Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Friday that approximately 30% of people between the ages of 16-49 in L.A. County have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. As of Friday, approximately 30% of the persons in the newly eligible group of people between 16-49 years of age, around 4,949,863 people, have received their first ...

Around 87 percent of reported COVID-19 hospitalizations reported in Los Angeles County occurred in people with at least one comorbidity, according to L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials. 87 percent of people who have been hospitalized in L.A. County due to coronavirus had at least one comorbidity, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes, according to Public Health ...

Los Angeles County remains in the orange tier of re-opening as of Tuesday as public health officials announced updated coronavirus numbers for the state of California. As of Tuesday, Los Angeles County is in the orange tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy that allows for permitted activities in several key sectors with safety measures in place. L.A. ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public health (LADPH) officials announced Monday that changes to the COVID-19 Health Officer Order allowing indoor live events are expected to go into effect later this week. LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer announced Monday that changes to the County Health Officer Order are slated to go into effect on Thursday, April 15, which would allow ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Friday that nearly 5 million COVID-19 vaccines had been administered to residents. More than 4,715,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to people across Los Angeles County. Of those vaccinated, 1,652,149 people received second doses and 136,232 people received the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “I encourage those ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced that several additional variations of COVID-19 have been identified in the county as of Wednesday. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the LAPDH, noted that three confirmed cases of the Brazil variant and one confirmed case of the South African variant had been identified as of Wednesday, although there may be ...

Los Angeles County continued making progress on the journey to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, with daily case rates continuing to drop. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Tuesday that the county was making progress in efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, just as the state announced that full re-opening of California’s economy ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials allowed re-openings of several business sectors on Monday as the county officially entered the “orange” tier of the state’s COVID-19 re-opening plan. The re-openings are now allowed under modifications to the County Health Officer Order implemented earlier this week. The modifications to the Health Officer Order include the following: Bars that ...

Los Angeles County reported under 540 new coronavirus cases and only three deaths on Easter Sunday. As vaccinations continue to become more readily available, Los Angeles County residents are seeing a major decrease in COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH). As of Sunday, there were 535 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in L.A. County, ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that the County Health Officer Order was updated Friday to include activities permitted in the “orange” tier of COVID-19 re-opening plans. The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated Friday to reflect newly permitted activities allowed in the orange tier, beginning Monday, April 5 at 12:01 a.m. Additional safety modifications ...