Press Release: LA County Enters High COVID-19 Community Level and Urges Residents to Take Precautions to Limit Spread of the Highly Transmissible BA.5 Variant - 8,954 New Positive Cases and 16 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

For Immediate Release

July 15, 2022

LA County Enters High COVID-19 Community Level and Urges Residents to Take Precautions to Limit Spread of the Highly Transmissible BA.5 Variant

8,954 New Positive Cases and 16 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County?

Yesterday, Los Angeles County entered the High Covid Community Level on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Community Levels framework after hospital admissions exceeded 10 new hospital admissions per 100,000 people. The county?s admission rate, at 10.5 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, is an 88% increase when compared to one month ago.

If LA County remains in the High COVID-19 Community Level for two consecutive weeks, universal indoor masking will be implemented on July 29 to help slow the rate of transmission and protect those most vulnerable.

It is important to note that indoor masking is already a required safety measure in many places, including at all healthcare settings, public transit and transit hubs, long-term care settings, shelters and cooling centers, and correctional facilities. Indoor masking also continues to be required at worksites with outbreaks, and is required for all individuals during the 10 days after a COVID diagnosis or exposure when they are around others.

Businesses and employers are allowed to require masks at work, and many have done just that, either by maintaining an indoor masking requirement throughout the pandemic or reinstating one as cases began increasing.

If the county implements universal indoor masking, residents and workers need to wear masks in all indoor public spaces, including shared office spaces, manufacturing facilities, retail stores, and at indoor events.? Indoor areas of restaurants and bars, children?s programs, and educational settings, would need to institute universal masking as well. ?

Masking and testing are both powerful tools that can interrupt transmission thereby reducing risk. Masking lowers risk in two ways: It provides what some call ?source control? meaning controlling the amount of virus entering the environment right at the source. When people who are infected wear a mask, they exhale far less virus into the air than infected people who do not mask.? Masks also provide protection to the individual wearing a mask, by filtering virus from the air they are breathing. When everyone in a room is masked, safety is enhanced, as there is less virus circulating, and less likelihood that any virus circulating will penetrate the physical barrier of a well-fitting, high filtration mask.

Masks that offer beneficial protection provide both good filtration AND a good fit or seal around the edges. Well-fitting respirator-type masks such as N95s, KN95s, and KN94s offer the most protection because they are made with thicker materials that do the best job filtering out the virus. Note that individuals should not double mask with a respirator.

Testing to know your status is strongly recommended if exposed, if symptomatic, and right before gathering with others, especially if indoors and when gathering with anyone at higher risk of severe illness should they get infected. If attendees at a gathering have all tested negative prior to getting together, it is much less likely that anyone will be exhaling virus particles into the air. As a reminder, individuals can be contagious for COVID and not have symptoms ? that can happen very early in their infection, before symptoms start, or it can happen if an individual has an asymptomatic case of COVID.

?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. ?I recognize that when we return to universal indoor masking to help reduce high spread, for many this will feel like a step backwards. For others, indoor masking will feel unnecessary because of the availability of powerful vaccines and therapeutics.? The reality is that because we are living with a mutating SARS-CoV-2 virus, there remains uncertainty around the trajectory of the pandemic.? The best way to manage the uncertainty and to reduce morbidity and mortality is to remain open to using both the sophisticated tools we now have, such as tests, vaccines, and therapeutics, and the non-pharmaceutical strategies, such as masking, ventilation, and distancing to layer on protections to respond to the conditions at hand.? One thing I feel certain about is that, given the rich toolkit at hand, we should not settle for the existing high rates of morbidity and mortality that disproportionately affect those most vulnerable; we do need to continue to take care of each other. With the high rates of transmission fueling the increased risks, sensible safety precautions that can slow down the spread of the virus are warranted and that includes universal indoor masking.?

Today, Public Health reported 16 additional deaths and 8,954?new positive cases. Of the 16 new deaths reported today, one person was between the ages of 50-64, four people were between the ages of 65-79, and 11 people were aged 80 years or older.?Of the 16 newly reported deaths, all had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 32,508.

Public Health has reported a total of 3,207,071 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today?s positivity rate is 17.0%.

