As Vaccinations Increase Among Teens, Case Rates Decline 40% Among Children Over Last Three Weeks and School Outbreaks are Infrequent 28 New Deaths and 2,023 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

While case rates increased among children in all age groups between mid-July and mid-August, over the last three weeks, cases declined in all children age groups by 40%. The current case rate for 12 to 17 year-olds is 132 new cases per 100,000 teens; for 5 to 11 year-olds the case rate is now 141 new cases per 100,000 children; and for children 0 to 4, the case rate is 88 per 100,000 children.

With most of the 1.5 million children in grades K-12 now having returned to in-person instruction, Public Health is encouraged that case rates have not increased. The decreases are similar to the decreases seen among adult residents and occurred as many schools reopened with testing, masking, infection control and outbreak management protocols in place.

With the heightened awareness of vaccine effectiveness, Public Health’s highest priority is to increase vaccination rates among those eligible teens unvaccinated. As of September 12, 63% of LA County teens 12 to 15 years old had received at least one dose of vaccine, and 53% were fully vaccinated. Among teens 16 to 17 years old, 70% had received at least one dose, and 61% were fully vaccinated.

Since August 16, 1,957 schools have reported at least one case to Public Health. School programs reporting one case increased initially from 467 during the first week of school to 562 during the second week of school; reports of single cases have declined over the most recent two weeks of monitoring to 414 sites. Sites reporting two cases remained at a similar level for the first three weeks of school at an average of nearly 250 sites, however the number of sites reporting two cases declined to 139 sites this week. Sites reporting three or more cases have been declining since the first week of school from 441 sites to 127 sites. There has been a 43% decrease in the number of schools reporting three or more cases between the most recent two weeks of monitoring.

In K-12 school settings countywide, between August 15 and September 13, 7,995 student cases and 1,193 staff cases were reported, with the vast majority occurring at LAUSD, which tests everyone weekly. With more than 1.5 million students and 175,000 staff countywide (by last year’s counts), 0.5% of the student body and 0.7% of staff have become infected since school districts reopened. This is slightly higher than the 0.4% rate of infection experienced overall in the County. Given the massive testing of asymptomatic individuals at schools, this very low rate of infection affirms the safety provided to students and staff at schools.

Close contacts that are not fully vaccinated, are subject to quarantine for up to 10 days after exposure to a case. Between August 15 and September 13, 15,655 student contacts and 1,056 staff contacts have been reported, with an additional 22,650 close contacts of unknown status reported, most of them suspected to be students. In total, nearly 2% of all staff and students countywide have been identified as a close contact of a case. Data to date indicates that very few of the identified close contacts have subsequently tested positive. As of last week, among the almost 30,000 people quarantined, 63 tested positive; this amounts to an overall secondary attack rate of 0.2%.

After reviewing four weeks’ worth of data related to cases, close contacts, and outbreaks at schools and with relatively low transmission at schools, Public Health is offering a modified quarantine option for K-12 students exposed to COVID-19 at school under certain circumstances. Schools and school districts are not required to offer a modified quarantine option to their students and may choose to continue with the customary quarantine requirements.

Modified quarantine allows, under certain conditions, an unvaccinated student with an exposure to a confirmed COVID-19 case to continue in-person instruction at school during their quarantine, while restricting their activities outside of the classroom. Those who qualify for modified quarantine include close contacts whose exposure took place at school or a school supervised activity when both the contact and the case were masked during the entire exposure period, and the close contacts are not part of a defined outbreak. The exposed student must remain asymptomatic for the duration of quarantine, stay home except for classroom and educational instruction activities, and continue to wear a mask indoors, outdoors, and on the school bus, except for when they are eating and drinking. While eating and drinking, they must maintain at least a six-foot distance from others; this should ideally take place outdoors. Students in modified quarantine must also be tested twice a week during their quarantine: the first test should be on day one through two after exposure, while the second test should be five days after exposure. Modified quarantine ends when a second test done at least five days after exposure is negative. In this scenario, the exposed student can end modified quarantine after day seven.

