With Small Increase in COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Sensible Protections Can Reduce Spread of Infection, Severe Illness

As COVID-19 hospitalizations and emergency department visits increase slightly in Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues to ensure that residents have easy access to sensible protections, such as testing and treatment, to help reduce the spread of infection and prevent people from becoming very sick from COVID-19.

With reported COVID-19 hospitalizations rising slightly in Los Angeles County, Public Health officials remind residents to reduce risk from a COVID-19 infection by testing if exposed or experiencing symptoms such as fever or chills, coughing, runny nose, fatigue and body aches, and staying home and seeking treatment as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms.

Testing can reduce the spread of COVID-19 to others, especially people who are vulnerable to severe illness from the virus. Free at-home tests are widely available through community partners and at libraries and public health clinics throughout Los Angeles County. Public Health distributed 305,946 antigen test kits for the week ending July 30, 2023, bringing the total number of test kits distributed in Los Angeles County in June and July 2023 to more than 2 million. To find out how and where to get free test kits, visit http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/covidtests.

For people who have tested positive, treatment is easy to access in Los Angeles County. Public Health offers free telehealth services that include delivering medicine directly to the person who needs it. Beginning treatment within five days of the start of symptoms can prevent serious illness and reduce the amount of time a person may test positive for COVID-19. Early evidence also suggests that treatment may lower the risk of developing long COVID. For free telehealth services and other COVID-19 resources, contact the Public Health Call Center at 1-833-540-0473. It’s open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

With fall approaching, Los Angeles County residents also should begin talking with their health care provider about updating protection against COVID-19, flu and, if 60 years or older or a very young child, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are expected to issue vaccination guidance for the anticipated fall COVID-19 vaccine in the upcoming weeks. Once approved, Public Health will work with community partners to make sure that residents have easy access to the updated COVID-19 vaccine and other recommended vaccines to protect against severe illness during fall and winter.

With the lifting of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine requirements for health care workers on Aug. 5, 2023, Los Angeles County will rescind the current Health Officer Order, COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Healthcare Workers. The COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be required for workers in health care settings; however, health care workers are encouraged to be fully up to date on COVID-19 vaccines. When workers in health care settings are up to date on their vaccines, there is both a reduced risk to patients and among health care workers themselves, as vaccines provide strong protection against severe illness that harms patients and staff.

Public Health will wait until the FDA and CDC issue vaccination guidance for the anticipated fall vaccine before updating appropriate vaccination safety protections for health care workers.

Health care workers should continue to wear a well-fitting mask when providing care to or working in-person with patients, clients and residents and when in patient care areas in health care and direct care settings in accordance with Health Officer Order, Required Masking of Workers in Healthcare and Direct Care Settings.

Public Health continues to monitor COVID-19 in Los Angeles County. If there are significant changes in level of transmission, hospitalizations or Early Alert Metrics, Public Health will review and revise current policies.

Los Angeles County remains in the CDC Low Hospital Admission Level with 3.0 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, reported on July 31 for the seven-day period ending July 22. Hospital Admission Levels replaced COVID-19 Community Levels.

Public Health reports COVID-19 data weekly. The following table shows case, wastewater, emergency department, hospitalization, and death data in Los Angeles County over the past four weeks.

	Metric	Date of Weekly Report
	Metric	8/2/2023	7/26/2023	7/19/2023	7/12/2023
	Daily average cases	264	206	202	152
	SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 2022-2023 peak concentration value	12%	16%	10%	8%
	Daily average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related	3.2%	2.7%	2.5%	2.4%
	Daily average number of COVID-positive hospitalizations	245	228	221	213
	Daily average deaths	0.7	2.6	2.3	3.4
	Percent of all deaths due to COVID-19	1.4%	1.2%	0.5%	1.2%
All daily averages are 7-day averages. Data for past weeks are subject to change in future reports. Time periods covered by each metric: cases = week ending each Saturday; wastewater = week ending each Saturday, with a one-week lag; ED data = week ending each Sunday; hospitalizations = week ending each Saturday; deaths = week ending each Monday, with a three-week lag; death percentage = week ending Monday, with a one-week lag. Case data is presented by episode date, an approximation of the date the illness began, and death data is presented by date of death. This is a change from how case and death data were presented prior to July 26, 2023, which was by date of report. Daily average cases and deaths do not include Long Beach and Pasadena.

