Press Release: With LA County in High Community Level for COVID-19, Public Health Asks Residents to Mask, Get Boosted - 3,756 New Positive Cases and 17 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

For Immediate Release:

December 9, 2022

With LA County in High Community Level for COVID-19,

Public Health Asks Residents to Mask, Get Boosted

3,756 New Positive Cases and 17 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

With a rise in COVID-19 cases, Los Angeles County moved into the CDC High Community Level this week, prompting Public Health officials to ask all residents to layer in sensible health protections including indoor masking and getting vaccinated and boosted.

With the COVID-19 case rate reaching 258 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people this week, and almost 15 hospital admissions per 100,000 people, the CDC High Community Level designation reflects both high transmission and increased stress on hospitals. ?The stress on the healthcare system is compounded by high rates of influenza and other respiratory illnesses.

Data shows that people over 65 and people living in areas with the highest poverty rate are more likely to be hospitalized and die from COVID in Los Angeles County, regardless of vaccination status, and historically we have seen how a COVID surge can deepen these disparities. Many factors, including inadequate access to health-affirming resources and racism, contribute to these gaps. While COVID vaccines are not an equalizer, the rates of hospitalization and deaths are far higher for those unvaccinated, serving as a stark reminder of how powerful the vaccines continue to be.

Increased transmission of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County means there is a higher likelihood of catching COVID during routine activities, such as grocery shopping, eating out at restaurants, running errands, or attending a concert or large holiday party. At the current case rate, if you attend a party with 200 people, the chance that at least one person at the party is infected with COVID, is between 80-90%. If the case rate climbs to 350, that chance increases to almost 100%. And for the millions of people in the higher risk categories -- elderly family members and friends, those with underlying health conditions, and those who are immunocompromised -- increased chances of being exposed can have a devastating impact.

Higher transmission also leads to higher workplace absences and wider disruptions to everyday life, whether at healthcare facilities, retail stores, restaurants, delivery services, and even family gatherings.

One of the most effective ways to reduce COVID-19 transmission, along with transmission of other respiratory illnesses like flu and RSV, is to wear well-fitted, high-filtration masks indoors. Everyone ages 2 and older is asked to wear a mask in indoor public spaces, such as transit, retail, event venues, schools, and worksites when around others.

Protecting against severe illness is equally important and the new, bivalent booster and therapeutics provide protection against severe illness and death from COVID-19. ?There are also vaccines and anti-viral medications to prevent severe illness from influenza. ?Vaccines, boosters, and therapeutics are readily available at Public Health sites, pharmacies, and other locations across the county.

In addition, simple actions such as frequent handwashing and staying home when you are sick can help to further limit transmission. The same precautions that help limit the spread of COVID will also provide protection against RSV and flu.

Seniors and residents who can?t easily leave their home may contact the Public Health call center to arrange for at-home vaccinations and, if eligible, oral therapeutics by calling (833) 540-0473, seven days a week, from 8:00 am to 8:30 pm. Residents also may go to VaccinateLACounty.com to find nearby vaccination sites, request a mobile vaccination team for your worksite or community event, or an in-home visit if you or someone you know is homebound.

LA County residents also should take a COVID-19 test after a known exposure, if symptomatic, and before gatherings. Rapid tests are readily available and are likely to be covered by health insurance.?Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 should isolate until day 10, or day 5 if you have a negative test.?

These health measures are essential as LA County continues to see large increases in the number of reported COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The 7-day average case count in the county is 3,639, a nearly 19% increase from one week ago when the 7-day average of 3,053 cases was reported.

And over the past seven days, the average number of daily COVID-positive patients in LA County hospitals is 1245, an increase of 18% from last week when the average number of COVID-positive patients per day was 1056.

The county is currently reporting an average of 12 deaths per day, an increase from the average of 9 deaths reported per day a week ago.

?I send my condolences to those who have had someone close to them die from COVID-19. I wish you never had to feel this loss and I offer my deepest sympathies,? said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. ?Our shared goal during this pandemic has always been to reduce the burden of disease, hospitalization and death and we all know it takes a community to do so. When you put on your mask for these few weeks during this surge, it is about the people of LA County. It is about every individual, every visitor, our healthcare workers, essential workers, and other people who serve. In addition to vaccination, it is one of the easiest things everyone can do right now.?