There are 1,223 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 12,255,903 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
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	3,207,071	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3,034,156	?
-- Long Beach	139,720	?
-- Pasadena	33,195	?
Deaths	32,508	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	30,799	?
-- Long Beach	1,290	?
-- Pasadena	419	?
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	94190	?
- 5 to 11	263013	?
- 12 to 17	257676	?
- 18 to 29	670625	?
- 30 to 49	974288	?
- 50 to 64	506615	?
- 65 to 79	200892	?
-? over 80	64670	?
-? Under Investigation	2187	?
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1551910	?
-? Male	1399153	?
-? Other	1388	?
-? Under Investigation	81705	?
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	5646	?
-? Asian	208512	?
-? Black	153606	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1332277	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	15490	?
-? White	409629	?
-? Other	341278	?
-? Under Investigation	567718	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)***	143,633	?
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	72	?
-? Asian	3861	?
-? Black	2868	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	15730	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	111	?
-? White	7761	?
-? Other	310	?
-? Under Investigation	86	?
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	5596	26797
City of Alhambra	20337	23450
City of Arcadia	10273	17788
City of Artesia	4809	28634
City of Avalon	65	1680
City of Azusa	15143	30262
City of Baldwin Park	25325	32989
City of Bell	15001	41289
City of Bell Gardens	15098	35054
City of Bellflower	25970	33408
City of Beverly Hills	9941	28798
City of Bradbury	67	6268
City of Burbank	26944	25139
City of Calabasas	4861	19985
City of Carson	29390	31317
City of Cerritos	10489	20950
City of Claremont	8123	22265
City of Commerce*	4937	37776
City of Compton	35507	35541
City of Covina	16328	33301
City of Cudahy	10788	44309
City of Culver City	9371	23507
City of Diamond Bar	10931	19005
City of Downey	39830	34858
City of Duarte	5970	27117
City of El Monte	36234	30898
City of El Segundo	3486	20767
City of Gardena	18507	30186
City of Glendale	50587	24498
City of Glendora	13339	25280
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4507	30710
City of Hawthorne	25202	28385
City of Hermosa Beach	4005	20361
City of Hidden Hills	337	17831
City of Huntington Park	23623	39713
City of Industry	452	103432
City of Inglewood	32498	28612
City of Irwindale	591	40507
City of La Canada Flintridge	3732	18035
City of La Habra Heights	170	3116
City of La Mirada	11875	23942
City of La Puente	13944	34263
City of La Verne	7971	23950
City of Lakewood	22147	27559
City of Lancaster*	55192	34160
City of Lawndale	9104	27084
City of Lomita	5034	24285
City of Lynwood*	26778	37167
City of Malibu	2525	19482
City of Manhattan Beach	6239	17331
City of Maywood	11287	40240
City of Monrovia	9623	24802
City of Montebello	21359	33179
City of Monterey Park	13941	22391
City of Norwalk	36364	33789
City of Palmdale	57591	36228
City of Palos Verdes Estates	1835	13570
City of Paramount	20332	36292
City of Pico Rivera	23301	36247
City of Pomona	56276	36090
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	6114	14303
City of Redondo Beach	12728	18528
City of Rolling Hills	234	12062
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1208	14890
City of Rosemead	12709	22961
City of San Dimas*	9273	26866
City of San Fernando	11305	45933
City of San Gabriel	9041	22076
City of San Marino	1914	14416
City of Santa Clarita	62072	28160
City of Santa Fe Springs	6977	37993
City of Santa Monica	21909	23699
City of Sierra Madre	1879	17099
City of Signal Hill	3335	28270
City of South El Monte	7148	34226
City of South Gate	41599	42381
City of South Pasadena	5166	19829
City of Temple City	7869	21586
City of Torrance	27782	18612
City of Vernon	328	156938
City of Walnut	5957	19511
City of West Covina	33381	30841
City of West Hollywood	9653	26124
City of Westlake Village	337	4031
City of Whittier	26602	30426
Los Angeles	1321698	32678
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	2839	34614
Los Angeles - Alsace	3968	31884
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	6	15000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	716	28617
Los Angeles - Arleta	14859	43232
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	4150	28297
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	8623	27704
Los Angeles - Bel Air	1959	23241
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	2912	23250
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	3605	27367
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	35778	41179
Los Angeles - Brentwood	7215	23308
Los Angeles - Brookside	124	21343
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2076	29153
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	22183	33977
Los Angeles - Carthay	3603	25085
Los Angeles - Central	15625	40072
Los Angeles - Century City	3064	23952
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	14335	42454
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	10776	29076
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2108	22985
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2326	28999
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	4540	31196
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4146	27361
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	4535	32793
Los Angeles - Crestview	3292	28958
Los Angeles - Del Rey	7181	23988
Los Angeles - Downtown*	13683	49744
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	11360	28695
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	8221	28070
Los Angeles - Echo Park	3943	27659
Los Angeles - El Sereno	14805	35412
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1569	27468
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3126	30734
Los Angeles - Encino	12706	28128
Los Angeles - Exposition	1105	33223
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	15794	35163
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1051	29194
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3283	37645
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	20632	43486
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	9322	29496
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	3535	32841
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	18391	31605
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	9098	42306
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4033	23669
Los Angeles - Harbor City	7975	27434
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	13546	31069
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	524	21752
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	5549	30768
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	16061	42338
Los Angeles - Highland Park	14830	30646
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	4744	34203
Los Angeles - Hollywood	18603	27256
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	6482	22022
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	10175	35650
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	2784	34485
Los Angeles - Koreatown	14366	27791
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1422	31191
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	13853	32822
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	5081	38689
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	4880	32032
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	11208	34384
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	2661	33159
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	7659	27023
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1232	39323
Los Angeles - Longwood	1491	34642
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	4856	22473
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	2697	31596
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	675	21607
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	9089	21400
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	818	18761
Los Angeles - Melrose	22842	29399
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4003	26633
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4194	23319
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	10372	42995
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	7211	29865
Los Angeles - North Hills	22038	35790
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	51746	34174
Los Angeles - Northridge	21827	31272
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	4316	20271
Los Angeles - Pacoima	34476	44786
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	804	20905
Los Angeles - Palms	9951	22679
Los Angeles - Panorama City	29455	39143
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	2699	19875
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	14715	35168
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	500	15645
