Press Release: Public Health Wishes Everyone a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving

For Immediate Release:

Nov. 22, 2023

Public Health Wishes Everyone a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving season, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is appreciative of all the community partners who help to get COVID-19 information, guidance, and resources into the community and incredibly grateful for time to gather with loved ones to celebrate the holiday.

Over the course of the pandemic, newly developed tools and resources have helped to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, including vaccines, tests, and treatments. Paired with common-sense simple actions to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, friends and family should feel safe enjoying festivities together.

Fortunately, many are familiar with the simple actions that can lower the chances of getting and spreading respiratory viruses, including COVID-19, flu, and RSV ? stay up to date on recommended vaccines, stay home when sick, cover coughs and sneezes, and wash hands often with soap and water or use hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol. When possible, increase ventilation during gatherings by opening windows and doors, or holding events outside. If traveling over the holidays, using a high quality, well-fitted mask in crowded, indoor places, including airports, train stations and bus stations, can also help reduce the chance of transmission.

Testing for COVID-19 is recommended when a person has symptoms, believe they have been exposed, or if they are going to an event where people who are older or more vulnerable could be exposed.

Free COVID-19 tests remain available throughout the county at libraries, community-based organizations, and Public Health clinics and vaccination sites. Since Oct. 1, Public Health has distributed nearly 879,000 tests to public schools and other education settings, largely for children to test during or before returning from break, in addition to being used on site by school nurses or distributed to parents at events. Residents looking for free COVID tests during the holiday weekend can visit ph.lacounty.gov/COVIDtests for options.

If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should isolate for at least five days and mask through day 10 when around others. After day five, people can leave isolation if their symptoms are mild and improving and they are fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication. It is important during this time to take extra effort to not expose others, especially people who are older or at greater risk for severe illness.

People with respiratory symptoms who test negative for COVID should consider masking indoors around others to avoid spreading another respiratory infection, like flu or RSV. It is most accurate to take a second COVID-19 test 48 hours after the first test if respiratory symptoms persist. As with all illness, those with trouble breathing, worsening or unusual symptoms, or with chronic health conditions, should contact a health care provider.

Public Health encourages everyone who tests positive for COVID-19 to speak with their provider to see if they are eligible for treatment, which must be started within 5 days of symptom onset. Paxlovid is recommended for adults and children 12 years and older who test, or are suspected positive, for COVID-19 and have underlying health conditions or factors that may result in more severe illness from an infection.

For those eligible for a therapeutic medicine for COVID, Public Health offers a free telehealth visit and free medication through the Public Health Call Center. With the exception of Thanksgiving Day, when the Public Health Call Center will be closed, Los Angeles County residents who have questions about respiratory symptoms, vaccines, where to get vaccination or how to get tested can access the Public Health Call Center at 1-833-540-0473, open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Public Health staff can answer questions related to COVID-19, flu, or RSV and can ?help people schedule vaccination appointments, including in-home vaccinations for those that are homebound.

In Los Angeles County, based on data through Nov. 11, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Admission Level is Low at 3.7 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people.

