With COVID-19 Transmission Increasing, Those at Higher Risk Should Adopt Simple Strategies to Reduce Exposure, Prevent Severe Illness?

With COVID-19 transmissions and hospitalizations on the rise in Los Angeles County, residents at higher risk should consider employing simple strategies to reduce their exposures and prevent severe illness.? Individuals who are older, those with weakened immune systems, and those with chronic health conditions continue to experience higher rates of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19.

To reduce risks, especially as transmission of the virus is increasing, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) asks those more vulnerable to take precautions to reduce potential exposures, identify COVID infections early, and consult with a health care provider when infected to access appropriate therapeutics. Protective measures include wearing a well-fitting, high filtration mask when traveling via public transit, when in poorly ventilated and/or crowded indoor spaces, and when at health care facilities.?

Those that provide services to individuals at higher risk of severe illness from COVID are also asked to take sensible steps to prevent transmission of COVID-19; this includes staying home and away from others if sick, testing before gathering indoors, and wearing a mask if providing patient care.?

Even as hospitalizations from COVID-19 remain at near-record lows, older adults continue to be hospitalized at significantly higher rates than any other age group in Los Angeles County. Public Health data shows that people 80 years old and older were more than five times as likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people ages 50-79, during the 30-day period ending Aug. 5. Adults ages 50 to 79 were four times as likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19 than people 30-49 years old during the same 30-day period.

Some of the people at highest risk of complications from COVID-19 live in skilled nursing facilities, where there has been an increase in COVID-19 outbreaks in recent weeks. Public Health opened 59 new outbreak investigations at skilled nursing facilities in Los Angeles County during the 30-day period ending Aug. 16, a significant increase from the 34 outbreak investigations opened during the previous 30 days.

One way to reduce outbreaks at skilled nursing facilities is to make sure residents, staff and visitors are up to date on their vaccinations. As of Aug. 15, 76 percent of all skilled nursing facility residents and half of all staff are up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. Vaccines are a safe, highly effective and relatively simple to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

As fall approaches, all residents are encouraged to ask their health care provider what vaccines they should get to protect against COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are slated to consider authorizing a new COVID-19 vaccine next month. The yearly flu vaccine also is recommended for everyone 6 months old and older. Additionally, a new RSV vaccine has been approved for people ages 60 and older and other new RSV protections are now available for infants and young children.

Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 should talk to their health care provider about treatment options, such as Paxlovid, as soon as possible. Treatment must begin within five days of the onset of symptoms. To access free telehealth services for treatment, contact the Public Health Call Center, seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., at 1-833-540-0473.

Los Angeles County remains in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?s Low Hospital Admission Level with 4.1 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, reported on Aug. 14 for the seven-day period ending Aug. 5.

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	8/16/2023	8/9/2023	8/2/2023	7/26/2023
?	Daily average cases	384	333	264	206
?	SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 2022-2023 peak concentration value	22%	19%	12%	16%
?	Daily average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related	3.9%	3.5%	3.2%	2.7%
?	Daily average number of COVID-positive hospitalizations	330	293	245	228
?	Daily average deaths	1.0	1.7	0.7	2.6
?	Percent of all deaths due to COVID-19	0.9%	1.3%	0.8%	1.1%
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. Hospitalization counts do not include Prospect Hospitals, which on average make up 2% of hospitalizations in LA County. 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.						?
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?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:

COVID-19 Locations & Demographics (data by demographic characteristics and geography, active outbreaks, and citations)
COVID -19 Response Plan
COVID -19 Vaccinations
Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics

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
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

