TK-12 Schools Experience Small Increases in Cases and Outbreaks Over the Past Month as the BA.2 Subvariant Circulates More Widely
973 New Positive Cases and 11 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County
With a relaxing of masking mandates at schools and increased circulation of the more infectious BA.2 subvariant, there were small increases in cases and outbreaks at TK-12 schools in LA County.
For the week ending April 8, there were 822 positive tests among the 443,000 tests administered, resulting in a positivity rate of 0.19%. Positive tests increased by 42% from the week prior when there were 577 positive tests among the 433,000 tests administered for the week ending April 1.
School-associated outbreaks nearly doubled in one month. For the week ending April 9, there were 11 new school-associated outbreaks, (seven in elementary schools, one in a middle school, three in high schools). This is nearly double when compared to the number of new outbreaks one month ago when there were six new school-associated outbreaks for the week ending March 12. It is important to note that many schools have been closed these past two weeks for spring break.
To help promote safety at schools, Public Health is working with partners to ensure easy access to COVID-19 vaccines at schools, with over 240 school-based vaccine clinics scheduled this week and next week. More than 400 additional school-based vaccine clinics are scheduled during the remainder of April. School vaccine clinics offer pediatric doses for those 5-11 years of age, as well as vaccines and boosters for eligible individuals 12 years of age and older. As a reminder, vaccines continue to provide the best protection against illness and hospitalizations and are the safest way to keep children in school and other activities.
Safety at schools is enhanced when everyone continues following sensible safety measures. Public Health strongly recommends students and staff wear masks indoors, as mask wearing is highly effective at reducing spread inside classrooms. Note that schools are required to offer medical masks and respirators to school employees who work indoors and are in contact with others.
Schools should also conduct response testing of persons with an exposure and/or for those who have symptoms. Those who test positive are required to isolate need a negative test to return to school for shortened isolation periods. Exposed, asymptomatic students remaining in school during their 10-day quarantine period should be masked whenever indoors and tested as soon after the exposure as possible. Where resources allow, those students unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated should be tested weekly.
“I send my deepest sympathies and wishes of peace and comfort to the many families who have lost a loved one from COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “With the highly infectious BA.2 subvariant circulating and residents traveling and gathering for Spring Break and Spring holidays, there is increased risk of virus transmission. There are also tools at hand that can mitigate the increased risks: masking indoors can reduce transmission; testing regularly or quickly after developing symptoms or being exposed can help identify those infected; making it easy to access vaccines and boosters improves community level protection; and, following all COVID isolation and quarantine protocols for those who test positive or are exposed helps break the chain of transmission. If we take sensible safety measures, we each have an ability to better protect ourselves and others from becoming infected with this more easily transmissible variant, BA.2”
Today, Public Health reported 11 additional deaths and 973 new positive cases of COVID-19. Of the 11 new deaths reported today, two people were between the ages of 50-64, four people were between the ages of 65-79, and five people were aged 80 years or older. Of the 11 newly reported deaths, 10 people had underlying health conditions. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 31,830.
Public Health has reported a total of 2,848,030 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today’s positivity rate is 1.3%.
There are 256 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 11,765,800 individuals, with 22% of people testing positive.
A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.
lacounty.gov including:
- COVID-19 Daily Data (cases, deaths, testing, testing positivity rate, mortality rate, and hospitalizations)
- Gender, Age, Race/Ethnicity and City/Community Cases and Deaths
- Recovery Metrics
- Contact Tracing Metrics
- Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
- Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance
- Outbreaks:
- Residential Congregate Settings
- Non-Residential Settings
- Homeless Service Settings
Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: http://publichealth.lacounty.
gov/media/Coronavirus/ - California Department of Public Health:
- https://www.cdph.ca.gov/
Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/ Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/
coronavirus/2019-ncov/index. html - Spanish https://espanol.cdc.
gov/enes/coronavirus/2019- ncov/index.html - World Health Organization https://www.who.
