LA County nursing homes nearly finished with coronavirus boosters for residents
The county reported another 22 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, raising the overall death toll to 26,923.
LOS ANGELES — With the region urging residents to get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, wellness officials said connected Wednesday, Nov. 17, that skilled nursing facilities person astir completed medication of boosters to residents.
According to the region Department of Public Health, 97% of skilled nursing homes person reported that they volition decorativeness medication of booster shots to residents by Friday. County officials said they are moving with the remaining facilities to guarantee residents person entree to the shots.
“I americium grateful that astir each skilled nursing facilities successful the region volition implicit administering COVID-19 boosters to their eligible residents this week,” region Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said successful a statement. “We cognize from acquisition that nursing location residents are among our astir susceptible radical disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Lives are saved by protecting those astatine elevated hazard with vaccines and boosters, maintaining straightforward information measures and expanding vaccination sum countywide.”
According to the county, 96% of skilled nursing installation staffers and 89% of residents are afloat vaccinated. All unit are required to beryllium vaccinated, but those with approved exemptions indispensable beryllium tested weekly.
Another 1,284 cases were besides reported, giving the region a cumulative full from passim the pandemic of 1,514,282.
According to authorities figures, determination were 616 COVID-positive patients being treated successful region hospitals arsenic of Wednesday, down from 640 connected Tuesday. Of those hospitalized, 155 were successful intensive care, down from 162.
The regular rolling mean complaint of radical investigating affirmative for the microorganism was 1.2% arsenic of Wednesday, a fig that has mostly held steady.
As of past week, 81% of region residents aged 12 and implicit person received astatine slightest 1 dose of COVID vaccine, and 73% are afloat vaccinated. Of the county’s wide 10.3 cardinal population, 70% person received astatine slightest 1 dose, and 63% are afloat vaccinated.
Of the much than 5.9 cardinal afloat vaccinated radical successful the county, 72,163 person subsequently tested positive, for a complaint of 1.22%, according to the county. A full of 2,424 vaccinated radical person been hospitalized, for a complaint of 0.041%, and 396 person died, a complaint of 0.007%.
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