? Cases through 12:00pm 8/14/2023	?	?
?	Total Cases	?
Laboratory Confirmed Cases (includes LB and Pas through 6/27/23; excludes LB and Pas after 6/27/23)	3,772,815	?
Deaths (includes LB and Pas)	36,612	?
Cases by Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	113,325	?
- 5 to 11	283,680	?
- 12 to 17	278,395	?
- 18 to 29	762,461	?
- 30 to 49	1,142,188	?
- 50 to 64	620,509	?
- 65 to 79	269,207	?
-? over 80	95,488	?
-? Under Investigation	2,569	?
Cases by Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1,842,431	?
-? Male	1,634,331	?
-? Other	1,858	?
-? Under Investigation	89,202	?
Cases by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	6,762	?
-? Asian	266,421	?
-? Black	188,404	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1,521,984	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17,854	?
-? White	496,717	?
-? Other	410,686	?
-? Under Investigation	658,994	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)	182,341	?
Deaths by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	79	?
-? Asian	4,541	?
-? Black	3,260	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	16,938	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	116	?
-? White	9,268	?
-? Other	429	?
-? Under Investigation	92	?
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	6407	30680
City of Alhambra	25723	29661
City of Arcadia	13857	23993
City of Artesia	6054	36046
City of Avalon	292	7547
City of Azusa	17629	35230
City of Baldwin Park	29882	38925
City of Bell	17092	47044
City of Bell Gardens	17274	40106
City of Bellflower	31036	39925
City of Beverly Hills	11683	33844
City of Bradbury	71	6642
City of Burbank	33157	30936
City of Calabasas	5912	24306
City of Carson	35287	37601
City of Cerritos	13528	27020
City of Claremont	10495	28766
City of Commerce*	5899	45137
City of Compton	40583	40622
City of Covina	20441	41689
City of Cudahy	12263	50368
City of Culver City	12100	30352
City of Diamond Bar	13807	24006
City of Downey	47143	41258
City of Duarte	7559	34334
City of El Monte	43037	36699
City of El Segundo	4136	24640
City of Gardena	22093	36035
City of Glendale	60813	29450
City of Glendora	15180	28770
City of Hawaiian Gardens	5036	34315
City of Hawthorne	29891	33666
City of Hermosa Beach	4780	24301
City of Hidden Hills	390	20635
City of Huntington Park	26474	44506
City of Industry	1021	233638
City of Inglewood	39050	34380
City of Irwindale	892	61138
City of La Canada Flintridge	4610	22278
City of La Habra Heights	215	3941
City of La Mirada	14374	28980
City of La Puente	16072	39492
City of La Verne	9318	27997
City of Lakewood	27335	34015
City of Lancaster*	64657	40018
City of Lawndale	10688	31796
City of Lomita	6171	29770
City of Lynwood*	31535	43770
City of Malibu	2914	22483
City of Manhattan Beach	7522	20895
City of Maywood	12898	45984
City of Monrovia	11972	30856
City of Montebello	25671	39877
City of Monterey Park	17652	28351
City of Norwalk	43398	40324
City of Palmdale	67275	42320
City of Palos Verdes Estates	2308	17068
City of Paramount	22904	40883
City of Pico Rivera	28306	44033
City of Pomona	66038	42351
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	7911	18507
City of Redondo Beach	15800	23000
City of Rolling Hills	303	15619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1562	19253
City of Rosemead	15373	27774
City of San Dimas*	11203	32457
City of San Fernando	12854	52227
City of San Gabriel	11553	28210
City of San Marino	2451	18460
City of Santa Clarita	74271	33695
City of Santa Fe Springs	7953	43308
City of Santa Monica	26836	29029
City of Sierra Madre	2453	22322
City of Signal Hill	4127	34983
City of South El Monte	8483	40618
City of South Gate	47416	48307
City of South Pasadena	6392	24535
City of Temple City	10841	29738
City of Torrance	34824	23330
City of Vernon	358	171292
City of Walnut	7643	25033
City of West Covina	39869	36836
City of West Hollywood	11394	30835
City of Westlake Village	456	5455
City of Whittier	31564	36101
Los Angeles	1540254	38082
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	3229	39368
Los Angeles - Alsace	4570	36722
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	851	34013
Los Angeles - Arleta	17015	49505
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	5127	34958
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	10349	33250
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2483	29458
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3379	26978
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	4249	32255
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	40696	46839
Los Angeles - Brentwood	8526	27543
Los Angeles - Brookside	158	27194
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2317	32538
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	25555	39141
Los Angeles - Carthay	4459	31045
Los Angeles - Central	17105	43868
Los Angeles - Century City	3803	29730
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	16419	48626
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	13088	35315
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2588	28219
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2967	36990
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	5381	36975
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4939	32594
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	5400	39048
Los Angeles - Crestview	4004	35222
Los Angeles - Del Rey	8544	28541
Los Angeles - Downtown*	16326	59352
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	13948	35232
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	9629	32878
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4541	31853
Los Angeles - El Sereno	17044	40767
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1857	32511
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3598	35375
Los Angeles - Encino	15419	34134
Los Angeles - Exposition	1289	38755
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	18371	40900
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1282	35611
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3823	43837
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	23000	48477
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	11097	35113
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	4224	39242
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	21750	37377
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	10155	47222
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4792	28124
Los Angeles - Harbor City	9514	32728
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	15849	36351
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	654	27148
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	6191	34328
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	18159	47869
Los Angeles - Highland Park	17376	35908
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5548	40000
Los Angeles - Hollywood	21875	32049
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	7764	26378
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	12058	42248
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	3178	39366
Los Angeles - Koreatown	16334	31598
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1610	35315
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	16452	38980
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	6185	47095
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5855	38431
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	12907	39596
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	3071	38268
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8734	30815
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1525	48675
Los Angeles - Longwood	1810	42054
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	6486	30017
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	3283	38461
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	912	29193
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	11123	26190
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	974	22339
Los Angeles - Melrose	26532	34148
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4546	30246
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4990	27745
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	12033	49880
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	8304	34392
Los Angeles - North Hills	25512	41432
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	59602	39362
Los Angeles - Northridge	25911	37123
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	5100	23954
Los Angeles - Pacoima	39093	50784
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	932	24233
Los Angeles - Palms	12235	27885
Los Angeles - Panorama City	33807	44926
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	3294	24256
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	16473	39370
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	612	19149
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3483	31817
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	10693	30047
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2279	34741
Los Angeles - Regent Square	885	31835
Los Angeles - Reseda	32473	42384
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1820	39258