int/health-topics/coronavirus - LA County residents can also call 2-1-1
For more information:
Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases
2,848,030
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*
2,693,947
— Long Beach
125,764
— Pasadena
28,319
Deaths
31,830
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)
30,157
— Long Beach
1,261
— Pasadena
412
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4
82788
– 5 to 11
239601
– 12 to 17
233900
– 18 to 29
600257
– 30 to 49
859299
– 50 to 64
446128
– 65 to 79
173425
– over 80
56441
– Under Investigation
2108
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female
1370073
– Male
1248137
– Other
1087
– Under Investigation
74650
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native
4948
– Asian
165709
– Black
135194
– Hispanic/Latino
1229865
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
13637
– White
347361
– Other
298830
– Under Investigation
498403
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)
136,762
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native
73
– Asian
3761
– Black
2793
– Hispanic/Latino
15508
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
111
– White
7504
– Other
312
– Under Investigation
95
CITY / COMMUNITY**
Cases
Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills
4182
20026
City of Alhambra
16944
19538
City of Arcadia
8068
13970
City of Artesia
4179
24882
City of Avalon
63
1628
City of Azusa
13701
27380
City of Baldwin Park
22866
29785
City of Bell
13858
38143
City of Bell Gardens
14156
32867
City of Bellflower
23289
29959
City of Beverly Hills
8365
24232
City of Bradbury
66
6174
City of Burbank
22341
20844
City of Calabasas
3994
16421
City of Carson
25555
27231
City of Cerritos
8398
16774
City of Claremont
6937
19014
City of Commerce*
4512
34524
City of Compton
33087
33119
City of Covina
14657
29893
City of Cudahy
10022
41163
City of Culver City
7410
18588
City of Diamond Bar
9146
15902
City of Downey
35870
31392
City of Duarte
5166
23465
City of El Monte
33018
28156
City of El Segundo
2801
16687
City of Gardena
16224
26462
City of Glendale
44449
21526
City of Glendora
11774
22314
City of Hawaiian Gardens
4169
28407
City of Hawthorne
22579
25431
City of Hermosa Beach
3309
16823
City of Hidden Hills
260
13757
City of Huntington Park
22035
37044
City of Industry
400
91533
City of Inglewood
29359
25848
City of Irwindale
538
36875
City of La Canada Flintridge
2886
13947
City of La Habra Heights
162
2970
City of La Mirada
10436
21041
City of La Puente
12676
31147
City of La Verne
7063
21222
City of Lakewood
18949
23580
City of Lancaster*
50846
31470
City of Lawndale
8092
24073
City of Lomita
4305
20768
City of Lynwood*
24795
34415
City of Malibu
2121
16364
City of Manhattan Beach
4991
13864
City of Maywood
10554
37627
City of Monrovia
8273
21322
City of Montebello
19200
29825
City of Monterey Park
11517
18498
City of Norwalk
33198
30847
City of Palmdale
52921
33290
City of Palos Verdes Estates
1518
11226
City of Paramount
18911
33756
City of Pico Rivera
20953
32594
City of Pomona
51961
33323
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
4913
11493
City of Redondo Beach
10031
14602
City of Rolling Hills
189
9742
City of Rolling Hills Estates
996
12277
City of Rosemead
10801
19514
City of San Dimas*
8060
23351
City of San Fernando
10432
42386
City of San Gabriel
7593
18540
City of San Marino
1433
10793
City of Santa Clarita
53963
24481
City of Santa Fe Springs
6353
34595
City of Santa Monica
17135
18535
City of Sierra Madre
1526
13887
City of Signal Hill
2843
24099
City of South El Monte
6573
31472
City of South Gate
38352
39073
City of South Pasadena
4023
15442
City of Temple City
6213
17043
City of Torrance
22898
15340
City of Vernon
308
147368
City of Walnut
4880
15983
City of West Covina
29234
27010
City of West Hollywood
8023
21713
City of Westlake Village
278
3325
City of Whittier
23693
27099
Los Angeles
1173226
29007
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie
2610
31822
Los Angeles – Alsace
3537
28421
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest
6
15000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights
631
25220
Los Angeles – Arleta
13613
39607
Los Angeles – Atwater Village
3539
24131
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills
7487
24055
Los Angeles – Bel Air
1492
17701
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest
2363
18866
Los Angeles – Beverlywood
3039
23070
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*
33273
38296
Los Angeles – Brentwood
5560
17962
Los Angeles – Brookside
97
16695
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning
1827
25657
Los Angeles – Canoga Park
20077
30751
Los Angeles – Carthay
2914
20288
Los Angeles – Central
14857
38103
Los Angeles – Century City
2359
18441
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove
13471
39895
Los Angeles – Chatsworth
9286
25056
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills
1632
17795
Los Angeles – Chinatown
1988
24785
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran
4047
27809
Los Angeles – Country Club Park
3650
24088
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District
3981
28787
Los Angeles – Crestview
2874
25281
Los Angeles – Del Rey
5972
19949
Los Angeles – Downtown*
11805
42916
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock
9211
23267
Los Angeles – East Hollywood
7317
24984
Los Angeles – Echo Park
3345
23464
Los Angeles – El Sereno
13266
31731
Los Angeles – Elysian Park
1371
24002
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley
2718
26723