Today, Public Health confirms 28 new deaths and 2,023 new cases of COVID-19. Of the 28 new deaths reported today, four people who passed away were over the age of 80, six people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, eight people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, eight people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 29. One death was reported by the City of Pasadena. To date, Public Health identified 1,439,011 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 25,775 deaths.

There are 1,185 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 30% of these people are in the ICU. Testing results are available for more than 8,414,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today’s test positivity rate is 1.6%.

"To the families and friends experiencing the sorrow of losing a loved one due to COVID-19, we send you our deepest sympathies,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Safety at schools is amplified many-fold when vaccination coverage is very high, as widespread vaccination dramatically reduces transmission at schools, after school activities, community events and at home. Vaccinated teens are about eight times less likely to get infected than unvaccinated teens. Vaccinating teens protects the teens themselves and also protects the friends and family members with whom they share so much of their out-of-school time. Vaccinating teens also has the advantage of protecting younger children at school with whom they come in contact and who cannot be vaccinated. And because vaccinating teens also reduces transmission at school, it decreases the likelihood of outbreaks causing disruptions in learning. One major advantage of being vaccinated is that fully vaccinated students are more likely to stay in school after an exposure. That’s because our quarantine guidance currently exempts asymptomatic fully vaccinated individuals from quarantine. Along with our school partners, we’re working hard to ensure it’s easy for teens to get vaccinated.”

You can search for sites vaccinating teens near you online. Visit: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish) to find a vaccination site near you, make an appointment at vaccination sites, and much more. 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. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.