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/COVIDdata including:

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 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html ncov/index.html
CDC Spanish https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019 -ncov/index.html
World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health -topics/coronavirus

Cases through 12:00pm 7/31/2023
	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases (includes LB and Pas through 6/27/23; excludes LB and Pas after 6/27/23)	3,765,692
Deaths (includes LB and Pas)	36,585
Cases by Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	112,849
- 5 to 11	283,515
- 12 to 17	278,231
- 18 to 29	761,495
- 30 to 49	1,140,201
- 50 to 64	619,038
- 65 to 79	267,983
- over 80	94,820
- Under Investigation	2,567
Cases by Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	1,838,403
- Male	1,631,274
- Other	1,856
- Under Investigation	89,166
Cases by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	6,747
- Asian	265,740
- Black	187,718
- Hispanic/Latino	1,519,594
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17,817
- White	495,367
- Other	409,746
- Under Investigation	657,970
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	181,516
Deaths by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	79
- Asian	4,538
- Black	3,259
- Hispanic/Latino	16,937
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	116
- White	9,261
- Other	428
- Under Investigation	91
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	6388	30589
City of Alhambra	25655	29582
City of Arcadia	13826	23939
City of Artesia	6041	35969
City of Avalon	290	7495
City of Azusa	17585	35142
City of Baldwin Park	29833	38861
City of Bell	17077	47003
City of Bell Gardens	17252	40055
City of Bellflower	30976	39848
City of Beverly Hills	11658	33772
City of Bradbury	71	6642
City of Burbank	33073	30857
City of Calabasas	5890	24216
City of Carson	35182	37489
City of Cerritos	13483	26930
City of Claremont	10481	28728
City of Commerce*	5893	45091
City of Compton	40493	40532
City of Covina	20388	41581
City of Cudahy	12253	50327
City of Culver City	12066	30267
City of Diamond Bar	13781	23961
City of Downey	47070	41194
City of Duarte	7542	34257
City of El Monte	42955	36629
City of El Segundo	4125	24574
City of Gardena	22034	35939
City of Glendale	60687	29389
City of Glendora	15128	28671
City of Hawaiian Gardens	5028	34260
City of Hawthorne	29827	33594
City of Hermosa Beach	4767	24235
City of Hidden Hills	389	20582
City of Huntington Park	26439	44447
City of Industry	1020	233410
City of Inglewood	38961	34302
City of Irwindale	890	61001
City of La Canada Flintridge	4593	22196
City of La Habra Heights	215	3941
City of La Mirada	14334	28900
City of La Puente	16053	39445
City of La Verne	9302	27949
City of Lakewood	27256	33917
City of Lancaster*	64526	39937
City of Lawndale	10662	31719
City of Lomita	6154	29688
City of Lynwood*	31487	43703
City of Malibu	2910	22452
City of Manhattan Beach	7505	20848
City of Maywood	12883	45930
City of Monrovia	11934	30758
City of Montebello	25641	39831
City of Monterey Park	17617	28295
City of Norwalk	43325	40257
City of Palmdale	67161	42248
City of Palos Verdes Estates	2302	17024
City of Paramount	22871	40824
City of Pico Rivera	28274	43983
City of Pomona	65926	42279
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	7868	18406
City of Redondo Beach	15751	22928
City of Rolling Hills	302	15567
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1554	19154
City of Rosemead	15346	27725
City of San Dimas*	11172	32368
City of San Fernando	12836	52153
City of San Gabriel	11529	28151
City of San Marino	2442	18393
City of Santa Clarita	74043	33591
City of Santa Fe Springs	7938	43226
City of Santa Monica	26755	28941
City of Sierra Madre	2444	22240
City of Signal Hill	4123	34950
City of South El Monte	8479	40599
City of South Gate	47373	48263
City of South Pasadena	6372	24458
City of Temple City	10825	29694
City of Torrance	34704	23249
City of Vernon	358	171292
City of Walnut	7626	24977
City of West Covina	39809	36780
City of West Hollywood	11377	30789
City of Westlake Village	456	5455
City of Whittier	31524	36055
Los Angeles	1537332	38009
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	3225	39320
Los Angeles - Alsace	4556	36609
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	851	34013
Los Angeles - Arleta	16990	49433
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	5121	34917
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	10322	33163
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2477	29387
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3370	26906
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	4241	32195
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	40654	46791
Los Angeles - Brentwood	8498	27453
Los Angeles - Brookside	158	27194
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2313	32481
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	25484	39033
Los Angeles - Carthay	4454	31010
Los Angeles - Central	17095	43842
Los Angeles - Century City	3791	29636
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	16380	48510
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	13056	35228
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2582	28154
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2963	36941
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	5364	36858
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4933	32555
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	5381	38911
Los Angeles - Crestview	3998	35169
Los Angeles - Del Rey	8514	28441
Los Angeles - Downtown*	16298	59250
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	13927	35179
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	9617	32837
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4532	31790
Los Angeles - El Sereno	17019	40708
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1851	32405
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3594	35336
Los Angeles - Encino	15386	34061
Los Angeles - Exposition	1286	38665
