As of Monday, 50 percent of L.A. County residents ages 16 and over have been fully vaccinated, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).
Los Angeles County is offering vaccines at many sites across the County in order to make it more accessible for eligible L.A. County residents to get vaccinated. This week, there are 756 sites offering vaccinations including pharmacies, clinics, community sites, and hospitals. Vaccines can be currently obtained at the eight county-run sites, all the L.A. city run sites, almost all mobile sites and many of the community sites without an appointment, according to LADPH.
“We can now proudly say that more than 50% of L.A. County residents 16 and older are fully vaccinated. It is truly thrilling to see us reach this landmark, and I thank everyone who has done their part to get us to this point,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health. “We hope that by taking vaccines to people and responding to concerns about vaccine safety, we can make the progress needed to get to community immunity.”
Four new deaths and 139 new positive cases of confirmed COVID-19 were announced by the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Public Health) Monday, with 4 new confirmed cases in Santa Clarita.
L.A. County has experienced 1,238,919 positive cases and 24,175 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, with 319 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19.
Over 6,710,000 individuals have been tested across L.A. County with 17 percent of people testing positive, according to Public Health.
As of Monday, 27,012 cumulative cases have been reported in the Santa Clarita Valley over the past year, according to Public Health. These cases include:
- 20,419 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+3)
- 47 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
- 847 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
- 3,737 in Castaic*
- 68 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
- 40 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
- 1,157 in Stevenson Ranch
- 337 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
- 195 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia (+1)
*As of Monday, May 17, public health officials have recorded 2,028 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,479 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.
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