news release DPH

For Immediate Release:

September 1, 2023

 

Simple Safety Measures Offered to Reduce COVID-19 Spread

Over Labor Day Weekend

 

To reduce the spread of COVID-19 over the Labor Day weekend, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is offering simple steps for people who want to lower their risk of getting infected while celebrating the holiday.

With a rise inCOVID-19 transmission in Los Angeles County, there are many reasons people may want to take extra measures to protect themselves against infection, including if they are older, have a weakened immune system or chronic health condition, want to avoid missing work, school or other activities or are concerned about infecting more vulnerable people around them.

Approaching Labor Day weekend, Los Angeles County is seeing the sixth consecutive week of increased measures of COVID-19 transmission. At gatherings and celebrations, some straightforward steps can help increase safety against COVID-19, including holding events outside when possible, opening windows when gathering indoors for increased ventilation and requesting that people test before getting together.

Public Health also recommends testing when someone has been exposed to COVID-19 or if they have possible symptoms, including a cough, fever, headache or unusual fatigue. To access free COVID-19 testing in Los Angeles County, visit http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/covidtests.

Masking is currently based on individual preference, except when required during outbreaks or by the site. People who are at higher risk of severe illness should consider wearing a high-quality, well-fitting mask when in crowded and/or poorly ventilated indoor spaces. For everyone, masking is strongly recommended on public transit and in health care settings. In addition, people should mask around others for 10 days if they are exposed to COVID-19 or for days 6-10 after an infection if leaving isolation.

Currently, Los Angeles County is reporting a daily average of 521 COVID-positive hospitalizations, just over a 20 percent increase from the week prior and twice as high as what was reported 4 weeks ago. The proportion of emergency department visits attributed to COVID-19 this week is 5.1 percent, an increase from 3.2 percent reported on Aug. 2.

In the past, new variants and sub-variants  have often fueled increases in transmission. Los Angeles County continues to regularly sequence local COVID-19 specimens to know what strains are circulating and to prepare if changes will affect the impact of COVID-19.

According to the most recent local sequencing data for the two-week period ending Aug. 5, the most dominant strain in Los Angeles County was EG.5, which accounted for 22 percent of sequenced specimens. This is the first time a strain has accounted for more than 20 percent of sequenced specimens since early July. The next most dominant strain is XBB.1.5, accounting for almost 14% of sequenced specimens.

Because it takes time to sequence positive specimens, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses modeling to predict the proportion of strains circulating right now. As of Sept. 1, for the U.S. region that includes California and surrounding states, it is estimated that EG.5 remains dominant and accounts for 29% of current cases.

Anyone infected with 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 CDC’s Low Hospital Admission Level with 6.3 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, reported on Aug. 28 for the seven-day period ending Aug. 19, an increase from 5.2 hospital admissions last week.

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

8/30/2023

8/23/2023

8/16/2023

8/9/2023

Daily average cases 

571

512

384

333

SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 2022-2023 peak concentration value

26%

28%

22%

19%

Daily average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related

5.1%

4.4%

3.9%

3.5%

Daily average number of COVID-positive hospitalizations

521

430

330

295

Daily average deaths

1.0

1.7

1.0

1.7

Percent of all deaths due to COVID-19

2.6%

1.0%

1.0%

1.4%

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.

 

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/

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

 

Cases through 12:00pm 8/28/2023

   

 

Total Cases

 

Laboratory Confirmed Cases (includes LB and Pas through 6/27/23; excludes LB and Pas after 6/27/23)

3,783,352

 

Deaths (includes LB and Pas)

36,628

 

Cases by Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

- 0 to 4

113,924

 

- 5 to 11

284,047

 

- 12 to 17

278,724

 

- 18 to 29

763,969

 

- 30 to 49

1,145,056

 

- 50 to 64

622,688

 

- 65 to 79

270,936

 

-  over 80

96,438

 

-  Under Investigation

2,577

 

Cases by Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  Female

1,848,488

 

-  Male

1,638,727

 

-  Other

1,866

 

-  Under Investigation

89,278

 

Cases by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  American Indian/Alaska Native

6,795

 

-  Asian

267,314

 

-  Black

189,320

 

-  Hispanic/Latino

1,525,487

 

-  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

17,893

 

-  White

498,587

 

-  Other

412,318

 

-  Under Investigation

660,645

 

Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  Hospitalized (Ever)

183,456

 

Deaths by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

 

 

-  American Indian/Alaska Native

81

 

-  Asian

4,545

 

-  Black

3,263

 

-  Hispanic/Latino

16,941

 

-  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

116

 

-  White

9,271

 

-  Other

429

 

-  Under Investigation

93

 