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1194	28240
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	26547	34018
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1334	30032
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	28064	32164
Los Angeles - Silverlake	13424	30452
Los Angeles - South Carthay	3310	31241
Los Angeles - South Park	16987	44749
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1889	41209
Los Angeles - Studio City	7143	31832
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	23433	44649
Los Angeles - Sunland	6986	34232
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	211	32612
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	42516	51598
Los Angeles - Tarzana	10674	34571
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	13627	34514
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2829	28841
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2594	29802
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	532	40735
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	480	25834
Los Angeles - Tujunga	9081	32654
Los Angeles - University Hills	941	27442
Los Angeles - University Park	11704	42628
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	11326	37733
Los Angeles - Valley Village	8654	35008
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	37992	40767
Los Angeles - Venice	9258	27322
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7571	44017
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3781	49380
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	18897	45882
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	24856	47802
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2843	33849
Los Angeles - View Heights	1128	30536
Los Angeles - Watts	19837	46485
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1865	37945
Los Angeles - West Adams	11053	40004
Los Angeles - West Hills	13127	32376
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	11811	31382
Los Angeles - West Vernon	24948	46507
Los Angeles - Westchester	14086	27297
Los Angeles - Westlake	21076	35508
Los Angeles - Westwood	16913	31257
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	22527	62352
Los Angeles - Wilmington	23878	42272
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	17275	34433
Los Angeles - Winnetka	20189	38985
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	20911	30727
Unincorporated - Acton	2039	25580
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	1003	24122
Unincorporated - Altadena	11893	27265
Unincorporated - Anaverde	425	28183
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	92	7390
Unincorporated - Arcadia	2294	28743
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	2837	57933
Unincorporated - Athens Village	17731	41777
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2749	40576
Unincorporated - Azusa	6424	40344
Unincorporated - Bassett	6266	42289
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	207	19292
Unincorporated - Bradbury	137	126852
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3808	49275
Unincorporated - Castaic*	9791	36008
Unincorporated - Cerritos	193	32879
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	10	50000
Unincorporated - Claremont	160	22792
Unincorporated - Covina	6324	37600
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	5111	38885
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1236	28136
Unincorporated - Del Rey	149	46855
Unincorporated - Del Sur	708	29317
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	965	38708
Unincorporated - Duarte	2035	45958
Unincorporated - East Covina	91	27660
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1662	31406
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	44	38596
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	59029	47122
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	434	6778
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	6416	41913
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1448	27290
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2784	31669
Unincorporated - El Monte	1	690
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	290	17459
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	30610	47307
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	2	16667
Unincorporated - Glendora	199	30152
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	16749	29949
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	765	30430
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	175	15938
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	324	22946
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	4542	22938
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	21	3107
Unincorporated - La Rambla	939	45253
Unincorporated - La Verne*	667	32696
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	2118	29953
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	207	30988
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	4105	31592
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	468	28484
Unincorporated - Lakewood	28	24561
Unincorporated - Lennox	7732	34300
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	315	17990
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1427	35489
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	365	28142
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1332	37321
Unincorporated - Llano	109	12429
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2774	29476
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1143	29451
Unincorporated - Newhall	107	48636
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	515	42988
Unincorporated - North Whittier	3179	38026
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5383	22396
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	38	17674
Unincorporated - Palmdale	270	32067
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	130	20934
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	436	22290
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	377	60905
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	24	5217
Unincorporated - Pomona	127	6553
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3948	30590
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1227	46110
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	284	30505
Unincorporated - Rosewood	518	40280
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	552	46270
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1366	40643
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	12602	24699
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	44	5128
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	8013	39627
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	91	4472
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	63	20455
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	597	223596
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3994	21449
Unincorporated - Saugus	347	223871
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	135	37921
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	123	27033
Unincorporated - South El Monte	768	42786
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	3255	36788
Unincorporated - South Whittier	21864	36919
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	252	32266
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	6057	28890
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2158	35752
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	596	45988
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	441	26598
Unincorporated - Val Verde	1229	37141
Unincorporated - Valencia	948	30859
Unincorporated - Valinda	9743	41688
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3681	31637
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7507	46503
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	190	12574
Unincorporated - West Carson	8432	38178
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	5	41667
Unincorporated - West LA	901	94643
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	4292	43640
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	503	37013
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	10884	40423
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	257	19769
Unincorporated - Westhills	203	24195
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	942	25577
Unincorporated - Whittier	1014	26797
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	76	633333
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	16877	48340
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1928	31989
?- Under Investigation	72049	?
*? --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		?

The Department of Public Health is committed to promoting health equity and ensuring optimal health and well -being for all 10 million residents of Los Angeles County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health. Nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health comprises of more than 5,000 employees and has an annual budget of $1.3 billion.

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