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	18354	40862
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1275	35417
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3820	43802
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	22964	48401
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	11074	35040
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	4213	39140
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	21710	37308
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	10141	47156
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4781	28059
Los Angeles - Harbor City	9488	32638
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	15796	36229
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	652	27065
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	6187	34306
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	18137	47811
Los Angeles - Highland Park	17350	35854
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5542	39957
Los Angeles - Hollywood	21842	32001
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	7751	26333
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	12037	42174
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	3168	39242
Los Angeles - Koreatown	16315	31561
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1607	35249
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	16421	38907
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	6172	46996
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5845	38366
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	12889	39540
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	3069	38243
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8720	30766
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1517	48420
Los Angeles - Longwood	1804	41914
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	6467	29929
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	3279	38414
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	912	29193
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	11080	26088
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	971	22271
Los Angeles - Melrose	26464	34061
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4531	30146
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4979	27684
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	12005	49764
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	8295	34355
Los Angeles - North Hills	25473	41369
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	59490	39288
Los Angeles - Northridge	25857	37046
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	5092	23916
Los Angeles - Pacoima	39043	50719
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	930	24181
Los Angeles - Palms	12200	27805
Los Angeles - Panorama City	33743	44841
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	3280	24153
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	16453	39322
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	611	19118
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3476	31753
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	10655	29940
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2275	34680
Los Angeles - Regent Square	882	31727
Los Angeles - Reseda	32425	42321
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1817	39193
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1192	28193
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	26477	33928
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1332	29986
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	27984	32072
Los Angeles - Silverlake	13398	30393
Los Angeles - South Carthay	3299	31137
Los Angeles - South Park	16971	44706
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1885	41121
Los Angeles - Studio City	7127	31760
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	23391	44569
Los Angeles - Sunland	6976	34183
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	211	32612
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	42454	51523
Los Angeles - Tarzana	10658	34519
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	13599	34444
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2825	28800
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2586	29710
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	530	40582
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	480	25834
Los Angeles - Tujunga	9063	32589
Los Angeles - University Hills	938	27355
Los Angeles - University Park	11688	42570
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	11304	37660
Los Angeles - Valley Village	8640	34951
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	37922	40691
Los Angeles - Venice	9240	27269
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7556	43930
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3775	49301
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	18862	45797
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	24837	47765
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2836	33766
Los Angeles - View Heights	1124	30428
Los Angeles - Watts	19798	46394
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1866	37965
Los Angeles - West Adams	11036	39942
Los Angeles - West Hills	13091	32288
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	11772	31279
Los Angeles - West Vernon	24911	46438
Los Angeles - Westchester	14059	27245
Los Angeles - Westlake	21040	35448
Los Angeles - Westwood	16882	31200
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	22492	62255
Los Angeles - Wilmington	23833	42192
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	17250	34383
Los Angeles - Winnetka	20145	38900
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	20841	30624
Unincorporated - Acton	2030	25467
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	999	24026
Unincorporated - Altadena	11844	27153
Unincorporated - Anaverde	422	27984
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	92	7390
Unincorporated - Arcadia	2280	28568
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	2834	57872
