For Immediate Release:

October 05, 2021

Los Angeles County continues to see a downward trend in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.

On September 27, the County’s 7-day daily case average was 1,050 new cases – a decrease of more than 57% from a month earlier. Over the same period, hospitalizations and deaths both declined by 45%. And while the declines are promising, the County continues to see, on average, 14 deaths a day, a particular tragedy because so many of them could have been prevented by vaccination.

Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) confirms 35 new deaths and 964 new cases of COVID-19. Of the 35 new deaths reported today, six people who passed away were over the age of 80, 10 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, 12 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, five people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 to 29. One death was reported by the City of Pasadena. To date, Public Health identified 1,464,793 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 26,195 deaths.

There are 768 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 30% of these people are in the ICU. This is a decrease of 122 daily hospitalizations over the past week.

Testing results are available for nearly 8,704,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today’s test positivity rate is 0.9%, a slight decrease from last week’s same day rate of 1.2%

The slowing of community transmission is also reflected in the number of new cases at schools. The overall case numbers in schools continue to decrease across the entire county. There were only 559 student cases the week of September 26 through October 1, while staff cases decreased to 82 over the same period. This is a 54% decrease from the prior week for students, and a 51% decrease for staff.

Most K-12 cases are not associated with outbreaks, but when three or more cases are linked at a school or school-based activity, they are considered to be part of an outbreak, and are met with additional resources dedicated to investigating and stopping transmission among students, staff, and communities. The number of school outbreaks also decreased by more than half between the prior week and last week, from 12 outbreaks the week ending September 26 to five outbreaks the week ending October 2. This past week, there was one outbreak in youth sports, and two outbreaks each in elementary and middle schools.

With more than 3,000 schools now open county-wide, these are astonishingly low numbers, and this is possible only because of the hard work of our school community members: staff, students, and families.

Multiple vaccination verification requirements now affect L.A. County residents and workers. As of September 20, proof of vaccination status or a negative test result at indoor events in L.A. County with more than 1,000 attendees is required. September 30 was the deadline for healthcare and homecare workers across L.A. County to be fully vaccinated, while L.A. County employees had until October 1 and L.A. City employees have until today, October 5.

On October 7, proof of full vaccination or a negative test result will be required to enter outdoor mega events, and proof of at least one dose of the vaccine will be required to enter or work in indoor portions of bars, lounges, nightclubs, breweries, wineries, and distilleries in L.A. County. On November 4, bars and similar establishments throughout L.A. County will be required to verify full vaccination of all patrons and employees prior to entry to indoor portions of their establishments. To help businesses through all stages of implementation, which includes an overview of vaccination and testing requirements, Public Health created toolkits that are available online, at: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/business-verification.htm

Under a state order, K-12 school staff across the county are required to be vaccinated by October 15 or test weekly. LAUSD students participating in extracurricular activities must be fully vaccinated by October 31, and Culver City students are required to be vaccinated by November 19. All LAUSD students 12 and over must be fully vaccinated by December 19. Last week, Governor Newsom announced the state’s plan to require COVID-19 vaccination of all students and staff at private and public schools statewide as a condition of in-person attendance. The requirement will be effective for each student beginning the term following full FDA approval of the vaccine for their grade span, beginning with students in grades 7 through 12, followed by students in grades K through 6. Depending on the timing of approvals, this likely means the requirement will go into effect beginning either January 1 or July 1 of 2022. There are also federal requirements, including President Biden’s executive order requiring federal workers to be fully vaccinated by November 22.

Helping organizations and businesses comply with targeted vaccination requirements over the next few months will be a focus for Public Health teams. Over the course of the pandemic, the County has seen high rates of compliance with other safety measures, and we anticipate similar cooperation as we work together to add the additional powerful protection of vaccinations for workers, customers, students, and families.

"We grieve alongside everyone who has suffered the loss of friends and families during this difficult time. Our prayers and hearts are with you,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Many of us are trying to figure out our holiday plans. As Halloween, Thanksgiving and the December holiday season are fast approaching, we are hopeful, that with continued declines in cases, we can plan for gatherings, parties, and perhaps travel to celebrate with family and friends. While we continue to live with the uncertainties posed by a mutating virus, one thing is certain: whatever your plans, they’ll be safer if you and your loved ones are vaccinated. To be safe, it is helpful to make sure to get your vaccine in time to be fully protected for the holidays.”

Public Health encourages everyone unvaccinated for COVID-19 to get vaccinated ahead of time to be fully protected for the holidays. For those not yet vaccinated, you are only considered fully protected two weeks after all doses are complete. For the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you’re considered fully protected two weeks after your one shot. For the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which both involve two shots several weeks apart, you’re only considered fully protected two weeks after your second dose.

If you’re unvaccinated today, you could walk into one of our county-run vaccination sites and get a Johnson & Johnson vaccine, then two weeks later, be considered fully vaccinated. That means you’d be fully protected by Halloween.

Anyone 12 and older living or working in L.A. County can get vaccinated. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status. Boosters are available for eligible individuals at all sites offering the Pfizer vaccine. Many vaccination sites across the county, including all the County-run sites, are also offering third doses of vaccine to eligible immunocompromised people. Appointments are not needed at many sites and all Public Health vaccination sites where first, second, and third doses are available.

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.

