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The fig of coronavirus patients successful Los Angeles County hospitals continued to autumn connected Saturday, Sept. 18, dropping from 1,125 connected Friday to 1,070, according to authorities figures.
The fig of those patients successful intensive attraction besides fell, from 337 to 324.
The region besides reported 29 caller deaths and 2,130 caller cases of COVID-19 connected Saturday, bringing the county’s cumulative totals to 1,442,808 cases and 25,828 fatalities since the pandemic began.
Of the 29 deaths reported Saturday, 3 radical who passed distant were implicit the property of 80, 9 radical were betwixt the ages of 65 and 79, 7 were betwixt 50 and 64, and 7 were betwixt 30 and 49. Three deaths were reported by the metropolis of Long Beach.
Health officials person said astir 90% of the radical who’ve died of coronavirus complications successful Los Angeles County person had underlying wellness conditions.
Testing results were disposable for much than 8,450,000 individuals with 16% of radical investigating positive. Saturday’s trial positivity complaint was 1.3%.
“With hundreds of outreach teams and promotoras fanning retired crossed the county, we are hopeful that those not yet vaccinated are getting their questions answered and being connected to vaccination sites,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “We can’t spend to beryllium complacent with an mean of 2,000 caller cases and dozens of deaths each day. In bid to beryllium amended prepared for the autumn and winter, typically seasons erstwhile galore viruses thrive, we request to instantly trim COVID transmission. Given the almighty tools astatine our disposal that we didn’t person past autumn — accelerated antigen tests and highly effectual vaccinations — the precocious fig of cases is troubling and reflects the unevenness of vaccination sum and screenings.”
Ferrer said Friday that officials person the web successful spot to connection COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to radical eligible for them, adding that she was not amazed by a national proposal to bounds the boosters to older residents and those astatine precocious hazard of terrible unwellness from the virus.
During an online briefing, Ferrer said the region has 1,300 fixed vaccinated sites successful its network, with the wide capableness to administer 130,000 shots a time — and rapidly capable to grow if needed to 200,000 per day.
But entree to booster shots is reliant connected approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA committee connected Friday recommended that booster doses of Pfizer’s vaccine beryllium constricted to radical 65 and older and radical who are astatine peculiarly precocious hazard of terrible unwellness oregon decease from COVID-19.
“The FDA has indicated for the past mates of weeks that they’re looking for much accusation and much data, peculiarly accusation from the experiences successful this state and not relying truthful heavy connected the experiences and the information that’s coming from different countries,” Ferrer said. “And we admit their owed diligence. That affords each of america a consciousness of information that they are looking precise thoroughly astatine the grounds arsenic they marque their recommendations.”
She said the county’s information indicates that determination are “vulnerable groups that whitethorn payment from an further booster.”
“We’ve already noted successful our information arsenic good arsenic different information nationally that immunocompromised radical were not mounting arsenic effectual a effect (with the vaccines),” Ferrer said. “I showed information contiguous arsenic good that we’re acrophobic astir older radical who are vaccinated arsenic besides having accrued inclination to amusement up post-vaccination successful the infirmary and perchance and unluckily walk away. The numbers are inactive precise tiny but it does bespeak that there’s higher hazard successful that property group.”
The region continues to conflict arsenic it works to amended vaccination rates among immoderate groups. Thus far, lone 52% of eligible Black residents person received astatine slightest 1 dose of vaccine, and lone 61% of Latino/a residents. That compares to 71% of achromatic residents and 80% of Asians.
Ferrer noted that “additional surges (in COVID cases) are apt successful the lack of amended vaccination coverage.”
Countywide, 76% of eligible residents aged 12 and implicit person received astatine slightest 1 dose of vaccine, and 67% are afloat vaccinated. Of the county’s wide 10.3 cardinal populace, including those 12 and nether who are ineligible for shots, 65% person received astatine slightest 1 dose, and 58% are afloat vaccinated.
In hopes of boosting vaccination rates, the region volition statesman enforcing vaccine requirements adjacent period astatine ample lawsuit venues and successful high-risk settings specified arsenic indoor bars, breweries, nightclubs, wineries and distilleries.
A caller region Health Officer Order issued Friday volition necessitate impervious of vaccination for each customers and employees astatine those indoor settings. All patrons and employees volition request astatine slightest 1 dose of vaccine by Oct. 7, and a 2nd dose by Nov. 4. The bid volition recommend, but not require, vaccinations for radical astatine indoor restaurants.
The caller bid volition besides necessitate each attendees and employees astatine outdoor mega-events with 10,000 radical oregon much to amusement impervious of vaccination oregon a antagonistic COVID trial wrong 72 hours. That requirement, which volition instrumentality effect Oct. 7, volition impact each large outdoor sporting events, and volition besides interaction ample taxable parks, specified arsenic Universal Studios Hollywood and Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Attendees astatine indoor mega-events of 1,000 radical oregon much are already required to amusement impervious of vaccination oregon a antagonistic COVID test.
Ferrer, who announced the bid connected Wednesday, reiterated Friday that the extremity is to rise vaccination rates portion lowering the chances of microorganism transmission successful high-risk settings, hopefully avoiding a repetition of the surge successful cases the region experienced past winter.
“I cognize nary of america wants to spell backmost to past winter,” Ferrer said. “So thing radical tin bash close present to make a batch of information that reduces transmission is benignant of the sanction of the game. We started with these precise high-risk settings. Our anticipation is we commencement seeing little transmission and that gets coupled with a overmuch faster acceleration of radical getting vaccinated.
“… If we extremity up backmost wherever we were past year, we’re each successful a batch of trouble,” she said.
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