CITY / COMMUNITY**

Cases

Case Rate

City of Agoura Hills

6421

30747

City of Alhambra

25810

29761

City of Arcadia

13909

24083

City of Artesia

6076

36177

City of Avalon

292

7547

City of Azusa

17658

35288

City of Baldwin Park

29939

38999

City of Bell

17123

47129

City of Bell Gardens

17303

40173

City of Bellflower

31120

40033

City of Beverly Hills

11715

33937

City of Bradbury

71

6642

City of Burbank

33245

31018

City of Calabasas

5937

24409

City of Carson

35408

37730

City of Cerritos

13594

27152

City of Claremont

10509

28804

City of Commerce*

5914

45252

City of Compton

40691

40730

City of Covina

20487

41783

City of Cudahy

12290

50478

City of Culver City

12162

30508

City of Diamond Bar

13852

24084

City of Downey

47256

41357

City of Duarte

7586

34457

City of El Monte

43150

36796

City of El Segundo

4151

24729

City of Gardena

22172

36164

City of Glendale

60972

29527

City of Glendora

15259

28919

City of Hawaiian Gardens

5050

34410

City of Hawthorne

30004

33793

City of Hermosa Beach

4803

24418

City of Hidden Hills

390

20635

City of Huntington Park

26521

44585

City of Industry

1021

233638

City of Inglewood

39194

34507

City of Irwindale

896

61412

City of La Canada Flintridge

4624

22346

City of La Habra Heights

215

3941

City of La Mirada

14426

29085

City of La Puente

16105

39573

City of La Verne

9348

28087

City of Lakewood

27426

34128

City of Lancaster*

64886

40160

City of Lawndale

10714

31874

City of Lomita

6188

29852

City of Lynwood*

31610

43874

City of Malibu

2922

22545

City of Manhattan Beach

7552

20978

City of Maywood

12925

46080

City of Monrovia

11999

30925

City of Montebello

25731

39970

City of Monterey Park

17723

28465

City of Norwalk

43486

40406

City of Palmdale

67489

42454

City of Palos Verdes Estates

2316

17128

City of Paramount

22948

40962

City of Pico Rivera

28359

44115

City of Pomona

66230

42474

City of Rancho Palos Verdes

7953

18605

City of Redondo Beach

15867

23097

City of Rolling Hills

303

15619

City of Rolling Hills Estates

1568

19327

City of Rosemead

15420

27859

City of San Dimas*

11217

32498

City of San Fernando

12883

52344

City of San Gabriel

11604

28334

City of San Marino

2464

18558

City of Santa Clarita

74557

33824

City of Santa Fe Springs

7968

43389

City of Santa Monica

26963

29166

City of Sierra Madre

2464

22422

City of Signal Hill

4145

35136

City of South El Monte

8496

40680

City of South Gate

47551

48445

City of South Pasadena

6418

24634

City of Temple City

10870

29818

City of Torrance

34994

23444

City of Vernon

358

171292

City of Walnut

7665

25105

City of West Covina

39985

36943

City of West Hollywood

11420

30906

City of Westlake Village

456

5455

City of Whittier

31615

36160

Los Angeles

1544745

38193

Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie

3236

39454

Los Angeles - Alsace

4585

36842

Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest

0

0

Los Angeles - Angelino Heights

851

34013

Los Angeles - Arleta

17057

49628

Los Angeles - Atwater Village

5143

35068

Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills

10378

33343

Los Angeles - Bel Air

2496

29612

Los Angeles - Beverly Crest

3387

27042

Los Angeles - Beverlywood

4268

32400

Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*

40789

46947

Los Angeles - Brentwood

8555

27637

Los Angeles - Brookside

158

27194

Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning

2322

32608

Los Angeles - Canoga Park

25620

39241

Los Angeles - Carthay

4468

31108

Los Angeles - Central

17138

43953

Los Angeles - Century City

3820

29862

Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove

16457

48738

Los Angeles - Chatsworth

13137

35447

Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills

2597

28318

Los Angeles - Chinatown

2974

37078

Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran

5391

37044

Los Angeles - Country Club Park

4947

32647

Los Angeles - Crenshaw District

5421

39200

Los Angeles - Crestview

4017

35336

Los Angeles - Del Rey

8579

28658

Los Angeles - Downtown*

16365

59494

Los Angeles - Eagle Rock

13990

35338

Los Angeles - East Hollywood

9673

33028

Los Angeles - Echo Park

4549

31909

Los Angeles - El Sereno

17087

40870

Los Angeles - Elysian Park

1859

32546

Los Angeles - Elysian Valley

3609

35483

Los Angeles - Encino

15471

34249

Los Angeles - Exposition

1300

39086

Los Angeles - Exposition Park

18405

40976

Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights

1286

35722

Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square

3836

43986

Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone

23048

48578

Los Angeles - Glassell Park

11125

35201

Los Angeles - Gramercy Place

4232

39316

Los Angeles - Granada Hills

21822

37501

Los Angeles - Green Meadows

10197

47417

Los Angeles - Hancock Park

4798

28159

Los Angeles - Harbor City

9544

32831

Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway

15911

36493

