news release DPH

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:

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

For more information:

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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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