LA County officials: Play it COVID-safe for Thanksgiving

Los Angeles County wellness officials issued a last plea connected Wednesday, Nov. 24, for residents to workout caution during Thanksgiving to forestall vacation gatherings from becoming spreading grounds for COVID-19.

“As we each instrumentality immoderate much-needed clip to remainder and stitchery with loved ones, delight retrieve the hazard of COVID-19 transmission continues to beryllium substantial, and unvaccinated radical proceed to beryllium astatine higher hazard for terrible wellness outcomes,” region Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said successful a statement. “Taking a communal consciousness attack to the vacation tin bounds risks.

“Please retrieve to stitchery outdoors for arsenic overmuch of your Thanksgiving festivities arsenic is feasible, get tested if you are unvaccinated oregon person high-risk guests and disguise up erstwhile indoors if anyone attending is unvaccinated and/or precocious risk,” she said. “And erstwhile you’re retired buying oregon astatine assemblage events, disguise up and debar ample crowds. We privation you each a safe, steadfast and blessed holiday.”

The region Department of Public Health recommended that radical debar crowded oregon poorly ventilated areas and support region from others portion eating, unless everyone is afloat vaccinated.

As usual, anyone who is sick oregon experiencing COVID symptoms should enactment location and get tested, officials said.

The region connected Wednesday reported different 28 COVID-19 deaths, lifting its cumulative virus-related decease toll to 27,074.

Another 1,081 caller infections were besides confirmed, giving the region an wide full from passim the pandemic of 1,522,240.

The rolling regular mean complaint of radical investigating affirmative for the microorganism was 1.4% arsenic of Wednesday.

According to authorities figures, determination were 552 COVID-19-positive patients successful region hospitals arsenic of Wednesday, up somewhat from 551 connected Tuesday. Of those patients, 155 were successful intensive care, down somewhat from 158 connected Tuesday.

As of past week, 82% of region residents aged 12 and implicit had received astatine slightest 1 dose of COVID vaccine, and 73% were afloat vaccinated. Of the county’s wide colonisation of 10.3 cardinal people, 71% received astatine slightest 1 dose, and 63% were afloat vaccinated.

Black residents continued to person the lowest vaccination rates, astatine 54%, followed by Latina/o residents astatine 59%, whites astatine 72% and Asians astatine 80%.

Of the astir 5.99 cardinal residents who were afloat vaccinated arsenic of Nov. 16, 75,249 person subsequently tested affirmative for the virus, for a complaint of 1.26%, Ferrer said. Of the vaccinated population, 2,528 person been hospitalized, for a complaint of 0.042%, and 422 person died, a complaint of 0.007%.

While Los Angeles County typically releases updated COVID-19 lawsuit numbers daily, nary figures volition beryllium released Thursday owed to the Thanksgiving holiday. The adjacent region update is expected connected Friday.