Los Angeles - Harbor Pines

656

27231

Los Angeles - Harvard Heights

6212

34444

Los Angeles - Harvard Park

18213

48011

Los Angeles - Highland Park

17422

36003

Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown

5564

40115

Los Angeles - Hollywood

21948

32156

Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills

7781

26435

Los Angeles - Hyde Park

12098

42388

Los Angeles - Jefferson Park

3189

39502

Los Angeles - Koreatown

16387

31701

Los Angeles - Lafayette Square

1614

35403

Los Angeles - Lake Balboa

16498

39089

Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace

6193

47156

Los Angeles - Leimert Park

5871

38536

Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights

12934

39678

Los Angeles - Little Armenia

3078

38355

Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh

8749

30868

Los Angeles - Little Tokyo

1527

48739

Los Angeles - Longwood

1816

42193

Los Angeles - Los Feliz

6495

30058

Los Angeles - Manchester Square

3293

38578

Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon

916

29321

Los Angeles - Mar Vista

11151

26256

Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula

977

22408

Los Angeles - Melrose

26596

34231

Los Angeles - Mid-city

4563

30359

Los Angeles - Miracle Mile

5001

27807

Los Angeles - Mission Hills

12071

50037

Los Angeles - Mt. Washington

8327

34487

Los Angeles - North Hills

25623

41613

Los Angeles - North Hollywood

59754

39462

Los Angeles - Northridge

25994

37242

Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades

5121

24052

Los Angeles - Pacoima

39192

50913

Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands

937

24363

Los Angeles - Palms

12290

28010

Los Angeles - Panorama City

33893

45041

Los Angeles - Park La Brea

3300

24300

Los Angeles - Pico-Union

16517

39475

Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey

613

19180

Los Angeles - Playa Vista

3499

31963

Los Angeles - Porter Ranch

10740

30179

Los Angeles - Rancho Park

2282

34787

Los Angeles - Regent Square

889

31978

Los Angeles - Reseda

32578

42521

Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch

1824

39344

Los Angeles - Reynier Village

1199

28359

Los Angeles - San Pedro*

26638

34135

Los Angeles - Shadow Hills

1340

30167

Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks

28164

32278

Los Angeles - Silverlake

13466

30547

Los Angeles - South Carthay

3327

31402

Los Angeles - South Park

17019

44833

Los Angeles - St Elmo Village

1893

41296

Los Angeles - Studio City

7164

31925

Los Angeles - Sun Valley

23480

44738

Los Angeles - Sunland

7011

34354

Los Angeles - Sycamore Square

212

32767

Los Angeles - Sylmar*

42651

51762

Los Angeles - Tarzana

10709

34684

Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry

13645

34560

Los Angeles - Thai Town

2838

28933

Los Angeles - Toluca Lake

2604

29917

Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace

533

40812

Los Angeles - Toluca Woods

480

25834

Los Angeles - Tujunga

9111

32762

Los Angeles - University Hills

943

27501

Los Angeles - University Park

11719

42683

Los Angeles - Valley Glen

11358

37840

Los Angeles - Valley Village

8682

35121

Los Angeles - Van Nuys*

38127

40911

Los Angeles - Venice

9282

27393

Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls

7595

44157

Los Angeles - Vermont Square

3796

49576

Los Angeles - Vermont Vista

18946

46001

Los Angeles - Vernon Central

24901

47888

Los Angeles - Victoria Park

2853

33968

Los Angeles - View Heights

1132

30644

Los Angeles - Watts

19895

46621

Los Angeles - Wellington Square

1869

38026

Los Angeles - West Adams

11085

40119

Los Angeles - West Hills

13177

32500

Los Angeles - West Los Angeles

11869

31536

Los Angeles - West Vernon

25010

46622

Los Angeles - Westchester

14137

27396

Los Angeles - Westlake

21125

35591

Los Angeles - Westwood

16978

31377

Los Angeles - Wholesale District*

22585

62512

Los Angeles - Wilmington

23945

42390

Los Angeles - Wilshire Center

17317

34517

Los Angeles - Winnetka

20238

39080

Los Angeles - Woodland Hills

21012

30875

Unincorporated - Acton

2049

25706

Unincorporated - Agua Dulce

1005

24170

Unincorporated - Altadena

11945

27384

Unincorporated - Anaverde

426

28249

Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest

94

7550

Unincorporated - Arcadia

2303

28856

Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont

2845

58097

Unincorporated - Athens Village

17791

41918

Unincorporated - Avocado Heights

2755

40664

Unincorporated - Azusa

6433

40401

Unincorporated - Bassett

6277

42364

Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon

207

19292

Unincorporated - Bradbury

137

126852

Unincorporated - Canyon Country

3822

49457

Unincorporated - Castaic*

9834

36166

Unincorporated - Cerritos

193

32879

Unincorporated - Charter Oak

10

50000

Unincorporated - Claremont

160

22792

Unincorporated - Covina

6349

37749

Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)

5120

38953

Unincorporated - Del Aire

1236

28136

Unincorporated - Del Rey