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	2885	26354
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	8839	24837
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	1869	28491
Los Angeles - Regent Square	751	27014
Los Angeles - Reseda	27517	35915
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1573	33930
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1042	24645
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	22414	28722
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1100	24764
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	23098	26472
Los Angeles - Silverlake	11527	26148
Los Angeles - South Carthay	2694	25427
Los Angeles - South Park	15607	41113
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1674	36518
Los Angeles - Studio City	5826	25963
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	20420	38908
Los Angeles - Sunland	5808	28459
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	154	23802
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	36957	44852
Los Angeles - Tarzana	8883	28770
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	12158	30794
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2494	25426
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2136	24540
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	402	30781
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	434	23358
Los Angeles - Tujunga	7627	27425
Los Angeles - University Hills	789	23010
Los Angeles - University Park	10223	37234
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	9759	32513
Los Angeles - Valley Village	7098	28714
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	33125	35544
Los Angeles - Venice	7888	23279
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	6642	38616
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3349	43738
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	16551	40186
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	22790	43829
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2496	29718
Los Angeles - View Heights	874	23660
Los Angeles - Watts	17205	40317
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1588	32309
Los Angeles - West Adams	9552	34571
Los Angeles - West Hills	10418	25695
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	9550	25375
Los Angeles - West Vernon	21923	40868
Los Angeles - Westchester	11088	21487
Los Angeles - Westlake	18381	30968
Los Angeles - Westwood	13831	25561
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	17843	49387
Los Angeles - Wilmington	20938	37067
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	14421	28744
Los Angeles - Winnetka	17190	33194
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	17401	25569
Unincorporated - Acton	1673	20989
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	866	20827
Unincorporated - Altadena	9660	22146
Unincorporated - Anaverde	355	23541
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	86	6908
Unincorporated - Arcadia	1774	22228
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	15424	36341
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2478	50602
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2414	35631
Unincorporated - Azusa	5375	33756
Unincorporated - Bassett	5195	35061
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	170	15843
Unincorporated - Bradbury	83	76852
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3050	39467
Unincorporated - Castaic*	8545	31426
Unincorporated - Cerritos	162	27598
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	2	10000
Unincorporated - Claremont	114	16239
Unincorporated - Covina	5370	31928
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	4105	31231
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1054	23993
Unincorporated - Del Rey	115	36164
Unincorporated - Del Sur	609	25217
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	818	32812
Unincorporated - Duarte	1671	37737
Unincorporated - East Covina	82	24924
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1381	26096
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	43	37719
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	51884	41418
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	349	5451
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	5383	35165
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1213	22861
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2092	23797
Unincorporated - El Monte	53	36552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	235	14148
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	27817	42990
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	180	27273
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	13660	24425
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	5	500000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	661	26293
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	145	13206
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	561	39731
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	3551	17933
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	17	2515
Unincorporated - La Rambla	658	31711
Unincorporated - La Verne*	562	27549
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	1575	22274
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	173	25898
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	3658	28151
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	394	23981
Unincorporated - Lakewood	1	877
Unincorporated - Lennox	6883	30534
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	286	16334
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1273	31659
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	292	22513
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1134	31774
Unincorporated - Llano	106	12087
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2036	21634
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1010	26024
Unincorporated - Newhall	92	41818
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	358	29883
Unincorporated - North Whittier	2647	31663
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	4992	20769
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	32	14884
Unincorporated - Palmdale	222	26366
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	85	13688
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	345	17638
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	334	53958
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	17	3696
Unincorporated - Pomona	152	7843
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3429	26569
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1031	38745
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	236	25349
Unincorporated - Rosewood	433	33670
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	458	38391
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1181	35138
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	10451	20483
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	38	4429
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	6895	34098
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	79	3882
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	53	17208
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	700	262172
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3328	17872
Unincorporated - Saugus	371	239355
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	103	28933
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	101	22198
Unincorporated - South El Monte	672	37437
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	2409	27226
Unincorporated - South Whittier	18749	31659
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	208	26633
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	4951	23614
Unincorporated - Sun Village	1941	32157
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	456	35185
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	366	22075
Unincorporated - Val Verde	925	27954
Unincorporated - Valencia	803	26139
Unincorporated - Valinda	8197	35073
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3026	26008
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	6593	40841
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	153	10126
Unincorporated - West Carson	6483	29353
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	656	68908
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	3537	35963
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	425	31273
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	9101	33801
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	208	16000
Unincorporated - Westhills	155	18474
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	795	21586
Unincorporated - Whittier	832	21987
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	69	575000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	14711	42136
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1632	27078
?- Under Investigation	74399	?

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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