Second Booster Doses Available to Eligible Residents at Public Health Operated Vaccination Sites Tomorrow

Public Health Reports 541 New Positive Cases and 7 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Earlier today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized a second booster dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for individuals 50 years of age and older at least 4 months after they received their first booster dose. Public Health sites will be prepared to administer second booster doses to those eligible starting tomorrow.

Sites administering second booster doses for those 50 years of age and older starting tomorrow include Obregon Park (East Los Angeles), Ted Watkins Park (South Los Angeles), Balboa Sports Complex (Encino), Commerce Senior Citizens Center (Commerce), Market Street Center (Santa Clarita), Palmdale Oasis Recreation Center (Palmdale), and the Norwalk Arts and Sports Complex (Norwalk). Visit VaccinateLACounty.com for more information.

Eligible residents can also check with other vaccination sites about the availability of the second booster dose.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19. The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the holiday weekend.

• 541 New COVID-19 cases (2,831,655 cases to date)
• 7 New deaths due to COVID-19 (31,626 deaths to date)
• 321 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 11,675,000 individuals tested; 22% of people tested positive to date

Data is by date reported by DPH, but does not necessarily represent the date of testing, hospitalization, or death.

* Number reflects an undercount due to a lag from weekend or holiday reporting.

**Monday’s reported death count is a cumulative report of Sunday and Monday and reflects an undercount due to a lag from weekend or holiday reporting.

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

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,831,655
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,677,996
— Long Beach	125,589
— Pasadena	28,070
Deaths	31,626
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	29,958
— Long Beach	1,259
— Pasadena	409
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	82331
– 5 to 11	238430
– 12 to 17	232853
– 18 to 29	596023
– 30 to 49	853862
– 50 to 64	443446
– 65 to 79	172236
–  over 80	56117
–  Under Investigation	2698
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1361753
–  Male	1241255
–  Other	1026
–  Under Investigation	73962
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	4915
–  Asian	163734
–  Black	134264
–  Hispanic/Latino	1225133
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13584
–  White	343422
–  Other	297496
–  Under Investigation	495448
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	135,913
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	73
–  Asian	3740
–  Black	2767
–  Hispanic/Latino	15434
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	111
–  White	7429
–  Other	309
–  Under Investigation	95