149

46855

Unincorporated - Del Sur

711

29441

Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands

974

39069

Unincorporated - Duarte

2041

46093

Unincorporated - East Covina

92

27964

Unincorporated - East La Mirada

1669

31538

Unincorporated - East Lancaster

44

38596

Unincorporated - East Los Angeles

59152

47220

Unincorporated - East Pasadena

434

6778

Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez

6430

42004

Unincorporated - East Whittier

1453

27384

Unincorporated - El Camino Village

2792

31760

Unincorporated - El Monte

1

690

Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake

291

17520

Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone

30669

47398

Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon

2

16667

Unincorporated - Glendora

200

30303

Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights

16788

30018

Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway

4

400000

Unincorporated - Hawthorne

769

30589

Unincorporated - Hi Vista

175

15938

Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons

325

23017

Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose

4553

22994

Unincorporated - La Habra Heights

21

3107

Unincorporated - La Rambla

943

45446

Unincorporated - La Verne*

668

32745

Unincorporated - Ladera Heights

2135

30194

Unincorporated - Lake Hughes

207

30988

Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles

4114

31661

Unincorporated - Lake Manor

469

28545

Unincorporated - Lakewood

28

24561

Unincorporated - Lennox

7749

34376

Unincorporated - Leona Valley

315

17990

Unincorporated - Littlerock

1430

35563

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills

366

28219

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom

1338

37489

Unincorporated - Llano

109

12429

Unincorporated - Marina del Rey

2789

29636

Unincorporated - Miracle Mile

0

0

Unincorporated - Monrovia

1144

29477

Unincorporated - Newhall

107

48636

Unincorporated - North Lancaster

515

42988

Unincorporated - North Whittier

3188

38134

Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel

5408

22500

Unincorporated - Padua Hills

38

17674

Unincorporated - Palmdale

270

32067

Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula

130

20934

Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano

437

22342

Unincorporated - Pellissier Village

378

61066

Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon

24

5217

Unincorporated - Pomona

127

6553

Unincorporated - Quartz Hill

3953

30629

Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez

1231

46261

Unincorporated - Roosevelt

285

30612

Unincorporated - Rosewood

519

40358

Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena

556

46605

Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez

1371

40791

Unincorporated - Rowland Heights

12641

24776

Unincorporated - San Clemente Island

0

0

Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon

44

5128

Unincorporated - San Jose Hills

8033

39726

Unincorporated - San Pasqual

91

4472

Unincorporated - Sand Canyon

63

20455

Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island

597

223596

Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*

4001

21486

Unincorporated - Saugus

351

226452

Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country

138

38764

Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley

123

27033

Unincorporated - South El Monte

769

42841

Unincorporated - South San Gabriel

3265

36901

Unincorporated - South Whittier

21892

36966

Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley

256

32778

Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch

6097

29080

Unincorporated - Sun Village

2162

35818

Unincorporated - Sunrise Village

599

46219

Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain

443

26719

Unincorporated - Val Verde

1234

37292

Unincorporated - Valencia

953

31022

Unincorporated - Valinda

9764

41778

Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills

3689

31706

Unincorporated - Walnut Park

7524

46608

Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley

192

12707

Unincorporated - West Carson

8481

38400

Unincorporated - West Chatsworth

5

41667

Unincorporated - West LA

905

95063

Unincorporated - West Puente Valley

4303

43752

Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez

505

37160

Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos

10899

40479

Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills

260

20000

Unincorporated - Westhills

206

24553

Unincorporated - White Fence Farms

944

25631

Unincorporated - Whittier

1017

26876

Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows

77

641667

Unincorporated - Willowbrook

16931

48495

Unincorporated - Wiseburn

1933

32072

 - Under Investigation

72380

 

*  --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

 

 

 

 

 


This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud to [email protected] on behalf of: County of Los Angeles, California · 500 W. Temple St. · Los Angeles 90012