Press Release: Skilled Nursing Facility Residents and Staff are Encouraged to Get the New Fall Booster As Soon As Possible - 1,944 New Positive Cases and 16 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

For Immediate Release:

September 16, 2022

Skilled Nursing Facility Residents and Staff are Encouraged to Get the New Fall? Booster As Soon As Possible

1,944 New Positive Cases and 16 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Although COVID-19 metrics have recently improved in LA County, residents at Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) remain at elevated risk for severe illness should they become infected. ?With cooler weather approaching, maximizing protection of our most vulnerable residents includes ensuring that as many residents and staff at SNFs are vaccinated in the early fall with the new COVID-19 Fall booster that has been updated to target both the most recent Omicron subvariants (BA.4/BA.5) and the original COVID-19 virus.

As of September 4, 91% of SNF residents and 98% of staff were fully vaccinated. Almost all these staff and residents are at least two months out from their last COVID vaccine dose and therefore eligible for the new Fall booster.

To improve booster coverage, all 340 SNFs have established long-term care pharmacy (LTCP) partners that can provide COVID vaccines/booster doses. Public Health?s mobile vaccine team (MVT) is contacting all SNFs to offer additional support including onsite booster clinics for residents and staff to get the Fall booster as soon as possible. Facilities with active outbreaks are being prioritized for on-site vaccine/booster clinics.

Public Health is also assisting and following up with education and resources for Skilled Nursing Facilities including bi-weekly webinars and email communications for staff and educational materials for residents.

The 7-day average case count in the county is 1,675, a small decline from one week ago when an average of 1,745 cases were reported. The 7-day average test positivity rate is 5.2% over the past week, down slightly from one week ago when it was 5.6%.

Over the past seven days, the average number of daily COVID-positive patients in LA County hospitals was 713, an 8% decline from one week ago when the average number of daily COVID-positive patients per day was 772.

Deaths, which typically lag hospitalizations by several weeks, increased slightly to 14 deaths reported each day this past week, an increase from an average of 11 daily reported deaths a week ago.

For the third week in a row, LA County is at the Low Community Level, which reflects very little stress associated with COVID-19 on the healthcare system in LA County.

?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. ?While it is humbling to look back over the past 2 ? years and be reminded of the enormity of the impact of COVID on our lives, I am also encouraged as we face our third winter with COVID because we are heading into the colder months with an updated fall booster that matches the variants currently circulating. This was not the case this past winter, when the highly infectious Omicron variant raged, nor the winter of 2020/2021 when most of us were not yet vaccinated.? The work ahead is to be sure that access to the new vaccines is very easy and that everyone understands that the new Fall booster offers us our best opportunity to try and avert another terrible winter surge.?

Today, Public Health reported 16 additional deaths and 1,944?new positive cases. Of the 16 new deaths reported today, two people were between the ages of 30-49, one person was between the ages of 50-64, four people were between the ages of 65-79, and eight people were aged 80 years or older.? For information on the one death reported by the City of Long Beach, visit longbeach.gov Of the 16 newly reported deaths, 15 had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 33,447.

Public Health has reported a total of 3,437,648 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today?s positivity rate is 5.2%.

