On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) reported a spike in coronavirus cases among children five to 11 years of age, who are not currently eligible for vaccination. Between Aug. 14 and Aug. 21, the case rate increased 50 percent among children 5 to 11, while the case rate increased 13 percent in children between ...

To maximize coronavirus protection for the immunocompromised, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) approved and began administering a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to those who qualify on Saturday.  Following the decision of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to approve an additional dose of the Pfizer or Moderna ...

Five new deaths and 175 new positive cases of confirmed COVID-19 were announced by the L.A. County Department of Public Health (Public Health) Sunday, with four new confirmed cases in Santa Clarita.  Public Health released the latest data on positive cases of COVID-19 with 175 positive tests across L.A. County and four in Santa Clarita, according to Public Health.  The ...

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) officials announced Wednesday that COVID-19 variants continue to be found while L.A. County’s’ case rate remains low and stable. LADPH officials announced Monday that the risk of death by COVID-19 for those fully vaccinated is 1 in a million, comparative to 1-500 without the vaccine. The most commonly circulated variants found in ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) warned the public Saturday on the importance of maintaining safety COVID-19 protocols as residents slowly return to work. Due to the significant potential for COVID-19 transmission that still remains, businesses and worksites are being reminded to adhere to workplace protocols that require infection control, occupancy limits, distancing, and masking to protect ...

Los Angeles County reached the COVID-19 threshold necessary to reach the “red” tier of the state’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” Tuesday, marking the start of a two-week period that could see the county re-open currently-closed sectors before the end of the month. On Tuesday, California health officials released updated COVID-19 metrics for all counties statewide, which showed that L.A. ...

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) discussed what residents fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 can do, which includes gathering with other fully-vaccinated individuals without masks or social distancing. During the county’s COVID-19 update Monday, LADPH Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer discussed guidelines recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for individuals that have been ...

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAPDH) confirmed that the county had surpassed 22,000 total COVID-19 deaths on Saturday. An additional 1,823 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Saturday, along with 98 deaths. This brings the county’s cumulative total to 1,201,866 positive cases of COVID-19 and 22,008 deaths since the onset of the ...

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases within the county for nearly four months, with less than 1,000 cases reported across the county Monday. An additional 943 COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County on Monday, along with 21 deaths, according to the LADPH. LADPH Director Dr. ...

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced Saturday that the county had confirmed two additional cases of the U.K.-based B.1.1.7 COVID-19 variant within the county. On Saturday, LADPH officials confirmed two additional cases of COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, colloquially known as the U.K. variant, totaling 14 cases in Los Angeles County.  “With the U.K. variant circulating ...