L.A. County to Align with State June 15 Reopening
15 New Deaths and 264 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 15 new deaths and 264 new cases of COVID-19. Of the 15 new deaths reported today, six people who passed away were over the age of 80, one person who died was between the ages of 65 and 79, four people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, two people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 29. One death was reported by the City of Long Beach.
The City of Glendale reports 20,091 cases, the City of La Cañada Flintridge reports 761 cases, Sunland reports 2,293 cases, Tujunga reports 2,953 cases and in the unincorporated portion of LA County, Angeles National Forest reports 33 cases and La Crescenta-Montrose reports 1,110 cases.
To date, Public Health identified 1,238,367 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County and a total of 24,154 deaths. There are 355 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 23% of these people are in the ICU. Testing results are available for nearly 6,682,000 individuals with 17% of people testing positive. Today’s daily test positivity rate is 0.4%.
Los Angeles County will align with the state’s June 15 plans that ease many capacity limits and distancing requirements and adopt CDC’s masking guidelines for vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. People who are fully vaccinated will no longer need to wear masks in most situations. There are specific requirements for large capacity indoor events. The County will also follow the State on lifting current travel restrictions on June 15 to align with CDC travel recommendations.
Current County reopening protocols will be amended or retired on June 15 to reflect these changes.
“To everyone mourning the loss of a loved one, you remain in our thoughts and our prayers,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, director of Public Health. “I, like everyone in California, look forward to the changes that will come on June 15. Together, we all worked hard and continue to work hard to keep numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths low in LA County. I can’t emphasize enough how the vaccine has allowed us to get to a place where we can safely do the things that we loved to do before the pandemic. If you have been putting off getting vaccinated, I ask that you not delay any longer and get vaccinated. The COVID-19 infection, hospitalizations and deaths that are still occurring are almost all among people not fully vaccinated. This is preventable.”
Those who are not yet vaccinated or unable to get vaccinated need to know it is very important that they continue to wear a mask and maintain six feet of distance when around others not in their household and consider getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible.
This weekend at County-run vaccination sites and LA City vaccination sites, everyone 18 years and older getting their first COVID-19 vaccine will have a chance to enter the Los Angeles Lakers 2021-22 Season Ticket Vaccination Sweepstakes to win a pair (2) of season tickets for next season. For additional information and locations, visit: Lakers Vaccination Sweepstakes.
The number of COVID-19 cases among people experiencing homelessness remains substantially lower than the peak of 608 weekly cases reported during late-December. There were 42 new cases among people experiencing homelessness reported this week. The number of new cases reported this week includes 31 cases from previous weeks that were newly identified as cases associated with people experiencing homelessness and are included in the new case totals. To date, 7,099 people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County tested positive for COVID-19 and 208 people who were experiencing homelessness passed away from COVID-19. Of the people experiencing homelessness who passed away, 94 were sheltered, 69 were unsheltered and for 45 people who passed away their shelter status was unknown.
COVID-19 vaccinations are available at County-run sites and many community sites without an appointment. Anyone 12 and older living or working in LA County can get vaccinated. To find a vaccination site, to make an appointment at vaccination sites, and much more, visit: www.VaccinateLACounty.com (English) and www.VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish). Those who don’t have internet access, can’t use a computer, or are over 65 can call (833) 540-0473 for help finding an appointment or scheduling a home-visit for those who are homebound. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.
County Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Roadmap to Recovery, Recovery Dashboard, and additional actions people can take to protect themselves, their family and their community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.