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	1464793
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1387538
-- Long Beach	63991
-- Pasadena	13264
Deaths	26195
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	24813
-- Long Beach	1020
-- Pasadena	362
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	36374
- 5 to 11	76624
- 12 to 17	87466
- 18 to 29	329991
- 30 to 49	461024
- 50 to 64	256408
- 65 to 79	102208
- over 80	36618
- Under Investigation	825
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	699733
- Male	656370
- Other	740
- Under Investigation	30695
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2343
- Asian	66139
- Black	66264
- Hispanic/Latino	716944
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5103
- White	169357
- Other	117563
- Under Investigation	243825
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	103346
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	53
- Asian	3267
- Black	2159
- Hispanic/Latino	13187
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	87
- White	5796
- Other	211
- Under Investigation	53
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1408	6742
City of Alhambra	8091	9330
City of Arcadia	3328	5762
City of Artesia	2425	14439
City of Avalon	32	827
City of Azusa	7353	14694
City of Baldwin Park	14555	18959
City of Bell	7506	20659
City of Bell Gardens	9025	20954
City of Bellflower	12863	16547
City of Beverly Hills	3579	10368
City of Bradbury	42	3929
City of Burbank	11053	10313
City of Calabasas	1743	7166
City of Carson	11911	12692
City of Cerritos	3694	7378
City of Claremont	2792	7653
City of Commerce*	2691	20591
City of Compton	19508	19527
City of Covina	7615	15531
City of Cudahy	5352	21982
City of Culver City	2871	7202
City of Diamond Bar	3950	6868
City of Downey	20255	17727
City of Duarte	2735	12423
City of El Monte	18962	16170
City of El Segundo	1054	6279
City of Gardena	7721	12593
City of Glendale	24449	11840
City of Glendora	5881	11146
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2556	17416
City of Hawthorne	12544	14128
City of Hermosa Beach	1530	7778
City of Hidden Hills	134	7090
City of Huntington Park	12297	20673
City of Industry	190	43478
City of Inglewood	16648	14657
City of Irwindale	299	20493
City of La Canada Flintridge	1048	5065
City of La Habra Heights	128	2346
City of La Mirada	5307	10700
City of La Puente	7453	18313
City of La Verne	3518	10570
City of Lakewood	9245	11504
City of Lancaster*	27835	17228
City of Lawndale	4247	12635
City of Lomita	1914	9233
City of Lynwood*	14828	20581
City of Malibu	656	5061
City of Manhattan Beach	2034	5650
City of Maywood	5732	20436
City of Monrovia	3951	10183
City of Montebello	11444	17777
City of Monterey Park	5551	8916
City of Norwalk	18382	17080
City of Palmdale	29298	18430
City of Palos Verdes Estates	658	4866
City of Paramount	11311	20190
City of Pico Rivera	12463	19387
City of Pomona	28870	18515
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	2090	4889
City of Redondo Beach	4044	5887
City of Rolling Hills	79	4072
City of Rolling Hills Estates	424	5226
City of Rosemead	5527	9986
City of San Dimas*	3939	11412
City of San Fernando	5967	24244
City of San Gabriel	3632	8868
City of San Marino	464	3495
City of Santa Clarita	26532	12037
City of Santa Fe Springs	3349	18237
City of Santa Monica	6560	7096
City of Sierra Madre	619	5633
City of Signal Hill	1437	12181
City of South El Monte	3815	18267
City of South Gate	21006	21401
City of South Pasadena	1683	6460
City of Temple City	2727	7480
City of Torrance	9541	6392
City of Vernon	140	66986
City of Walnut	2126	6963
City of West Covina	15061	13915
City of West Hollywood	3577	9680
City of Westlake Village	152	1818
City of Whittier	13015	14886
Los Angeles	597610	14775
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1359	16569
Los Angeles - Alsace	1839	14777
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	342	13669
Los Angeles - Arleta	7821	22755
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1709	11653
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	3550	11406
Los Angeles - Bel Air	551	6537
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	878	7010
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1269	9633
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	19183	22079
Los Angeles - Brentwood	2112	6823
Los Angeles - Brookside	46	7917
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	857	12035
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	10864	16640
Los Angeles - Carthay	1280	8912
Los Angeles - Central	8348	21410
Los Angeles - Century City	855	6684
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	7196	21311
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	4535	12237
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	647	7055
Los Angeles - Chinatown	925	11532
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	1935	13296
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	1825	12044
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	1836	13276
Los Angeles - Crestview	1287	11321
Los Angeles - Del Rey	2644	8832
Los Angeles - Downtown*	5298	19261
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	4338	10958
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	3742	12777
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1654	11602
Los Angeles - El Sereno	7049	16860
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	643	11257
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1476	14512
Los Angeles - Encino	4510	9984
Los Angeles - Exposition	437	13139
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	7198	16025
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	366	10167
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1607	18427
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	10431	21985
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	4017	12710
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1706	15849
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	8046	13827
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4491	20884
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1398	8205
Los Angeles - Harbor City	3180	10939
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	5876	13477
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	221	9174
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	2861	15864
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	8247	21740
Los Angeles - Highland Park	6622	13684
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2330	16799
Los Angeles - Hollywood	7580	11106
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	2292	7787
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	4616	16173
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1346	16673
Los Angeles - Koreatown	6300	12187
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	626	13731
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	6452	15287
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2642	20117
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	2042	13403
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	5766	17689
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1315	16386
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	3217	11350
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	484	15448
Los Angeles - Longwood	672	15613
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1491	6900
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1251	14656
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	200	6402
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	2850	6710
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	231	5298
Los Angeles - Melrose	9960	12819
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1512	10060
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1423	7912
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	5004	20743
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	3269	13539
Los Angeles - North Hills	10704	17384
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	24794	16374
Los Angeles - Northridge	9206	13190
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	1143	5368
Los Angeles - Pacoima	19036	24729
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	204	5304
Los Angeles - Palms	3396	7740
Los Angeles - Panorama City	15126	20101
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	882	6495
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	7798	18637
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	173	5413
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	854	7801
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	3254	9144
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	513	7820
Los Angeles - Regent Square	326	11727
Los Angeles - Reseda	13425	17522
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	820	17688
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	339	8018
Los Angeles - San Pedro* #####