Press Release: As COVID-19 Numbers Improve in LA County, Worksite Safety Measures Can Keep Workers and Customers Safe - 2,314 New Positive Cases and 14 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

For Immediate Release

August 23, 2022

As COVID-19 Numbers Improve in LA County, Worksite Safety Measures Can Keep Workers and Customers Safe

2,314 New Positive Cases and 14 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

While Los Angeles County COVID-19 numbers are continuing to improve, common sense worksite strategies like masking, vaccinations, staying home when sick, and reporting of clusters can keep both employees and customers safe.

As of Aug 22,?among?non-residential, non-educational worksites,?there are 61 active worksite outbreaks. This is a 34% decrease from one month prior when there were 93 outbreaks on July 22.? Nearly half of?the currently active?outbreaks occurred in two sectors:? 16 in retail, and 14 in manufacturing.?

As a reminder, employers are required to provide all employees at indoor worksites, where masking is optional, with medical grade masks and respirators for voluntary use.

In order to reduce transmission at worksites, employers are required to report any cluster of worksite COVID-19 cases to the Department of Public Health. A cluster is three or more laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the worksite within a 14-day period. Reports to Public Health should be made as soon as possible and no later than 48 hours after reports or knowledge of at least three cases. Worksites can report a cluster to Public Health?online?or by phone: 1-888-397-3993. If Public Health determines that there is an outbreak at a worksite, employees are required to mask both indoors and, if they can?t be socially distanced, outdoors as well.

Residents or workers who are a close contact to someone with COVID-19 and have no symptoms are not required to quarantine but must wear a highly protective mask around others, monitor their health for 10 days and get tested 3-5 days after they were last exposed. If they test positive for COVID-19 within the last 90 days, they don?t need to test unless they get symptoms. If their test result is positive, they must isolate.

Some close contacts must quarantine or be excluded from work if they live or work in select high-risk settings, including emergency shelters and cooling and heating centers; homeless shelters; healthcare settings; long-term care centers; adult and senior care facilities; and local correctional facilities and detention centers.

Some close contacts in other settings may be required to be excluded from work by their employer.

Workers concerned about possible COVID-19 violations or other workplace safety concerns have several options for filing a complaint. To file a complaint with Public Health, which can be submitted anonymously, workers can call the Environmental Health Customer Call Center at (888) 700-9995 or click on the ?Report a Problem? at?www.ph.lacounty.gov/eh. To file a complaint with Cal/OSHA about employee safety, workplace safety, or hazardous conditions, workers can call (833) 579-0927 or email the local Cal/OSHA Enforcement Office that serves the location of the job site.

For a complete list of required and recommended business and employer requirements see: ph.lacounty.gov/COVIDBusiness

A mobile vaccination team can be booked by employers, organizations and those hosting special events. These mobile units offer vaccines and boosters to employees and customers and can be arranged by?completing a mobile vaccine interest form at https://tinyurl.com/y8w4cvhz .

There are thousands of vaccination locations to get vaccinated at across the county. Residents can visit the Public Health website at VaccinateLACounty.com or VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish) to learn about locations, and schedules for clinics offering COVID-19 vaccines. Information is also available at the COVID-19 call center, 1-833-540-0473 between the hours of 8:00 am and 8:30 pm, seven days a week.

?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. ?It is encouraging to see LA County reporting a steady decline in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. To continue this trend in the fall, we must continue to take steps to protect our communities and workplaces. ?We know what works - masking, testing, and vaccination, along with other effective safety measures during infections and outbreaks. If all our employers, workers, and customers follow safety protocols, we can limit the number of outbreaks at our job sites and continue to reduce COVID transmission.??

Today, Public Health reported 14 additional deaths and 2,314 new positive cases. Of the 14 new deaths reported today, two people were between the ages of 50-64, three people were between the ages of 65-79, and seven people were aged 80 years or older.?For information on the two deaths reported by the City of Long Beach, visit longbeach.gov. Of the 14 newly reported deaths, 11 had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 33,041.

Public Health has reported a total of 3,386,161 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today?s positivity rate is 9.6%.