Unincorporated - Athens Village	17696	41695
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2745	40517
Unincorporated - Azusa	6403	40212
Unincorporated - Bassett	6259	42242
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	207	19292
Unincorporated - Bradbury	137	126852
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3798	49146
Unincorporated - Castaic*	9751	35861
Unincorporated - Cerritos	193	32879
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	10	50000
Unincorporated - Claremont	160	22792
Unincorporated - Covina	6317	37559
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	5100	38801
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1235	28113
Unincorporated - Del Rey	149	46855
Unincorporated - Del Sur	706	29234
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	962	38588
Unincorporated - Duarte	2019	45596
Unincorporated - East Covina	91	27660
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1659	31349
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	44	38596
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	58947	47056
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	434	6778
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	6409	41867
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1445	27233
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2779	31612
Unincorporated - El Monte	1	690
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	289	17399
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	30574	47251
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	2	16667
Unincorporated - Glendora	199	30152
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	16710	29879
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	765	30430
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	173	15756
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	323	22875
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	4535	22903
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	21	3107
Unincorporated - La Rambla	937	45157
Unincorporated - La Verne*	667	32696
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	2112	29868
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	207	30988
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	4097	31530
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	468	28484
Unincorporated - Lakewood	28	24561
Unincorporated - Lennox	7719	34243
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	315	17990
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1426	35464
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	363	27988
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1330	37265
Unincorporated - Llano	109	12429
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2765	29381
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1141	29400
Unincorporated - Newhall	105	47727
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	515	42988
Unincorporated - North Whittier	3171	37931
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5372	22350
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	38	17674
Unincorporated - Palmdale	269	31948
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	130	20934
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	436	22290
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	377	60905
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	24	5217
Unincorporated - Pomona	126	6502
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3942	30544
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1224	45998
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	281	30183
Unincorporated - Rosewood	518	40280
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	552	46270
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1364	40583
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	12582	24660
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	44	5128
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	8003	39578
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	90	4423
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	63	20455
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	597	223596
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3989	21422
Unincorporated - Saugus	347	223871
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	135	37921
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	123	27033
Unincorporated - South El Monte	767	42730
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	3253	36765
Unincorporated - South Whittier	21835	36870
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	252	32266
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	6040	28809
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2153	35669
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	596	45988
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	441	26598
Unincorporated - Val Verde	1228	37111
Unincorporated - Valencia	944	30729
Unincorporated - Valinda	9721	41594
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3671	31551
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7501	46466
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	189	12508
Unincorporated - West Carson	8394	38006
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	5	41667
Unincorporated - West LA	899	94433
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	4281	43528
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	501	36865
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	10875	40390
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	256	19692
Unincorporated - Westhills	200	23838
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	939	25496
Unincorporated - Whittier	1012	26744
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	76	633333
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	16846	48251
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1921	31873
- Under Investigation	71833
* --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community
Data are subject to change based on further investigation

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