Public Health Continues to Require Masks in All Public Transit and Indoor Transportation Hubs Within LA County

2,123 New Positive Cases and 13 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Public Health is issuing Health Officer Order to note that masking in all public transit within LA County and in LA County indoor transportation hubs continues to be required.

Per the revised Order, masking continues to be required to be worn by everyone, 2 years of age and older, regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status, on public transit within the County. This includes wearing masks on commuter trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares.  Masking continues to be also required in indoor transportation hubs including airport and bus terminals, train and subway stations, seaport or other indoor port terminals, or any other indoor area that serves as a transportation hub.

Public Health will reassess the indoor masking requirement when COVID-19 community transmission in Los Angeles County drops to the Moderate level, OR the CDC’s assessment is that an order requiring masking in the transportation corridor is no longer necessary for protection of the public’s health, OR within 30 days of this Order, whichever occurs first.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19.

• 2,123 New COVID-19 cases (2,857,772 cases to date)
• 13 New deaths due to COVID-19 (31,913 deaths to date)
• 224 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 11,804,000 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 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
• Contract Tracing Metrics
• Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
• Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance
• Outbreaks:
  • Residential Congregate Sessions
  • 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	2,857,772
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,703,476
— Long Beach	125,823
— Pasadena	28,473
Deaths	31,913
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	30,235
— Long Beach	1,264
— Pasadena	414
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	83077
– 5 to 11	240168
– 12 to 17	234492
– 18 to 29	602574
– 30 to 49	862569
– 50 to 64	447688
– 65 to 79	174162
–  over 80	56635
–  Under Investigation	2111
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1375091
–  Male	1252456
–  Other	1127
–  Under Investigation	74802
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	4969
–  Asian	167063
–  Black	135760
–  Hispanic/Latino	1232088
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13682
–  White	349776
–  Other	299671
–  Under Investigation	500467
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	137,085
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	73
–  Asian	3773
–  Black	2802
–  Hispanic/Latino	15538
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	111
–  White	7532
–  Other	311
–  Under Investigation	95