There are 669 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 12,522,412 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	3,437,648	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3,251,432	?
-- Long Beach	150,450	?
-- Pasadena	35,766	?
Deaths	33,447	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	31,692	?
-- Long Beach	1,326	?
-- Pasadena	429	?
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	102,864	?
- 5 to 11	273,994	?
- 12 to 17	267,907	?
- 18 to 29	711,072	?
- 30 to 49	1,046,442	?
- 50 to 64	550,306	?
- 65 to 79	223,502	?
-? over 80	73,057	?
-? Under Investigation	2,288	?
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1,668,499	?
-? Male	1,495,708	?
-? Other	1,522	?
-? Under Investigation	85,703	?
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	6,135	?
-? Asian	231,048	?
-? Black	166,489	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1,410,980	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	16,565	?
-? White	440,535	?
-? Other	369,042	?
-? Under Investigation	610,638	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)	154,595	?
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	73	?
-? Asian	4,008	?
-? Black	2,955	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	16,007	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	112	?
-? White	8,093	?
-? Other	359	?
-? Under Investigation	85	?
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	5937	28430
City of Alhambra	22438	25873
City of Arcadia	11565	20025
City of Artesia	5365	31944
City of Avalon	66	1706
City of Azusa	16334	32642
City of Baldwin Park	27258	35507
City of Bell	15872	43686
City of Bell Gardens	16023	37201
City of Bellflower	27991	36008
City of Beverly Hills	10557	30582
City of Bradbury	67	6268
City of Burbank	29233	27275
City of Calabasas	5252	21593
City of Carson	31805	33891
City of Cerritos	11731	23431
City of Claremont	8761	24013
City of Commerce*	5282	40416
City of Compton	37921	37957
City of Covina	17651	35999
City of Cudahy	11490	47193
City of Culver City	10297	25830
City of Diamond Bar	11988	20843
City of Downey	42913	37556
City of Duarte	6598	29969
City of El Monte	39155	33389
City of El Segundo	3701	22048
City of Gardena	19956	32549
City of Glendale	54233	26264
City of Glendora	14568	27610
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4799	32700
City of Hawthorne	26971	30377
City of Hermosa Beach	4298	21851
City of Hidden Hills	361	19101
City of Huntington Park	25110	42213
City of Industry	487	111442
City of Inglewood	34617	30478
City of Irwindale	626	42906
City of La Canada Flintridge	4069	19664
City of La Habra Heights	174	3190
City of La Mirada	12827	25861
City of La Puente	15038	36951
City of La Verne	8552	25696
City of Lakewood	24170	30076
City of Lancaster*	59079	36566
City of Lawndale	9794	29137
City of Lomita	5433	26210
City of Lynwood*	28644	39757
City of Malibu	2661	20531
City of Manhattan Beach	6644	18456
City of Maywood	12061	43000
City of Monrovia	10517	27106
City of Montebello	23104	35890
City of Monterey Park	15493	24884
City of Norwalk	39090	36322
City of Palmdale	61756	38848
City of Palos Verdes Estates	1994	14746
City of Paramount	21697	38729
City of Pico Rivera	25396	39506
City of Pomona	60439	38760
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	6698	15669
City of Redondo Beach	13876	20199
City of Rolling Hills	253	13041
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1345	16578
City of Rosemead	13952	25207
City of San Dimas*	10119	29317
City of San Fernando	11943	48525
City of San Gabriel	10020	24466
City of San Marino	2123	15990
City of Santa Clarita	66738	30277
City of Santa Fe Springs	7454	40590
City of Santa Monica	23807	25752
City of Sierra Madre	2082	18946
City of Signal Hill	3648	30923
City of South El Monte	7642	36591
City of South Gate	44263	45095
City of South Pasadena	5670	21763
City of Temple City	8828	24216
City of Torrance	30483	20422
City of Vernon	343	164115
City of Walnut	6672	21852
City of West Covina	36182	33429
City of West Hollywood	10228	27680
City of Westlake Village	354	4234
City of Whittier	28620	32734
Los Angeles	1406180	34767
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	2980	36333
Los Angeles - Alsace	4168	33491
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	6	15000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	762	30456
Los Angeles - Arleta	15676	45610
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	4520	30820
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	9264	29764
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2185	25922
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3061	24439
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	3818	28984
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	37929	43655
Los Angeles - Brentwood	7676	24797
Los Angeles - Brookside	136	23408
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2202	30923
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	23561	36087
Los Angeles - Carthay	3848	26791
Los Angeles ? Central	16271	41729
Los Angeles - Century City	3321	25962
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	15199	45013
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	11693	31551
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2268	24730
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2512	31318
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	4855	33361
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4432	29248
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	4828	34912
Los Angeles - Crestview	3512	30894
Los Angeles - Del Rey	7709	25752
Los Angeles - Downtown*	14774	53710
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	12319	31117
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	8730	29808
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4176	29293
Los Angeles - El Sereno	15795	37780
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1682	29447
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3338	32819
Los Angeles - Encino	13765	30472
Los Angeles - Exposition	1178	35418
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	16743	37275
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1136	31556
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3462	39697
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	21704	45746
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	10063	31841
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	3761	34941
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	19718	33885
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	9520	44269
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4313	25313
Los Angeles - Harbor City	8594	29563
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	14480	33211
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	571	23703
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	5833	32343
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	16934	44640
Los Angeles - Highland Park	15865	32785
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5009	36114
Los Angeles - Hollywood	19755	28943
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	6976	23700
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	10821	37914
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	2947	36504
Los Angeles - Koreatown	15173	29352
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1527	33494
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	14769	34993
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	5417	41247
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5211	34204
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	11918	36562
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	2832	35290
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8148	28748
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1338	42707
Los Angeles - Longwood	1605	37291
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	5218	24148
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	2910	34091
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	728	23303
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	9818	23117
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	882	20229
Los Angeles - Melrose	24113	31035
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4293	28563
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4485	24937
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	10975	45494
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	7730	32015
Los Angeles - North Hills	23409	38017
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	54862	36231
Los Angeles - Northridge	23313	33401
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	4547	21356
Los Angeles - Pacoima	36378	47257
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	848	22049
Los Angeles - Palms	10831	24685
Los Angeles - Panorama City	31206	41470
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	2895	21318
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	15423	36860
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	540	16896
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3107	28382