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	11/22/2023	11/15/2023	11/8/2023	11/1/2023
Daily average cases?	275	250	211	198
SARS-CoV-2 wastewater concentration as a percentage of the Winter 2022-2023 peak concentration value	13%	12%	15%	11%
Daily average of the percent of Emergency Department (ED) encounters classified as coronavirus-related	3.6%	3.0%	2.8%	2.5%
Daily average number of COVID-positive hospitalizations	355	304	288	322
Daily average deaths	2.7	3.4	3.6	3.4
Percent of all deaths due to COVID-19	0.8%	1.0%	1.8%	2.3%
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 do not include Long Beach and Pasadena; daily average deaths 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:
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-ncov/index.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ? 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 11/20/2023	?	?
?	Total Cases	?
Laboratory Confirmed Cases (includes LB and Pas through 6/27/23; excludes LB and Pas after 6/27/23)	3,822,487	?
Deaths (includes LB and Pas)	36,976	?
Cases by Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	116,052	?
- 5 to 11	285,023	?
- 12 to 17	279,901	?
- 18 to 29	768,976	?
- 30 to 49	1,154,972	?
- 50 to 64	630,890	?
- 65 to 79	278,465	?
-? over 80	100,606	?
-? Under Investigation	2,609	?
Cases by Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1,870,716	?
-? Male	1,655,305	?
-? Other	1,901	?
-? Under Investigation	89,572	?
Cases by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	6,874	?
-? Asian	270,980	?
-? Black	192,757	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1,537,737	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	18,084	?
-? White	506,140	?
-? Other	418,023	?
-? Under Investigation	666,899	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)	188,899	?
Deaths by Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	82	?
-? Asian	4,611	?
-? Black	3,293	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	17,012	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	114	?
-? White	9,383	?
-? Other	475	?
-? Under Investigation	106	?
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	6499	31121
City of Alhambra	26180	30188
City of Arcadia	14100	24414
City of Artesia	6196	36892
City of Avalon	298	7702
City of Azusa	17822	35616
City of Baldwin Park	30243	39395
City of Bell	17224	47407
City of Bell Gardens	17397	40391
City of Bellflower	31418	40417
City of Beverly Hills	11885	34429
City of Bradbury	71	6642
City of Burbank	33670	31414
City of Calabasas	6057	24902
City of Carson	35886	38239
City of Cerritos	13790	27543
City of Claremont	10642	29169
City of Commerce*	5952	45543
City of Compton	41089	41128
City of Covina	20741	42301
City of Cudahy	12349	50721
City of Culver City	12352	30985
City of Diamond Bar	14020	24376
City of Downey	47602	41660
City of Duarte	7674	34856
City of El Monte	43561	37146
City of El Segundo	4203	25039
City of Gardena	22538	36761
City of Glendale	61684	29872
City of Glendora	15511	29397
City of Hawaiian Gardens	5110	34819
City of Hawthorne	30372	34208
City of Hermosa Beach	4869	24753
City of Hidden Hills	394	20847
City of Huntington Park	26657	44814
City of Industry	1056	241648
City of Inglewood	39714	34965
City of Irwindale	903	61892
City of La Canada Flintridge	4700	22713
City of La Habra Heights	215	3941
City of La Mirada	14600	29436
City of La Puente	16246	39919
City of La Verne	9447	28385
City of Lakewood	27776	34564
City of Lancaster*	65625	40617
City of Lawndale	10842	32254
City of Lomita	6289	30339
City of Lynwood*	31866	44229
City of Malibu	2959	22830
City of Manhattan Beach	7662	21284
City of Maywood	13012	46390
City of Monrovia	12144	31299
City of Montebello	25945	40303
City of Monterey Park	17977	28873
City of Norwalk	43859	40753
City of Palmdale	68168	42882
City of Palos Verdes Estates	2354	17409
City of Paramount	23084	41205
City of Pico Rivera	28580	44459
City of Pomona	66812	42847
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	8124	19005
City of Redondo Beach	16145	23502
City of Rolling Hills	306	15773
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1618	19943
City of Rosemead	15573	28136
City of San Dimas*	11337	32846
City of San Fernando	12995	52799
City of San Gabriel	11898	29052
City of San Marino	2506	18875
City of Santa Clarita	75649	34320
City of Santa Fe Springs	8014	43640
City of Santa Monica	27443	29685
City of Sierra Madre	2510	22841
City of Signal Hill	4195	35560
City of South El Monte	8569	41029
City of South Gate	47840	48739
City of South Pasadena	6510	24988
City of Temple City	10997	30166
City of Torrance	35645	23880
City of Vernon	361	172727
City of Walnut	7752	25390
City of West Covina	40428	37352
City of West Hollywood	11568	31306
City of Westlake Village	459	5490
City of Whittier	31874	36456
Los Angeles	1560937	38593
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	3265	39807
Los Angeles - Alsace	4632	37220
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	855	34173
Los Angeles - Arleta	17203	50052
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	5196	35429
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	10555	33912
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2532	30039
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3424	27337
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	4325	32832
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	41071	47271
Los Angeles - Brentwood	8672	28015
Los Angeles - Brookside	158	27194
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2347	32959
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	25907	39680
Los Angeles - Carthay	4539	31602
Los Angeles - Central	17216	44153
Los Angeles - Century City	3888	30394
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	16617	49212
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	13312	35919
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2631	28688
Los Angeles - Chinatown	3025	37714
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	5437	37360
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	5005	33030
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	5498	39757
Los Angeles - Crestview	4073	35829
Los Angeles - Del Rey	8717	29119
Los Angeles - Downtown*	16496	59970
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	14133	35699
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	9767	33349
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4584	32155
Los Angeles - El Sereno	17237	41229
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1874	32808
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3636	35749
Los Angeles - Encino	15661	34670
Los Angeles - Exposition	1319	39657
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	18536	41267
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1296	36000
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3872	44399
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	23201	48901
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	11232	35540
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	4299	39939
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	22151	38066
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	10270	47756
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4849	28458
Los Angeles - Harbor City	9679	33295
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	16085	36892
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	662	27480
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	6264	34732
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	18371	48428
Los Angeles - Highland Park	17580	36329
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5603	40397
Los Angeles - Hollywood	22179	32495
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	7865	26721
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	12269	42987
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	3219	39874
Los Angeles - Koreatown	16528	31973
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1629	35732
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	16661	39475
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	6297	47948
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5929	38917
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	13055	40050
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	3113	38791
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8815	31101
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1539	49122
Los Angeles - Longwood	1839	42728
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	6576	30433
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	3343	39164
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	934	29898
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	11355	26736
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	994	22798
Los Angeles - Melrose	26832	34535
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4617	30719
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	5079	28240
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	12210	50613
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	8396	34773
Los Angeles - North Hills	25940	42127
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	60394	39885
Los Angeles - Northridge	26304	37686
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	5203	24438
Los Angeles - Pacoima	39503	51317
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	956	24857
Los Angeles - Palms	12478	28439
Los Angeles - Panorama City	34254	45520