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	1439011
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1363185
-- Long Beach	62825
-- Pasadena	13001
Deaths	25775
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	24421
-- Long Beach	995
-- Pasadena	359
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	35431
- 5 to 11	73752
- 12 to 17	85215
- 18 to 29	325126
- 30 to 49	453355
- 50 to 64	252645
- 65 to 79	100695
- over 80	36160
- Under Investigation	806
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	687965
- Male	644817
- Other	734
- Under Investigation	29669
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2309
- Asian	64931
- Black	64423
- Hispanic/Latino	705968
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5001
- White	164467
- Other	115770
- Under Investigation	240316
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	99412
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	53
- Asian	3240
- Black	2105
- Hispanic/Latino	12993
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	80
- White	5691
- Other	211
- Under Investigation	48
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1369	6556
City of Alhambra	7953	9170
City of Arcadia	3266	5655
City of Artesia	2405	14320
City of Avalon	30	775
City of Azusa	7209	14406
City of Baldwin Park	14359	18704
City of Bell	7397	20359
City of Bell Gardens	8962	20808
City of Bellflower	12649	16272
City of Beverly Hills	3518	10191
City of Bradbury	42	3929
City of Burbank	10800	10077
City of Calabasas	1703	7002
City of Carson	11721	12490
City of Cerritos	3639	7268
City of Claremont	2713	7436
City of Commerce*	2669	20422
City of Compton	19212	19230
City of Covina	7454	15202
City of Cudahy	5300	21769
City of Culver City	2813	7056
City of Diamond Bar	3892	6767
City of Downey	19952	17461
City of Duarte	2689	12214
City of El Monte	18715	15959
City of El Segundo	1016	6053
City of Gardena	7567	12342
City of Glendale	24009	11627
City of Glendora	5752	10901
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2524	17198
City of Hawthorne	12344	13903
City of Hermosa Beach	1468	7463
City of Hidden Hills	127	6720
City of Huntington Park	12142	20412
City of Industry	188	43021
City of Inglewood	16436	14471
City of Irwindale	297	20356
City of La Canada Flintridge	1010	4881
City of La Habra Heights	126	2310
City of La Mirada	5121	10325
City of La Puente	7392	18164
City of La Verne	3424	10288
City of Lakewood	9044	11254
City of Lancaster*	27013	16719
City of Lawndale	4181	12438
City of Lomita	1854	8944
City of Lynwood*	14650	20334
City of Malibu	633	4884
City of Manhattan Beach	1961	5447
City of Maywood	5693	20297
City of Monrovia	3839	9894
City of Montebello	11320	17584
City of Monterey Park	5455	8761
City of Norwalk	18181	16893
City of Palmdale	28614	18000
City of Palos Verdes Estates	638	4718
City of Paramount	11150	19903
City of Pico Rivera	12335	19188
City of Pomona	28325	18165
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	2021	4728
City of Redondo Beach	3923	5711
City of Rolling Hills	78	4021
City of Rolling Hills Estates	419	5165
City of Rosemead	5457	9859
City of San Dimas*	3860	11183
City of San Fernando	5894	23948
City of San Gabriel	3595	8778
City of San Marino	458	3450
City of Santa Clarita	25752	11683
City of Santa Fe Springs	3281	17866
City of Santa Monica	6390	6912
City of Sierra Madre	594	5405
City of Signal Hill	1400	11867
City of South El Monte	3757	17989
City of South Gate	20755	21145
City of South Pasadena	1646	6318
City of Temple City	2676	7341
City of Torrance	9301	6231
City of Vernon	135	64593
City of Walnut	2080	6813
City of West Covina	14807	13680
City of West Hollywood	3490	9445
City of Westlake Village	145	1734
City of Whittier	12805	14646
Los Angeles	587350	14522
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1343	16374
Los Angeles - Alsace	1804	14496
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	334	13349
Los Angeles - Arleta	7743	22528
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1683	11476
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	3480	11181
Los Angeles - Bel Air	540	6406
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	860	6866
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1241	9421
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	19016	21887
Los Angeles - Brentwood	2042	6597
Los Angeles - Brookside	45	7745
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	842	11824
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	10709	16402
Los Angeles - Carthay	1258	8759
Los Angeles - Central	8254	21168
Los Angeles - Century City	837	6543
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	7070	20938
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	4450	12007
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	628	6848
Los Angeles - Chinatown	908	11320
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1903	13076
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1799	11872
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1807	13067
Los Angeles - Crestview	1254	11031
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2581	8622
Los Angeles - Downtown*	5199	18901
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	4260	10761
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3686	12586
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1633	11455
Los Angeles - El Sereno	6952	16628
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	632	11064
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1460	14355
Los Angeles - Encino	4378	9692
Los Angeles - Exposition	435	13079
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	7082	15767
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	361	10028
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1568	17980
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	10277	21661
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	3931	12438
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1676	15570
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	7899	13574
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4440	20646
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1352	7935
Los Angeles - Harbor City	3128	10760
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5758	13206
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	216	8966
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2832	15703
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	8135	21445
Los Angeles - Highland Park	6531	13496
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2310	16655
Los Angeles - Hollywood	7431	10887
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	2239	7607
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	4527	15861
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1325	16413
Los Angeles - Koreatown	6217	12027
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	615	13490
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	6339	15019
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2604	19828
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	2002	13141
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5674	17407
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1304	16249
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	3169	11181
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	476	15193
Los Angeles - Longwood	660	15335
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1435	6641
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1230	14410
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	199	6370
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2778	6541
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	223	5115
Los Angeles - Melrose	9782	12590
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1487	9894
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1380	7673
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	4932	20444
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	3201	13257
Los Angeles - North Hills	10553	17138
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	24349	16080
Los Angeles - Northridge	9049	12965
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	1115	5237
Los Angeles - Pacoima	18821	24450
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	197	5122
Los Angeles - Palms	3305	7532
Los Angeles - Panorama City	14914	19819
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	867	6384
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7742	18503
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	168	5257
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	831	7591
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	3158	8874
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	500	7622
Los Angeles - Regent Square	323	11619
Los Angeles - Reseda	13243	17285
