COVID-19 Cases Among Skilled Nursing Facilities Decline - 41 New Deaths and 1,750 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

In parallel with the overall trend in Los Angeles County, COVID-19 case numbers among staff and residents at skilled nursing facilities increased in early-July through mid-August and have begun to decline in the past few weeks.

During the week ending August 8, 123 cases were reported among residents and staff at skilled nursing facilities. For the week ending September 12, 55 people tested positive for COVID-19 at skilled nursing facilities: 20 new cases were among skilled nursing facility residents and 35 new cases among skilled nursing facility staff. Over the past three weeks, an average of 65 new cases were reported among staff and residents at skilled nursing facilities.

Currently, 88% of residents and 90% of staff at skilled nursing facilities are fully vaccinated. Skilled nursing facilities are subject to strict infection control precautions and are also required to verify the vaccine status of all workers and conduct routine testing of staff and residents. By September 30, healthcare workers, including staff at skilled nursing facilities, are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Today, Public Health confirms 41 new deaths and 1,750 new cases of COVID-19. Of the 41 new deaths reported today, nine people who passed away were over the age of 80, 12 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, nine people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, and six people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49. Five deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach. To date, Public Health identified 1,448,065 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 25,911 deaths.

There are 1,018 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 31% of these people are in the ICU. Testing results are available for nearly 8,510,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today’s test positivity rate is 1.7%.

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 23, at 6:00 p.m., Public Health will host a Virtual Town Hall on COVID-19. Join the town hall to get the latest updates on COVID-19 and information about booster doses. The town hall will be streamed live on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube @lapublichealth. For more information and to submit a question, visit: TinyURL.com/LACOVIDTownHall

"We wish healing and peace to the families and friends grieving a loved one who passed away from COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The decline in cases at skilled nursing facilities is welcomed news and reflects the high vaccination coverage at these facilities along with the stringent infection control measures. We continue to prioritize and support skilled nursing facilities with third doses for those residents who are immunocompromised and are prepared to ramp up these efforts once boosters are approved. The decline in cases and deaths at nursing homes is an important reminder of just how powerful the vaccines are in preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19.”

L.A. County continues to offer vaccines at many different sites across the county to make it as easy as possible for eligible L.A. County residents to get vaccinated. Many vaccination sites across the county, including all County-run sites, are also offering third doses of vaccine to eligible immunocompromised people. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.

Anyone 12 and older living or working in L.A. County can get vaccinated against COVID-19. To find a vaccination site near you, make an appointment at vaccination sites, and much more, visit: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish). If you don’t have internet access, can’t use a computer, or you’re over 65, you can call 1-833-540-0473 for help finding an appointment, connecting to free transportation to and from a vaccination site, or scheduling a home-visit if you are homebound.