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	3333	24543
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	16648	39788
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	625	19556
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3558	32502
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	10916	30673
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2324	35427
Los Angeles - Regent Square	903	32482
Los Angeles - Reseda	32957	43015
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1845	39797
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1209	28595
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	26960	34547
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1348	30347
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	28527	32694
Los Angeles - Silverlake	13596	30842
Los Angeles - South Carthay	3395	32043
Los Angeles - South Park	17106	45062
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1908	41623
Los Angeles - Studio City	7247	32295
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	23684	45127
Los Angeles - Sunland	7084	34712
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	213	32921
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	43056	52254
Los Angeles - Tarzana	10875	35222
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	13740	34801
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2868	29238
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2628	30193
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	541	41424
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	497	26749
Los Angeles - Tujunga	9209	33114
Los Angeles - University Hills	949	27676
Los Angeles - University Park	11769	42865
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	11466	38200
Los Angeles - Valley Village	8786	35542
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	38513	41326
Los Angeles - Venice	9384	27694
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7687	44692
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3818	49863
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	19077	46319
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	25025	48127
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2874	34218
Los Angeles - View Heights	1154	31240
Los Angeles - Watts	20049	46982
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1882	38291
Los Angeles - West Adams	11172	40434
Los Angeles - West Hills	13339	32899
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	12062	32049
Los Angeles - West Vernon	25164	46909
Los Angeles - Westchester	14341	27791
Los Angeles - Westlake	21322	35923
Los Angeles - Westwood	17232	31847
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	22762	63002
Los Angeles - Wilmington	24174	42796
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	17431	34744
Los Angeles - Winnetka	20486	39559
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	21334	31348
Unincorporated - Acton	2075	26032
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	1022	24579
Unincorporated - Altadena	12144	27840
Unincorporated - Anaverde	428	28382
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	94	7550
Unincorporated - Arcadia	2332	29219
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	2869	58587
Unincorporated - Athens Village	18005	42423
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2779	41018
Unincorporated - Azusa	6477	40677
Unincorporated - Bassett	6336	42762
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	214	19944
Unincorporated - Bradbury	143	132407
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3883	50246
Unincorporated - Castaic*	10001	36781
Unincorporated - Cerritos	193	32879
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	10	50000
Unincorporated - Claremont	161	22934
Unincorporated - Covina	6409	38106
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	5159	39250
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1256	28591
Unincorporated - Del Rey	151	47484
Unincorporated - Del Sur	715	29607
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	987	39591
Unincorporated - Duarte	2062	46567
Unincorporated - East Covina	92	27964
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1677	31689
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	45	39474
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	59588	47568
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	437	6825
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	6463	42220
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1476	27818
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2831	32203
Unincorporated - El Monte	1	690
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	296	17821
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	30857	47689
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	2	16667
Unincorporated - Glendora	202	30606
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	16915	30245
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	4	400000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	780	31026
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	175	15938
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	331	23442
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	4615	23307
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	21	3107
Unincorporated - La Rambla	977	47084
Unincorporated - La Verne*	671	32892
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	2168	30660
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	208	31138
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	4158	31999
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	479	29154
Unincorporated - Lakewood	28	24561
Unincorporated - Lennox	7830	34735
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	317	18104
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1446	35961
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	369	28450
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1346	37714
Unincorporated - Llano	111	12657
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2832	30092
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1156	29786
Unincorporated - Newhall	109	49545
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	515	42988
Unincorporated - North Whittier	3226	38589
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5480	22799
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	38	17674
Unincorporated - Palmdale	273	32423
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	135	21739
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	443	22648
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	381	61551
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	24	5217
Unincorporated - Pomona	129	6656
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3995	30955
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1252	47050
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	288	30934
Unincorporated - Rosewood	524	40747
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	563	47192
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1389	41327
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	12786	25060
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	45	5245
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	8074	39929
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	91	4472
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	64	20779
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	597	223596
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	4056	21782
Unincorporated - Saugus	354	228387
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	152	42697
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	126	27692
Unincorporated - South El Monte	772	43008
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	3321	37534
Unincorporated - South Whittier	22036	37209
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	259	33163
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	6208	29610
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2187	36233
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	604	46605
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	454	27382
Unincorporated - Val Verde	1251	37806
Unincorporated - Valencia	971	31608
Unincorporated - Valinda	9854	42163
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3755	32273
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7556	46807
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	195	12905
Unincorporated - West Carson	8664	39228
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	5	41667
Unincorporated - West LA	953	100105
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	4336	44087
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	511	37601
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	10966	40728
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	264	20308
Unincorporated - Westhills	208	24791
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	953	25876
Unincorporated - Whittier	1027	27141
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	78	650000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	17084	48933
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1972	32719
?- Under Investigation	73811	?
*? --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.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health works to protect health,?
prevent disease, and promote health and well-being.

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