Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced Friday that nearly 900,000 people within the county had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
As of Friday, Mar. 12, 2,741,050 doses of vaccine have been administered across the county. Of those vaccinated, 899,527 people have received second doses.
This is an increase of roughly 326,000 administered doses reported over the past week, which averages to about 46,571 doses administered per day, according to health officials.
Next week, the county is expecting to receive 260,000 vaccine doses, down about 52,000 from the previous week.
“Once again, this falls far short of the more than 600,000 doses that the provider network is currently capable of delivering,” said Dr. Paul Simon, LADPH Science Officer.
Approximately, 12% of vaccines are set to go to educators, nearly 2% to emergency responders, roughly 11% to food and agriculture workers, and 12% to seniors aged 65 years and older. The remaining vaccine supply is set to go to L.A. County residents with eligible health conditions and any second doses that are due.
Check the Vaccinate L.A. County Website or follow @LAPublicHealth on social media for more information on when and where people in these sectors can get vaccinated.
An additional 1,378 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Thursday, along with 101 deaths.
This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,208,024 positive cases of COVID-19 and 22,304 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the LADPH.
Testing results are available for over 5,927,000 people, with a cumulative 19 percent of people testing positive.
As of Thursday, there were 1,056 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in L.A. County, 30 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
An update on COVID-19 numbers for the county is expected to be released later on Friday afternoon.
The Southern California Region has 27.6% staffed adult intensive care unit (ICU) capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, March 9, according to state health officials.
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Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced Friday that several key sectors can re-open just after midnight Monday, including indoor dining and movie theatres.
On Friday, L.A County Public Health officials announced on social media that L.A. County has met the state’s threshold to re-open key sectors in line with the red tier, allowing significant sectors to reopen their indoor operations just after midnight on Monday, March 15.
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 10 days and avoid contact with others.
On Thursday, 54 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 25,892 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley since March of 2020, according to the LADPH. These cases include:
- 19,548 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+45)
- 45 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 805 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+2)
- 3,634 in Castaic* (+3)
- 66 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
- 1 in Placerita Canyon
- 15 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
- 17 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
- 132 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
- 39 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country (-1)
- 1,086 in Stevenson Ranch (+3)
- 320 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde (+2)
- 184 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
*As of Wednesday, March 10, public health officials have recorded 1,978 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,439 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.
In nearby Acton, there have been 456 (+1) cumulative cases, as well as 259 (+2) cases in Agua Dulce.
An update on COVID-19 numbers for the Santa Clarita Valley is expected to be released later on Friday afternoon.
There were six COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Wednesday, March 10, while 1,171 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 Monday, with a total of 145 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 264 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.
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