COVID-19 Sector Protocols, Best Practices, COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Recovery Dashboard, and additional actions you can take to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	1448065
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1371598
-- Long Beach	63367
-- Pasadena	13100
Deaths	25911
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	24545
-- Long Beach	1007
-- Pasadena	359
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	35748
- 5 to 11	74708
- 12 to 17	85948
- 18 to 29	326848
- 30 to 49	456062
- 50 to 64	253928
- 65 to 79	101213
- over 80	36330
- Under Investigation	813
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	692034
- Male	648985
- Other	736
- Under Investigation	29843
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2315
- Asian	65352
- Black	65063
- Hispanic/Latino	709916
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5029
- White	166281
- Other	116344
- Under Investigation	241298
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	101355
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	53
- Asian	3252
- Black	2123
- Hispanic/Latino	13055
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	81
- White	5719
- Other	213
- Under Investigation	49
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1382	6618
City of Alhambra	8011	9237
City of Arcadia	3285	5688
City of Artesia	2411	14355
City of Avalon	31	801
City of Azusa	7246	14480
City of Baldwin Park	14432	18799
City of Bell	7439	20475
City of Bell Gardens	8981	20852
City of Bellflower	12721	16365
City of Beverly Hills	3541	10258
City of Bradbury	42	3929
City of Burbank	10892	10162
City of Calabasas	1719	7067
City of Carson	11778	12550
City of Cerritos	3658	7306
City of Claremont	2747	7529
City of Commerce*	2674	20461
City of Compton	19316	19335
City of Covina	7499	15294
City of Cudahy	5317	21838
City of Culver City	2838	7119
City of Diamond Bar	3909	6796
City of Downey	20061	17557
City of Duarte	2704	12282
City of El Monte	18804	16035
City of El Segundo	1036	6172
City of Gardena	7626	12438
City of Glendale	24167	11704
City of Glendora	5797	10987
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2535	17273
City of Hawthorne	12425	13994
City of Hermosa Beach	1493	7590
City of Hidden Hills	130	6878
City of Huntington Park	12206	20520
City of Industry	189	43249
City of Inglewood	16525	14549
City of Irwindale	297	20356
City of La Canada Flintridge	1023	4944
City of La Habra Heights	127	2328
City of La Mirada	5195	10474
City of La Puente	7409	18205
City of La Verne	3455	10381
City of Lakewood	9119	11347
City of Lancaster*	27271	16879
City of Lawndale	4195	12480
City of Lomita	1884	9089
City of Lynwood*	14709	20416
City of Malibu	640	4938
City of Manhattan Beach	1983	5508
City of Maywood	5700	20322
City of Monrovia	3886	10015
City of Montebello	11357	17642
City of Monterey Park	5478	8798
City of Norwalk	18251	16958
City of Palmdale	28809	18123
City of Palos Verdes Estates	650	4807
City of Paramount	11195	19983
City of Pico Rivera	12378	19255
City of Pomona	28510	18284
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	2033	4756
City of Redondo Beach	3972	5782
City of Rolling Hills	79	4072
City of Rolling Hills Estates	422	5202
City of Rosemead	5478	9897
City of San Dimas*	3880	11241
City of San Fernando	5919	24049
City of San Gabriel	3605	8803
City of San Marino	460	3465
City of Santa Clarita	26021	11805
City of Santa Fe Springs	3302	17981
City of Santa Monica	6444	6971
City of Sierra Madre	600	5460
City of Signal Hill	1414	11986
City of South El Monte	3768	18042
City of South Gate	20838	21230
City of South Pasadena	1659	6368
City of Temple City	2695	7393
City of Torrance	9391	6291
City of Vernon	135	64593
City of Walnut	2100	6878
City of West Covina	14878	13746
City of West Hollywood	3523	9534
City of Westlake Village	146	1746
City of Whittier	12872	14722
Los Angeles	591022	14613
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1344	16386
Los Angeles - Alsace	1814	14576
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	336	13429
Los Angeles - Arleta	7773	22616
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1692	11537
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	3503	11255
Los Angeles - Bel Air	543	6442
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	864	6898
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1249	9482
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	19074	21953
Los Angeles - Brentwood	2057	6645
Los Angeles - Brookside	45	7745
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	844	11852
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	10772	16499
Los Angeles - Carthay	1269	8835
Los Angeles - Central	8296	21276
Los Angeles - Century City	845	6606
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	7104	21039
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	4481	12091
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	639	6968
Los Angeles - Chinatown	917	11432
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1914	13152
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1815	11978
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1816	13132
Los Angeles - Crestview	1264	11119
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2611	8722
Los Angeles - Downtown*	5234	19028
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	4283	10819
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3708	12661
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1643	11525
Los Angeles - El Sereno	6993	16726
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	637	11152
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1467	14423
Los Angeles - Encino	4428	9803
Los Angeles - Exposition	436	13109
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	7124	15860
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	363	10083
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1580	18117
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	10327	21766
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	3973	12571
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1688	15682
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	7936	13638
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4450	20693
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1369	8035
Los Angeles - Harbor City	3151	10839
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5798	13298
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	217	9008
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2843	15764
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	8177	21555
Los Angeles - Highland Park	6564	13565
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2314	16683
Los Angeles - Hollywood	7492	10977
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	2257	7668
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	4561	15981
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1335	16537
Los Angeles - Koreatown	6247	12085
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	623	13665
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	6384	15126
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2614	19904
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	2016	13233
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5701	17489
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1308	16299
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	3183	11230
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	478	15257
Los Angeles - Longwood	670	15567
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1459	6752
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1234	14456
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	199	6370
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2800	6593
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	223	5115
Los Angeles - Melrose	9847	12674
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1499	9973
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1394	7751
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	4960	20560
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	3221	13340
Los Angeles - North Hills	10608	17228
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	24521	16194
Los Angeles - Northridge	9097	13034
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	1124	5279
Los Angeles - Pacoima	18910	24565
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	198	5148
Los Angeles - Palms	3335	7601
Los Angeles - Panorama City	14989	19919
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	871	6414
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7754	18532
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	169	5288
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	842	7692
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	3184	8947
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	509	7759
Los Angeles - Regent Square	323	11619
Los Angeles - Reseda	13319	17384
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	815	17580
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	331	7829
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	9095	11655
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	485	10919
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	7947	9108
Los Angeles - Silverlake	4119	9344
Los Angeles - South Carthay	962	9080
Los Angeles - South Park	8188	21570
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	771	16819
Los Angeles - Studio City	1899	8463
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	10617	20229
Los Angeles - Sunland	2700	13230
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	43	6646
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	18293	22201
Los Angeles - Tarzana	4046	13104
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	5806	14705
Los Angeles - Thai Town	1113	11347
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	727	8352
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	179	13706
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	146	7858
Los Angeles - Tujunga	3529	12690
Los Angeles - University Hills	316	9216
Los Angeles - University Park	4104	14948
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	4559	15189
Los Angeles - Valley Village	2739	11080
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	16654	17870
Los Angeles - Venice	2586	7632
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	3331	19366
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1705	22267
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	8641	20980
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	12149	23364
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1175	13990
Los Angeles - View Heights	286	7742
Los Angeles - Watts	8581	20108
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	680	13835
Los Angeles - West Adams	4573	16551
Los Angeles - West Hills	3869	9542
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	3205	8516
Los Angeles - West Vernon	11381	21216
Los Angeles - Westchester	3463	6711
Los Angeles - Westl #####