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	9581	26922
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2028	30915
Los Angeles - Regent Square	804	28921
Los Angeles - Reseda	29362	38323
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1678	36195
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1114	26348
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	23993	30745
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1172	26385
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	24926	28567
Los Angeles - Silverlake	12356	28029
Los Angeles - South Carthay	2873	27117
Los Angeles - South Park	16371	43126
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1773	38678
Los Angeles - Studio City	6333	28222
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	21652	41255
Los Angeles - Sunland	6275	30748
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	170	26275
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	39185	47556
Los Angeles - Tarzana	9593	31069
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	12798	32415
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2646	26975
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2302	26448
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	425	32542
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	469	25242
Los Angeles - Tujunga	8202	29493
Los Angeles - University Hills	860	25080
Los Angeles - University Park	10819	39405
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	10345	34465
Los Angeles - Valley Village	7621	30829
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	34932	37483
Los Angeles - Venice	8407	24810
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7007	40738
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3547	46324
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	17354	42136
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	23841	45850
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2636	31385
Los Angeles - View Heights	946	25609
Los Angeles - Watts	17998	42176
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1676	34100
Los Angeles - West Adams	10117	36616
Los Angeles - West Hills	11275	27809
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	10265	27274
Los Angeles - West Vernon	23109	43078
Los Angeles - Westchester	12150	23545
Los Angeles - Westlake	19368	32631
Los Angeles - Westwood	14646	27068
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	19236	53243
Los Angeles - Wilmington	21988	38926
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	15321	30538
Los Angeles - Winnetka	18409	35548
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	18738	27534
Unincorporated - Acton	1806	22657
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	918	22078
Unincorporated - Altadena	10432	23916
Unincorporated - Anaverde	373	24735
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	98	7871
Unincorporated - Arcadia	1980	24809
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	16344	38509
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2643	53972
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2601	38391
Unincorporated - Azusa	5729	35979
Unincorporated - Bassett	5586	37700
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	190	17707
Unincorporated - Bradbury	96	88889
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3275	42378
Unincorporated - Castaic*	9052	33290
Unincorporated - Cerritos	176	29983
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	2	10000
Unincorporated - Claremont	119	16952
Unincorporated - Covina	5793	34443
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	4434	33734
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1130	25723
Unincorporated - Del Rey	127	39937
Unincorporated - Del Sur	648	26832
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	869	34858
Unincorporated - Duarte	1852	41825
Unincorporated - East Covina	88	26748
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1497	28288
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	48	42105
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	55161	44034
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	363	5669
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	5721	37373
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1324	24953
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2242	25503
Unincorporated - El Monte	57	39310
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	248	14931
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	29213	45148
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	189	28636
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	14995	26812
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	5	500000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	713	28361
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	155	14117
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	591	41856
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	3953	19964
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	17	2515
Unincorporated - La Rambla	724	34892
Unincorporated - La Verne*	604	29608
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	1712	24212
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	188	28144
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	3859	29698
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	423	25746
Unincorporated - Lakewood	1	877
Unincorporated - Lennox	7286	32322
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	302	17247
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1351	33599
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	314	24210
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1215	34043
Unincorporated - Llano	110	12543
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2159	22941
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1124	28962
Unincorporated - Newhall	100	45455
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	371	30968
Unincorporated - North Whittier	2854	34139
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5484	22816
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	34	15814
Unincorporated - Palmdale	238	28266
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	102	16425
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	389	19888
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	349	56381
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	22	4783
Unincorporated - Pomona	160	8256
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3685	28553
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1101	41375
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	254	27282
Unincorporated - Rosewood	484	37636
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	487	40821
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1250	37191
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	11544	22626
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	41	4779
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	7347	36334
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	83	4079
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	57	18506
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	753	282022
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3542	19022
Unincorporated - Saugus	402	259355
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	105	29494
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	108	23736
Unincorporated - South El Monte	713	39721
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	2647	29916
Unincorporated - South Whittier	20044	33846
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	225	28809
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	5352	25527
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2059	34112
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	491	37886
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	389	23462
Unincorporated - Val Verde	994	30039
Unincorporated - Valencia	858	27930
Unincorporated - Valinda	8815	37718
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3274	28139
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7061	43740
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	166	10986
Unincorporated - West Carson	7175	32487
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	711	74685
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	3803	38668
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	450	33113
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	9821	36475
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	224	17231
Unincorporated - Westhills	175	20858
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	861	23378
Unincorporated - Whittier	904	23890
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	69	575000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	15641	44800
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1739	28853
?- Under Investigation	80448	?
*? --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community		?

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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