There are 915 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 12,436,625 individuals, with 24% 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
Recovery Metrics
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	3,386,161	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3,202,791	?
-- Long Beach	148,215	?
-- Pasadena	35,155	?
Deaths	33,041	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	31,303	?
-- Long Beach	1,315	?
-- Pasadena	423	?
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	101070	?
- 5 to 11	271225	?
- 12 to 17	265163	?
- 18 to 29	702308	?
- 30 to 49	1030916	?
- 50 to 64	540731	?
- 65 to 79	218207	?
-? over 80	70926	?
-? Under Investigation	2245	?
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1642172	?
-? Male	1474222	?
-? Other	1490	?
-? Under Investigation	84907	?
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	6015	?
-? Asian	225342	?
-? Black	163178	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1391445	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	16309	?
-? White	432196	?
-? Other	363768	?
-? Under Investigation	604538	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)	151,015	?
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	73	?
-? Asian	3955	?
-? Black	2918	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	15861	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	112	?
-? White	7946	?
-? Other	344	?
-? Under Investigation	94	?
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	5865	28085
City of Alhambra	21988	25354
City of Arcadia	11300	19566
City of Artesia	5254	31283
City of Avalon	66	1706
City of Azusa	16056	32086
City of Baldwin Park	26889	35026
City of Bell	15695	43199
City of Bell Gardens	15818	36725
City of Bellflower	27576	35474
City of Beverly Hills	10450	30272
City of Bradbury	67	6268
City of Burbank	28697	26775
City of Calabasas	5164	21231
City of Carson	31325	33379
City of Cerritos	11445	22859
City of Claremont	8477	23235
City of Commerce*	5217	39919
City of Compton	37396	37432
City of Covina	17368	35422
City of Cudahy	11367	46687
City of Culver City	10036	25175
City of Diamond Bar	11730	20395
City of Downey	42125	36867
City of Duarte	6450	29297
City of El Monte	38545	32869
City of El Segundo	3668	21852
City of Gardena	19662	32070
City of Glendale	53402	25861
City of Glendora	14255	27017
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4733	32250
City of Hawthorne	26590	29948
City of Hermosa Beach	4223	21469
City of Hidden Hills	355	18783
City of Huntington Park	24790	41675
City of Industry	471	107780
City of Inglewood	34194	30105
City of Irwindale	618	42358
City of La Canada Flintridge	3973	19200
City of La Habra Heights	174	3190
City of La Mirada	12592	25388
City of La Puente	14795	36354
City of La Verne	8444	25371
City of Lakewood	23776	29586
City of Lancaster*	58080	35947
City of Lawndale	9652	28714
City of Lomita	5341	25766
City of Lynwood*	28292	39269
City of Malibu	2629	20284
City of Manhattan Beach	6560	18223
City of Maywood	11880	42354
City of Monrovia	10296	26536
City of Montebello	22717	35289
City of Monterey Park	15188	24394
City of Norwalk	38422	35701
City of Palmdale	60825	38262
City of Palos Verdes Estates	1957	14473
City of Paramount	21424	38241
City of Pico Rivera	24940	38797
City of Pomona	59252	37999
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	6558	15341
City of Redondo Beach	13625	19833
City of Rolling Hills	248	12784
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1318	16246
City of Rosemead	13677	24710
City of San Dimas*	9913	28720
City of San Fernando	11801	47948
City of San Gabriel	9751	23810
City of San Marino	2065	15553
City of Santa Clarita	65590	29756
City of Santa Fe Springs	7333	39931
City of Santa Monica	23422	25336
City of Sierra Madre	2054	18691
City of Signal Hill	3578	30330
City of South El Monte	7523	36021
City of South Gate	43759	44582
City of South Pasadena	5560	21341
City of Temple City	8601	23593
City of Torrance	29893	20026
City of Vernon	339	162201
City of Walnut	6534	21400
City of West Covina	35523	32820
City of West Hollywood	10091	27309
City of Westlake Village	349	4175
City of Whittier	28142	32187
Los Angeles	1387277	34299
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	2945	35906
Los Angeles - Alsace	4127	33162
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	6	15000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	752	30056
Los Angeles - Arleta	15531	45188
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	4449	30335
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	9102	29243
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2167	25709
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3022	24128
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	3770	28619
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	37517	43181
Los Angeles - Brentwood	7609	24581
Los Angeles - Brookside	133	22892
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2165	30403
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	23292	35675
Los Angeles - Carthay	3796	26429
Los Angeles - Central	16141	41396
Los Angeles - Century City	3275	25602
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	14990	44394
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	11507	31049
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2230	24316
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2474	30844
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	4793	32935
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4374	28866
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	4769	34486
Los Angeles - Crestview	3454	30384
Los Angeles - Del Rey	7591	25357
Los Angeles - Downtown*	14365	52223
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	12090	30539
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	8625	29450
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4114	28858
Los Angeles - El Sereno	15634	37395
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1650	28887
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3293	32376
Los Angeles - Encino	13562	30023
Los Angeles - Exposition	1168	35117
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	16449	36621
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1117	31028
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3413	39135
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	21458	45227
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	9928	31414
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	3712	34485
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	19418	33369
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	9400	43711
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4259	24996
Los Angeles - Harbor City	8471	29140
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	14269	32727
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	563	23371
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	5772	32004
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	16739	44125
Los Angeles - Highland Park	15631	32301
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	4959	35753
Los Angeles - Hollywood	19533	28618
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	6868	23334
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	10656	37336
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	2908	36021
Los Angeles - Koreatown	14973	28965
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1506	33034
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	14564	34507
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	5349	40729
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5132	33686
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	11789	36166
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	2781	34654
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8052	28409
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1304	41621
Los Angeles - Longwood	1585	36826
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	5131	23746
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	2872	33646
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	723	23143
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	9650	22721
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	862	19771
Los Angeles - Melrose	23857	30706
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4213	28031
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4428	24621
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	10841	44939
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	7625	31580
Los Angeles - North Hills	23110	37531
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	54170	35774
Los Angeles - Northridge	22991	32940
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	4480	21042
Los Angeles - Pacoima	36001	46767
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	837	21763
Los Angeles - Palms	10622	24209
Los Angeles - Panorama City	30807	40940
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	2860	21060
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	15259	36468
