Over 100,000 healthcare workers and those in long term care facilities have received the COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles County, as public health officials increase the roll-out of the first phase of distribution.
As of Wednesday, Los Angeles County was in Phase 1A of the vaccine distribution, with the next Phase 1B expected to begin in February, according to Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).
Included in the doses of the vaccine in Phase 1A over 11,000 workers in skilled nursing facilities, according to Ferrer.
In the first tier of Phase 1B, residents aged 75 and older as well as those in higher-risk workplaces such as education, childcare, emergency services and agriculture.
The second tier of 1B also includes those ages 65 – 74 as well as those working in transportation and logistics, in sheltering facilities, critical manufacturing and congregate settings which includes homeless shelters and jails.
An additional 11,841 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Wednesday, along with 258 deaths, according to the public health director.
“I’m more concerned than ever before,” Ferrer said. “This is a health crisis of epic proportions.”
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 852,165 positive cases of COVID-19 and 11,328 deaths since March 2020.
More than one in every five people in L.A. County who have been tested are testing positive for coronavirus, public health officials said.
Public health officials continued to stress the need for the public practice of physical distancing and wearing a cloth face covering
As of Wednesday, there were 8,023 people hospitalized with COVID-19, over 20% of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Testing results are available for over 4,847,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive.
According to California health officials, the Southern California Region has 0.0% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of Wednesday.
Health officials say that at its current rate, one person in Los Angeles County dies of COVID-19 every 15 minutes. Ferrer noted Monday that it is “likely” that the County could begin reporting over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths a week if the surge continues.
For those who have just returned from a trip outside of Los Angeles County, they must quarantine in place for 10 days and monitor for symptoms for 14 days. Testing is suggested if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or if one is possibly exposed to someone who was positive.
On Wednesday, 321 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 17,990 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 13,157 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+258)
- 540 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+12)
- 3,055 in Castaic* (+18)
- 99 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (+5)
- 686 in Stevenson Ranch (+18)
- 114 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+4)
- 206 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+4)
- 57 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 29 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon (+1)
- 28 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 10 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- Nine in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon (+1)
In nearby Acton, there have been 303 cumulative cases (+10), as well as 150 cases in Agua Dulce (+2).
*As of Monday, Jan. 4, public health officials have recorded 1,956 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,425 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
As of Wednesday, Jan. 6, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital had conducted 15,866 COVID-19 tests. Of those, 2,727 had tested positive, and 14 tests were still pending with Henry Mayo, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
There were 99 COVID-19 patients in the hospital as of Wednesday, Jan. 6, while 754 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Moody.
One additional death was reported Wednesday, with a total of 79 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 129 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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Ed. Note: These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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