Los Angeles – Encino
10319
22844
Los Angeles – Exposition
974
29284
Los Angeles – Exposition Park
14477
32231
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights
895
24861
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square
3023
34663
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone
19476
41050
Los Angeles – Glassell Park
8012
25351
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place
3192
29654
Los Angeles – Granada Hills
15979
27460
Los Angeles – Green Meadows
8525
39642
Los Angeles – Hancock Park
3368
19766
Los Angeles – Harbor City
6997
24069
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway
12127
27814
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines
457
18971
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights
5141
28506
Los Angeles – Harvard Park
14952
39415
Los Angeles – Highland Park
12959
26780
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown
4264
30743
Los Angeles – Hollywood
16032
23489
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills
5252
17843
Los Angeles – Hyde Park
9225
32322
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park
2497
30930
Los Angeles – Koreatown
12946
25044
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square
1240
27199
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa
12226
28967
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace
4599
35019
Los Angeles – Leimert Park
4240
27831
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights
10077
30914
Los Angeles – Little Armenia
2436
30355
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh
6836
24119
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo
1091
34823
Los Angeles – Longwood
1323
30739
Los Angeles – Los Feliz
3809
17628
Los Angeles – Manchester Square
2382
27905
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon
517
16549
Los Angeles – Mar Vista
7302
17193
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula
666
15275
Los Angeles – Melrose
20105
25876
Los Angeles – Mid-city
3421
22761
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile
3424
19038
Los Angeles – Mission Hills
9390
38924
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington
6354
26316
Los Angeles – North Hills
19978
32445
Los Angeles – North Hollywood
46149
30477
Los Angeles – Northridge
19056
27302
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades
3315
15570
Los Angeles – Pacoima
32034
41614
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands
610
15861
Los Angeles – Palms
7956
18133
Los Angeles – Panorama City
27030
35920
Los Angeles – Park La Brea
2246
16539
Los Angeles – Pico-Union
13843
33084
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey
409
12797
Los Angeles – Playa Vista
2250
20554
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch
7183
20184
Los Angeles – Rancho Park
1416
21585
Los Angeles – Regent Square
640
23022
Los Angeles – Reseda
24596
32103
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch
1408
30371
Los Angeles – Reynier Village
858
20293
Los Angeles – San Pedro*
19635
25161
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills
975
21950
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks
18806
21553
Los Angeles – Silverlake
9600
21777
Los Angeles – South Carthay
2287
21586
Los Angeles – South Park
14854
39130
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village
1530
33377
Los Angeles – Studio City
4620
20588
Los Angeles – Sun Valley
18760
35745
Los Angeles – Sunland
5080
24892
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square
115
17774
Los Angeles – Sylmar*
33482
40634
Los Angeles – Tarzana
7673
24851
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry
11001
27863
Los Angeles – Thai Town
2192
22347
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake
1685
19359
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace
360
27565
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods
318
17115
Los Angeles – Tujunga
6724
24178
Los Angeles – University Hills
713
20793
Los Angeles – University Park
9102
33151
Los Angeles – Valley Glen
8754
29164
Los Angeles – Valley Village
5955
24090
Los Angeles – Van Nuys*
30440
32663
Los Angeles – Venice
6530
19271
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls
6166
35849
Los Angeles – Vermont Square
3123
40786
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista
15541
37734
Los Angeles – Vernon Central
21791
41907
Los Angeles – Victoria Park
2299
27372
Los Angeles – View Heights
747
20222
Los Angeles – Watts
16250
38079
Los Angeles – Wellington Square
1409
28667
Los Angeles – West Adams
8711
31527
Los Angeles – West Hills
8733
21539
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles
7530
20007
Los Angeles – West Vernon
20388
38006
Los Angeles – Westchester
8773
17001
Los Angeles – Westlake
17120
28843
Los Angeles – Westwood
9807
18125
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*
16494
45653
Los Angeles – Wilmington
19372
34295
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center
12977
25866
Los Angeles – Winnetka
15280
29506
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills
14520
21336
Unincorporated – Acton
1518
19044
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce
779
18735
Unincorporated – Altadena
8376
19202
Unincorporated – Anaverde
324
21485
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest
73
5863
Unincorporated – Arcadia
1444
18093
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont
14247
33568
Unincorporated – Athens Village
2274
46437
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights
2214
32679