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	526	16458
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3057	27925
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	9442	26531
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	1979	30168
Los Angeles - Regent Square	795	28597
Los Angeles - Reseda	28974	37817
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1656	35720
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1091	25804
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	23611	30256
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1151	25912
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	24480	28056
Los Angeles - Silverlake	12146	27553
Los Angeles - South Carthay	2838	26786
Los Angeles - South Park	16188	42644
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1754	38264
Los Angeles - Studio City	6239	27803
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	21418	40809
Los Angeles - Sunland	6146	30116
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	168	25966
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	38721	46993
Los Angeles - Tarzana	9440	30574
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	12645	32027
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2618	26690
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2271	26091
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	420	32159
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	465	25027
Los Angeles - Tujunga	8083	29065
Los Angeles - University Hills	845	24643
Los Angeles - University Park	10518	38309
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	10208	34009
Los Angeles - Valley Village	7509	30376
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	34525	37046
Los Angeles - Venice	8296	24483
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	6927	40273
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3504	45762
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	17188	41733
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	23625	45434
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2596	30908
Los Angeles - View Heights	934	25284
Los Angeles - Watts	17822	41763
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1655	33672
Los Angeles - West Adams	9963	36059
Los Angeles - West Hills	11092	27357
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	10106	26852
Los Angeles - West Vernon	22826	42551
Los Angeles - Westchester	11931	23121
Los Angeles - Westlake	19126	32223
Los Angeles - Westwood	14467	26737
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	18894	52296
Los Angeles - Wilmington	21765	38531
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	15118	30134
Los Angeles - Winnetka	18130	35009
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	18412	27055
Unincorporated - Acton	1781	22343
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	901	21669
Unincorporated - Altadena	10254	23508
Unincorporated - Anaverde	372	24668
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	92	7390
Unincorporated - Arcadia	1927	24145
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	16151	38054
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2595	52992
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2564	37845
Unincorporated - Azusa	5652	35496
Unincorporated - Bassett	5492	37066
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	189	17614
Unincorporated - Bradbury	94	87037
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3226	41744
Unincorporated - Castaic*	8928	32834
Unincorporated - Cerritos	170	28961
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	2	10000
Unincorporated - Claremont	117	16667
Unincorporated - Covina	5720	34009
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	4369	33240
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1122	25541
Unincorporated - Del Rey	126	39623
Unincorporated - Del Sur	639	26460
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	859	34456
Unincorporated - Duarte	1822	41147
Unincorporated - East Covina	84	25532
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1475	27872
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	47	41228
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	54523	43525
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	361	5638
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	5635	36811
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1296	24425
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2210	25139
Unincorporated - El Monte	57	39310
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	243	14630
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	28943	44731
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	187	28333
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	14722	26324
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	5	500000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	701	27884
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	154	14026
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	584	41360
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	3862	19504
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	17	2515
Unincorporated - La Rambla	692	33349
Unincorporated - La Verne*	592	29020
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	1684	23816
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	182	27246
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	3792	29183
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	414	25198
Unincorporated - Lakewood	1	877
Unincorporated - Lennox	7197	31927
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	297	16962
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1330	33076
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	307	23670
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1201	33651
Unincorporated - Llano	108	12315
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2123	22559
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1091	28111
Unincorporated - Newhall	99	45000
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	369	30801
Unincorporated - North Whittier	2809	33600
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5364	22317
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	34	15814
Unincorporated - Palmdale	229	27197
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	102	16425
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	381	19479
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	347	56058
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	18	3913
Unincorporated - Pomona	159	8204
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3608	27956
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1090	40962
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	251	26960
Unincorporated - Rosewood	474	36858
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	482	40402
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1236	36775
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	11337	22220
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	41	4779
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	7224	35725
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	83	4079
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	57	18506
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	752	281648
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3484	18710
Unincorporated - Saugus	392	252903
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	105	29494
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	106	23297
Unincorporated - South El Monte	703	39164
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	2576	29114
Unincorporated - South Whittier	19737	33327
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	223	28553
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	5257	25074
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2029	33615
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	486	37500
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	383	23100
Unincorporated - Val Verde	980	29616
Unincorporated - Valencia	848	27604
Unincorporated - Valinda	8669	37093
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3216	27641
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	6959	43108
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	159	10523
Unincorporated - West Carson	7053	31934
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	703	73845
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	3746	38088
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	447	32892
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	9648	35833
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	223	17154
Unincorporated - Westhills	167	19905
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	842	22862
Unincorporated - Whittier	888	23467
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	69	575000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	15471	44313
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1722	28571
?- Under Investigation	79202	?

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