeles - Sycamore Square

143

22102

Los Angeles - Sylmar*

35799

43446

Los Angeles - Tarzana

8498

27523

Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry

11828

29958

Los Angeles - Thai Town

2420

24671

Los Angeles - Toluca Lake

2005

23035

Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace

387

29632

Los Angeles - Toluca Woods

404

21744

Los Angeles - Tujunga

7314

26300

Los Angeles - University Hills

764

22281

Los Angeles - University Park

9937

36192

Los Angeles - Valley Glen

9457

31507

Los Angeles - Valley Village

6792

27476

Los Angeles - Van Nuys*

32178

34528

Los Angeles - Venice

7591

22402

Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls

6459

37552

Los Angeles - Vermont Square

3273

42745

Los Angeles - Vermont Vista

16177

39278

Los Angeles - Vernon Central

22454

43182

Los Angeles - Victoria Park

2430

28932

Los Angeles - View Heights

837

22658

Los Angeles - Watts

16861

39511

Los Angeles - Wellington Square

1533

31190

Los Angeles - West Adams

9328

33760

Los Angeles - West Hills

9953

24548

Los Angeles - West Los Angeles

9032

23998

Los Angeles - West Vernon

21425

39939

Los Angeles - Westchester

10511

20369

Los Angeles - Westlake

17965

30267

Los Angeles - Westwood

13203

24401

Los Angeles - Wholesale District*

17232

47696

Los Angeles - Wilmington

20471

36240

Los Angeles - Wilshire Center

13974

27853

Los Angeles - Winnetka

16534

31928

Los Angeles - Woodland Hills

16624

24427

Unincorporated - Acton

1627

20411

Unincorporated - Agua Dulce

835

20082

Unincorporated - Altadena

9252

21210

Unincorporated - Anaverde

338

22414

Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest

82

6586

Unincorporated - Arcadia

1639

20536

Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont

15009

35364

Unincorporated - Athens Village

2416

49336

Unincorporated - Avocado Heights

2345

34613

Unincorporated - Azusa

5181

32538

Unincorporated - Bassett

5053

34103

Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon

160

14911

Unincorporated - Bradbury

75

69444

Unincorporated - Canyon Country

2898

37500

Unincorporated - Castaic*

8247

30330

Unincorporated - Cerritos

154

26235

Unincorporated - Charter Oak

2

10000

Unincorporated - Claremont

106

15100

Unincorporated - Covina

5142

30573

Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)

3899

29664

Unincorporated - Del Aire

996

22672

Unincorporated - Del Rey

110

34591

Unincorporated - Del Sur

587

24306

Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands

790

31689

Unincorporated - Duarte

1596

36043

Unincorporated - East Covina

80

24316

Unincorporated - East La Mirada

1322

24981

Unincorporated - East Lancaster

43

37719

Unincorporated - East Los Angeles

50409

40241

Unincorporated - East Pasadena

340

5310

Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez

5253

34315

Unincorporated - East Whittier

1175

22145

Unincorporated - El Camino Village

2016

22933

Unincorporated - El Monte

52

35862

Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake

223

13426

Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone

27259

42128

Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon

1

8333

Unincorporated - Glendora

175

26515

Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights

12923

23107

Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway

5

500000

Unincorporated - Hawthorne

637

25338

Unincorporated - Hi Vista

142

12933

Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons

558

39518

Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose

3325

16792

Unincorporated - La Habra Heights

17

2515

Unincorporated - La Rambla

638

30747

Unincorporated - La Verne*

548

26863

Unincorporated - Ladera Heights

1477

20888

Unincorporated - Lake Hughes

167

25000

Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles

3545

27282

Unincorporated - Lake Manor

378

23007

Unincorporated - Lakewood

1

877

Unincorporated - Lennox

6692

29687

Unincorporated - Leona Valley

278

15877

Unincorporated - Littlerock

1242

30888

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills

288

22205

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom

1097

30737

Unincorporated - Llano

106

12087

Unincorporated - Marina del Rey

1952

20742

Unincorporated - Miracle Mile

0

0

Unincorporated - Monrovia

949

24452

Unincorporated - Newhall

91

41364

Unincorporated - North Lancaster

353

29466

Unincorporated - North Whittier

2564

30670

Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel

4663

19400

Unincorporated - Padua Hills

29

13488

Unincorporated - Palmdale

219

26010

Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula

77

12399

Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano

339

17331

Unincorporated - Pellissier Village

319

51535

Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon

16

3478

Unincorporated - Pomona

148

7637

Unincorporated - Quartz Hill

3299

25562

Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez

1003

37693

Unincorporated - Roosevelt

228

24490

Unincorporated - Rosewood

411

31960

Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena

435

36463

Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez

1137

33829

Unincorporated - Rowland Heights

9845

19296

Unincorporated - San Clemente Island

0

0

Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon

36

4196

Unincorporated - San Jose Hills

6707

33168

Unincorporated - San Pasqual

71

3489

Unincorporated - Sand Canyon

51

16558

Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island

675

252809

Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*

3189

17126

Unincorporated - Saugus

356

229677

Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country

98

27528

Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley

95

20879

Unincorporated - South El Monte

647

36045

Unincorporated - South San Gabriel

2243

25350

Unincorporated - South Whittier

18122

30600

Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley

202

25864

Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch

4689

22365

Unincorporated - Sun Village

1880

31146

Unincorporated - Sunrise Village

436

33642

Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain

350

21110

Unincorporated - Val Verde

908

27440

Unincorporated - Valencia

770

25065

Unincorporated - Valinda

7945

33995

Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills

2860

24581

Unincorporated - Walnut Park

6407

39689

Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley

146

9662

Unincorporated - West Carson

6188

28018

Unincorporated - West Chatsworth

4

33333

Unincorporated - West LA

620

65126

Unincorporated - West Puente Valley

3403

34601

Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez

413

30390

Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos

8753

32509

Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills

194

14923

Unincorporated - Westhills

144

17163

Unincorporated - White Fence Farms

770

20907

Unincorporated - Whittier

799

21115

Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows

66

550000

Unincorporated - Willowbrook

14275

40887

Unincorporated - Wiseburn

1561

25900

- Under Investigation

71390



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