Unincorporated – Azusa
4956
31125
Unincorporated – Bassett
4785
32294
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon
149
13886
Unincorporated – Bradbury
71
65741
Unincorporated – Canyon Country
2594
33566
Unincorporated – Castaic*
7127
26211
Unincorporated – Cerritos
136
23169
Unincorporated – Charter Oak
2
10000
Unincorporated – Claremont
99
14103
Unincorporated – Covina
4784
28444
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)
3589
27305
Unincorporated – Del Aire
879
20009
Unincorporated – Del Rey
90
28302
Unincorporated – Del Sur
534
22112
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands
753
30205
Unincorporated – Duarte
1519
34304
Unincorporated – East Covina
76
23100
Unincorporated – East La Mirada
1206
22789
Unincorporated – East Lancaster
36
31579
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles
47956
38282
Unincorporated – East Pasadena
325
5076
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez
5097
33296
Unincorporated – East Whittier
1069
20147
Unincorporated – El Camino Village
1867
21238
Unincorporated – El Monte
51
35172
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake
206
12402
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone
26318
40674
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon
1
8333
Unincorporated – Glendora
167
25303
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights
11725
20965
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway
4
400000
Unincorporated – Hawthorne
603
23986
Unincorporated – Hi Vista
133
12113
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons
525
37181
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose
2880
14545
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights
17
2515
Unincorporated – La Rambla
601
28964
Unincorporated – La Verne*
499
24461
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights
1268
17932
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes
147
22006
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles
3443
26497
Unincorporated – Lake Manor
343
20876
Unincorporated – Lakewood
1
877
Unincorporated – Lennox
6420
28480
Unincorporated – Leona Valley
259
14792
Unincorporated – Littlerock
1189
29570
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills
277
21357
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom
1040
29140
Unincorporated – Llano
101
11517
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey
1664
17681
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile
0
0
Unincorporated – Monrovia
867
22340
Unincorporated – Newhall
87
39545
Unincorporated – North Lancaster
339
28297
Unincorporated – North Whittier
2379
28457
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel
4051
16854
Unincorporated – Padua Hills
26
12093
Unincorporated – Palmdale
213
25297
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula
66
10628
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano
320
16360
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village
297
47981
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon
15
3261
Unincorporated – Pomona
140
7224
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill
3105
24059
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez
925
34761
Unincorporated – Roosevelt
217
23308
Unincorporated – Rosewood
393
30560
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena
411
34451
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez
1075
31985
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights
8753
17155
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island
0
0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon
34
3963
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills
6401
31655
Unincorporated – San Pasqual
64
3145
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon
48
15584
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island
616
230712
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*
2777
14913
Unincorporated – Saugus
311
200645
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country
90
25281
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley
88
19341
Unincorporated – South El Monte
624
34763
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel
2026
22898
Unincorporated – South Whittier
17208
29057
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley
185
23688
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch
4050
19317
Unincorporated – Sun Village
1806
29920
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village
420
32407
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain
304
18335
Unincorporated – Val Verde
839
25355
Unincorporated – Valencia
674
21940
Unincorporated – Valinda
7459
31916
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills
2452
21074
Unincorporated – Walnut Park
6089
37719
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley
135
8934
Unincorporated – West Carson
5532
25048
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth
4
33333
Unincorporated – West LA
558
58613
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley
3220
32740
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez
388
28550
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos
8227
30555
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills
168
12923
Unincorporated – Westhills
128
15256
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms
727
19739
Unincorporated – Whittier
734
19397
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows
64
533333
Unincorporated – Willowbrook
13745
39369
Unincorporated – Wiseburn
1416
23494
– Under Investigation
68068