Today, Public Health reported 17 additional deaths and 3,756?new positive cases. Of the 17 new deaths reported today, one person was between the ages of 18 to 29, one person was between the ages of 30 to 49, three people were between the ages of 50 to 64, two people were between the ages of 65 to 79, and 10 people were aged 80 years or older. Of the 17 newly reported deaths, 16 had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 34,296.

Public Health has reported a total of 3,577,685 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today?s positivity rate is 12.1%.

There are 1,243 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 12,761,505 individuals, with 25% 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:

Cases through 12:00pm 12/8/2022	?	?
?	Total Cases	?
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	3,577,685	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3,383,958	?
-- Long Beach	155,883	?
-- Pasadena	37,844	?
Deaths	34,296	?
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	32,521	?
-- Long Beach	1,339	?
-- Pasadena	436	?
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
- 0 to 4	106,622	?
- 5 to 11	278,000	?
- 12 to 17	272,549	?
- 18 to 29	733,987	?
- 30 to 49	1,087,954	?
- 50 to 64	580,201	?
- 65 to 79	241,145	?
-? over 80	81,096	?
-? Under Investigation	2,404	?
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Female	1,740,792	?
-? Male	1,554,183	?
-? Other	1,670	?
-? Under Investigation	87,313	?
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	6,448	?
-? Asian	247,068	?
-? Black	175,375	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	1,456,921	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17,114	?
-? White	464,083	?
-? Other	385,929	?
-? Under Investigation	631,020	?
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? Hospitalized (Ever)	162,287	?
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)	?	?
-? American Indian/Alaska Native	77	?
-? Asian	4,158	?
-? Black	3,039	?
-? Hispanic/Latino	16,260	?
-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	113	?
-? White	8,427	?
-? Other	367	?
-? Under Investigation	80	?
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	6162	29507
City of Alhambra	23791	27433
City of Arcadia	12476	21602
City of Artesia	5642	33593
City of Avalon	66	1706
City of Azusa	16900	33773
City of Baldwin Park	28399	36993
City of Bell	16313	44900
City of Bell Gardens	16432	38151
City of Bellflower	29092	37425
City of Beverly Hills	10971	31782
City of Bradbury	67	6268
City of Burbank	30906	28836
City of Calabasas	5540	22777
City of Carson	33139	35312
City of Cerritos	12431	24829
City of Claremont	9350	25628
City of Commerce*	5472	41870
City of Compton	39019	39056
City of Covina	18374	37473
City of Cudahy	11772	48351
City of Culver City	10912	27372
City of Diamond Bar	12713	22104
City of Downey	44499	38944
City of Duarte	6952	31577
City of El Monte	40765	34762
City of El Segundo	3866	23031
City of Gardena	20922	34125
City of Glendale	57171	27687
City of Glendora	15166	28743
City of Hawaiian Gardens	4944	33688
City of Hawthorne	28167	31724
City of Hermosa Beach	4474	22745
City of Hidden Hills	377	19947
City of Huntington Park	25747	43284
City of Industry	536	122654
City of Inglewood	36508	32142
City of Irwindale	640	43866
City of La Canada Flintridge	4297	20765
City of La Habra Heights	178	3263
City of La Mirada	13365	26946
City of La Puente	15601	38335
City of La Verne	8851	26594
City of Lakewood	25338	31530
City of Lancaster*	61464	38042
City of Lawndale	10160	30226
City of Lomita	5667	27339
City of Lynwood*	29504	40951
City of Malibu	2771	21380
City of Manhattan Beach	6949	19303
City of Maywood	12426	44301
City of Monrovia	11068	28526
City of Montebello	24128	37480
City of Monterey Park	16388	26321
City of Norwalk	40725	37841
City of Palmdale	63826	40150
City of Palos Verdes Estates	2080	15382
City of Paramount	22344	39884
City of Pico Rivera	26458	41158
City of Pomona	62579	40132
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	7115	16644
City of Redondo Beach	14600	21253
City of Rolling Hills	269	13866
City of Rolling Hills Estates	1426	17577
City of Rosemead	14595	26369
City of San Dimas*	10536	30525
City of San Fernando	12299	49972
City of San Gabriel	10700	26127
City of San Marino	2262	17037
City of Santa Clarita	69811	31671
City of Santa Fe Springs	7672	41777
City of Santa Monica	25117	27169
City of Sierra Madre	2216	20166
City of Signal Hill	3870	32805
City of South El Monte	7893	37793
City of South Gate	45517	46373
City of South Pasadena	6017	23095
City of Temple City	9408	25807
City of Torrance	32177	21557
City of Vernon	352	168421
City of Walnut	7118	23313
City of West Covina	37789	34914
City of West Hollywood	10689	28927
City of Westlake Village	372	4450
City of Whittier	29704	33974
Los Angeles	1461819	36142
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	3074	37479
Los Angeles - Alsace	4315	34673
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	6	15000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	789	31535
Los Angeles - Arleta	16275	47352
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	4726	32224
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	9681	31104
Los Angeles - Bel Air	2301	27299
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	3182	25405
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	3953	30008
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	38975	44859
Los Angeles - Brentwood	8072	26077
Los Angeles - Brookside	141	24269
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	2281	32032
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	24442	37437
Los Angeles - Carthay	4046	28170
Los Angeles - Central	16594	42557
Los Angeles - Century City	3525	27556
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	15573	46120
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	12247	33046
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	2403	26202
Los Angeles - Chinatown	2672	33313
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	4986	34261
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	4656	30727
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	5038	36431
Los Angeles - Crestview	3721	32732
Los Angeles - Del Rey	8092	27031
