Los Angeles County Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Friday that COVID-19 vaccine eligibility is set to expand to all L.A. County residents over the age of 50 by April 1, with further eligibility expected to expand later that month.

Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that all California residents, including those in L.A. County, over the age of 50 are expected to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine beginning April 1st, and those who are 16 and older are expected to be eligible beginning on April 15th.

“This is of course a major development that reflects the significant progress made in our vaccination efforts today,” said  Dr. Paul Simon, Health Officer for the LADPH. “We greatly look forward to this expansion, but want to remind everyone that its success will be dependent on receiving a substantial increase in vaccine supplies.”

As of Friday, Mar. 26, 3,794,829 doses of vaccine have been administered across the county. Of those vaccinated, 1,232,348 people have received second doses.

Next week, the county is expecting to receive around 338,000 vaccine doses, approximately the same amount as the previous week. This includes 14,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which only requires one dose to be fully effective, according to Simon.

Additional vaccine eligibility is expected to open up to current worker eligibility segments of L.A. County workers by next week, including gardeners, nannies and housekeepers.

In order to qualify, workers must work at least 20 hours per week under the category of food and agricultural workers, domestic workers or flight crews that live or are based in L.A. County.

According to Simon, approximately 57% of next week’s vaccine supply has been earmarked for first doses, with 43% for second doses.

About 23% of the vaccine doses will are expected to go to healthcare providers and Community clinics, 27% to the large community vaccination sites operated by the county, such as the one at Six Flags Magic Mountain, and 16% to the City of Los Angeles.

An additional 608 COVID-19 cases and 66 deaths were reported across L.A. County Thursday, according to officials.

This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,216,250 positive cases of COVID-19 and 23,020 deaths since the onset of the pandemic, according to the LADPH officials.

Testing results are available for over 6,041,000 people, with a cumulative 19 percent of people testing positive, according to officials.

As of Thursday, there were 729 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in L.A. County, 23 percent of which were in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

An update on County and local coronavirus case numbers is expected later Thursday afternoon.

The Southern California Region has 31.8 percent staffed adult ICU capacity remaining as of the state’s last update on Tuesday, March 23, according to State health officials.

Residents are encouraged to continue to prevent the spread of COVID-19, to not gather in crowds, stay home when sick, wear a face covering and maintain physical distance from others when outside of the home.

A travel advisory remains in effect for L.A. County. Anyone who is arriving in L.A. County must self-quarantine for 10 days, according to officials.

Residents are asked to remain at home or lodging for 10 days and avoid contact with others.

On Thursday, March 25, 2021, 26 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 26,249 cumulative cases having been reported in the valley over the past year, according to the LADPH. These cases include:

• 19,823 in the City of Santa Clarita* (+19)
• 47 in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon
• 819 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country (+4)
• 3,664 in Castaic* (-1)
• 69 in the unincorporated areas of Newhall (+2)
• 1 in Placerita Canyon
• 15 in San Francisquito/Bouquet Canyon
• 17 in unincorporated Sand Canyon
• 131 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus (-1)
• 39 in the unincorporated areas of Saugus/Canyon Country
• 1,112 in Stevenson Ranch (+3)
• 327 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
• 185 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia

*As of Monday, March 22, public health officials have recorded 1,982 cumulative cases have been reported at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center, including 1,443 at the North County Correctional Facility. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. Those cases are distributed between both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals.

In nearby Acton, there have been 459 cumulative cases (-1), as well as 266 cases in Agua Dulce.

There were six COVID-19 patients in Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital as of Wednesday, March 10, while 1,171 patients have been discharged since the hospital’s first case was reported in March 2020, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for the hospital.

One additional death was reported at Henry Mayo on Monday, March 8, with a total of 145 coronavirus deaths at the hospital, with at least 264 COVID-19 deaths reported across the Santa Clarita Valley since March 2020.

Check the Vaccinate L.A. County Website or follow @LAPublicHealth on social media for more information on when and where people in these sectors can get vaccinated.

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