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%

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:

COVID-19 Daily Data (cases, deaths, testing, testing positivity rate, mortality rate, and hospitalizations)
Gender, Age, Race/Ethnicity and City/Community Cases and Deaths
Recovery Metrics
Contact Tracing Metrics
Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance
Outbreaks:

Residential Congregate Settings
Non-Residential Settings
Homeless Service Settings

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

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health:
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/
California Department of Public Health:
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Spanish https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

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
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