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	809	17450
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	329	7781
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	9011	11547
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	481	10828
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	7856	9004
Los Angeles - Silverlake	4078	9251
Los Angeles - South Carthay	942	8891
Los Angeles - South Park	8150	21469
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	767	16732
Los Angeles - Studio City	1891	8427
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	10572	20144
Los Angeles - Sunland	2679	13127
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	43	6646
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	18210	22100
Los Angeles - Tarzana	4002	12962
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	5785	14652
Los Angeles - Thai Town	1106	11275
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	720	8272
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	174	13323
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	143	7696
Los Angeles - Tujunga	3508	12614
Los Angeles - University Hills	316	9216
Los Angeles - University Park	4077	14849
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	4520	15059
Los Angeles - Valley Village	2713	10975
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	16530	17737
Los Angeles - Venice	2558	7549
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	3304	19209
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1695	22137
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	8617	20922
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	12087	23245
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1172	13954
Los Angeles - View Heights	283	7661
Los Angeles - Watts	8536	20003
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	679	13815
Los Angeles - West Adams	4563	16515
Los Angeles - West Hills	3830	9446
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	3178	8444
Los Angeles - West Vernon	11351	21160
Los Angeles - Westchester	3425	6637
Los Angeles - Westlake	8625	14531
Los Angeles - Westwood	3564	6587
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	7783	21542
Los Angeles - Wilmington	9635	17057
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	6418	12793
Los Angeles - Winnetka	7783	15029
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	6618	9724
Unincorporated - Acton	688	8631
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	378	9091
Unincorporated - Altadena	3954	9065
Unincorporated - Anaverde	170	11273
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	37	2972
Unincorporated - Arcadia	716	8971
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	7444	17539
Unincorporated - Athens Village	1173	23953
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	1254	18509
Unincorporated - Azusa	2625	16486
Unincorporated - Bassett	2858	19289
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	62	5778
Unincorporated - Bradbury	52	48148
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	1100	14234
Unincorporated - Castaic*	4297	15803
Unincorporated - Cerritos	76	12947
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	50	7123
Unincorporated - Covina	2666	15851
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	1772	13481
Unincorporated - Del Aire	381	8673
Unincorporated - Del Rey	41	12893
Unincorporated - Del Sur	227	9400
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	404	16205
Unincorporated - Duarte	939	21206
Unincorporated - East Covina	44	13374
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	620	11716
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	19	16667
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	27254	21756
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	237	3701
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	3083	20140
Unincorporated - East Whittier	565	10648
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	958	10898
Unincorporated - El Monte	24	16552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	99	5960
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	14879	22995
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	83	12576
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	5924	10593
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	349	13882
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	53	4827
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	302	21388
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	1382	6979
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	16	2367
Unincorporated - La Rambla	312	15036
Unincorporated - La Verne*	193	9461
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	547	7736
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	51	7635
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	1852	14253
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	174	10590
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	3881	17217
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	144	8224
Unincorporated - Littlerock	614	15270
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	142	10948
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	600	16811
Unincorporated - Llano	54	6157
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	640	6801
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	434	11183
Unincorporated - Newhall	70	31818
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	183	15275
Unincorporated - North Whittier	1246	14904
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	1848	7688
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	12	5581
Unincorporated - Palmdale	122	14489
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	31	4992
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	167	8538
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	189	30533
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	4	870
Unincorporated - Pomona	72	3715
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	1518	11762
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	467	17550
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	103	11063
Unincorporated - Rosewood	198	15397
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	192	16094
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	587	17465
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	4092	8020
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	18	2098
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	3826	18921
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	43	2113
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	22	7143
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	225	84270
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	963	5172
Unincorporated - Saugus	160	103226
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	46	12921
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	41	9011
Unincorporated - South El Monte	381	21226
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	1026	11596
Unincorporated - South Whittier	9465	15982
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	102	13060
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	1601	7636
Unincorporated - Sun Village	1029	17048
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	209	16127
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	132	7961
Unincorporated - Val Verde	412	12451
Unincorporated - Valencia	262	8529
Unincorporated - Valinda	4216	18039
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	962	8268
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	3325	20597
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	63	4169
Unincorporated - West Carson	2655	12021
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	215	22584
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	1896	19278
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	226	16630
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	4768	17708
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	56	4308
Unincorporated - Westhills	63	7509
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	347	9422
Unincorporated - Whittier	364	9619
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	54	450000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	7645	21897
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	624	10353
- Under Investigation	16717

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 85 cases and 1 death previously reported were not in Public Health's jurisdiction.

* Means that case numbers include cases associated with correctional facility outbreaks located in the city/community.

**Rate is crude and is per 100,000. This represents the number of cases per 100,000 people and allows for the proportional comparison of cities of different sizes.

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