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