Los Angeles - Downtown*	15365	55859
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	13006	32853
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	9100	31072
Los Angeles - Echo Park	4324	30331
Los Angeles - El Sereno	16347	39100
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	1741	30480
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	3461	34028
Los Angeles - Encino	14464	32020
Los Angeles - Exposition	1232	37041
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	17295	38504
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	1199	33306
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	3605	41337
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	22176	46740
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	10502	33230
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	3934	36548
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	20572	35353
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	9773	45445
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	4503	26428
Los Angeles - Harbor City	8960	30822
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	15077	34580
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	598	24824
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	5985	33185
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	17359	45760
Los Angeles - Highland Park	16532	34163
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	5162	37217
Los Angeles - Hollywood	20664	30275
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	7295	24784
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	11296	39578
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	3038	37632
Los Angeles - Koreatown	15677	30327
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	1574	34525
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	15578	36909
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	5620	42793
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	5436	35681
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	12298	37727
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	2947	36723
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	8462	29856
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	1426	45515
Los Angeles - Longwood	1722	40009
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	5504	25472
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	3080	36082
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	755	24168
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	10319	24297
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	936	21468
Los Angeles - Melrose	25245	32492
Los Angeles - Mid-city	4474	29767
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	4729	26294
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	11413	47310
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	8037	33286
Los Angeles - North Hills	24273	39420
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	56955	37614
Los Angeles - Northridge	24460	35044
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	4771	22409
Los Angeles - Pacoima	37532	48756
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	881	22907
Los Angeles - Palms	11418	26023
Los Angeles - Panorama City	32332	42966
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	3054	22489
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	15964	38153
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	568	17772
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	3241	29606
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	10042	28217
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	2137	32576
Los Angeles - Regent Square	843	30324
Los Angeles - Reseda	30726	40103
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	1723	37166
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	1177	27838
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	24956	31979
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	1223	27533
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	26311	30154
Los Angeles - Silverlake	13006	29503
Los Angeles - South Carthay	3004	28353
Los Angeles - South Park	16689	43964
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	1849	40336
Los Angeles - Studio City	6730	29991
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	22383	42648
Los Angeles - Sunland	6605	32365
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	177	27357
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	40529	49187
Los Angeles - Tarzana	10017	32443
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	13230	33509
Los Angeles - Thai Town	2755	28086
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	2436	27987
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	456	34916
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	487	26211
Los Angeles - Tujunga	8611	30964
Los Angeles - University Hills	892	26013
Los Angeles - University Park	11145	40592
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	10701	35651
Los Angeles - Valley Village	7997	32350
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	36227	38873
Los Angeles - Venice	8774	25893
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	7232	42047
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	3652	47695
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	17787	43187
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	24285	46704
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	2745	32682
Los Angeles - View Heights	994	26909
Los Angeles - Watts	18451	43237
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	1749	35585
Los Angeles - West Adams	10531	38114
Los Angeles - West Hills	11812	29133
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	10804	28707
Los Angeles - West Vernon	23710	44199
Los Angeles - Westchester	12766	24739
Los Angeles - Westlake	20129	33913
Los Angeles - Westwood	15706	29027
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	20412	56498
Los Angeles - Wilmington	22564	39945
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	15848	31589
Los Angeles - Winnetka	19133	36946
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	19691	28934
Unincorporated - Acton	1909	23949
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	949	22823
