Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) confirmed Friday that while they have continued to receive a higher number of COVID-19 doses week to week, they have a distribution capacity far greater than their allocation.
On Friday, LADPH Science Officer Dr. Paul Simon told reporters that while the county has received around 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine over the past two weeks, the county’s service providers have the capacity to administer up to 600,000 doses per week.
“We remain gravely challenged by the limited supply of vaccine, and the variability of the amount of vaccines we receive from week to week,” Simon said. “Given the limited vaccine supply, our current priority continues to be to provide second doses to people who are due to receive them at least over the next week until additional supplies are available.”
Simon also confirmed that the winter storm striking the nation had caused “some delays” in the county’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, delaying two shipments of the Moderna vaccine.
“The snow storms across the United States did impact some shipments that resulted in some delays,” he said.
An estimated 1,676,900 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered within Los Angeles County as of Friday, roughly three-fourths of which have gone to first doses.
As of Friday, roughly 15.5% of county residents over the age of 16 had received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, while an estimated 6% of residents in the same category were fully vaccinated. This represents an approximate increase of 4.5% and 3.4% respectively.
Approximately 262,925 doses of vaccine had been distributed to L.A. County for the past week, up from the 184,625 doses of the vaccine distributed in the prior week. Simon confirmed that the priority was still to focus on administering second doses.
An additional 2,459 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Friday, along with 150 deaths, according to the LADPH.
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,176,772 positive cases of COVID-19 and 19,662 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the department.
Testing results are available for nearly 5,740,000 people, with 19 percent of people testing positive.
As of Friday, there were 2,640 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 31 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The Southern California Region has 14.8% staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, Feb. 16, according to state health officials.
Residents are encouraged to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to not gather in crowds, stay home when sick, wear a face covering and maintain physical distance from others when outside of the home.
A travel advisory remains in effect for L.A. County. Anyone who is arriving in Los Angeles County must self-quarantine for 10 days. Residents are asked to remain at home or lodging for the 10 days and avoid contact with others.
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On Friday, 61 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 24,746 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 18,650 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+51)
- 43 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon (+1)
- 763 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+4)
- 3,531 in Castaic* (+1)
- 66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 14 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 15 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 127 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 38 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 1,019 in Stevenson Ranch (+3)
- 305 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+1)
- 171 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
In nearby Acton, there have been 429 cumulative cases (+2), as well as 248 cases in Agua Dulce (+1).
*As of Sunday, Feb. 14, 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. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.
There were 13 COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Friday, Feb. 19, while 1,129 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.
One additional death was reported at Henry Mayo on Friday, with a total of 138 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 245 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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