Unincorporated - Altadena	10999	25215
Unincorporated - Anaverde	383	25398
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	101	8112
Unincorporated - Arcadia	2085	26125
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	16942	39918
Unincorporated - Athens Village	2707	55279
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	2683	39601
Unincorporated - Azusa	5916	37154
Unincorporated - Bassett	5814	39239
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	200	18639
Unincorporated - Bradbury	113	104630
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	3426	44332
Unincorporated - Castaic*	9364	34438
Unincorporated - Cerritos	183	31175
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	2	10000
Unincorporated - Claremont	146	20798
Unincorporated - Covina	6002	35686
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	4610	35073
Unincorporated - Del Aire	1179	26838
Unincorporated - Del Rey	133	41824
Unincorporated - Del Sur	679	28116
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	896	35941
Unincorporated - Duarte	1921	43383
Unincorporated - East Covina	91	27660
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	1561	29497
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	51	44737
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	56743	45297
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	369	5763
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	5890	38477
Unincorporated - East Whittier	1374	25895
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	2330	26504
Unincorporated - El Monte	58	40000
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	264	15894
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	29818	46083
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	193	29242
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	15768	28194
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	5	500000
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	729	28998
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	168	15301
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	611	43272
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	4206	21241
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	18	2663
Unincorporated - La Rambla	759	36578
Unincorporated - La Verne*	629	30833
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	1832	25909
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	197	29491
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	3967	30529
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	445	27085
Unincorporated - Lakewood	1	877
Unincorporated - Lennox	7589	33666
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	308	17590
Unincorporated - Littlerock	1389	34544
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	320	24672
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	1241	34772
Unincorporated - Llano	113	12885
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	2273	24153
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	1183	30482
Unincorporated - Newhall	100	45455
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	380	31720
Unincorporated - North Whittier	2965	35467
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	5796	24114
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	36	16744
Unincorporated - Palmdale	251	29810
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	114	18357
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	405	20706
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	359	57997
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	22	4783
Unincorporated - Pomona	168	8669
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	3832	29692
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	1144	42991
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	264	28357
Unincorporated - Rosewood	505	39269
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	508	42582
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	1278	38024
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	12153	23819
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	43	5012
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	7574	37456
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	85	4177
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	59	19156
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	771	288764
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	3708	19913
Unincorporated - Saugus	420	270968
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	122	34270
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	110	24176
Unincorporated - South El Monte	736	41003
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	2774	31352
Unincorporated - South Whittier	20721	34989
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	233	29834
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	5651	26953
Unincorporated - Sun Village	2120	35123
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	513	39583
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	412	24849
Unincorporated - Val Verde	1036	31309
Unincorporated - Valencia	899	29264
Unincorporated - Valinda	9155	39172
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	3455	29695
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	7240	44849
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	173	11449
Unincorporated - West Carson	7567	34262
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	782	82143
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	3960	40264
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	468	34437
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	10178	37801
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	238	18308
Unincorporated - Westhills	190	22646
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	896	24328
Unincorporated - Whittier	934	24683
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	69	575000
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	16091	46089
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	1805	29949
?- Under Investigation	83435	?
*? --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community		?
** --These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation.		?

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