File #: 2022-581    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/27/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/5/2022 Final action:
Title: COVID-19 UPDATE (CITY COUNCIL)
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
No records to display.
Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Consent


SUBJECT:
Title
COVID-19 UPDATE (CITY COUNCIL)

Body
I. SUMMARY

COVID-19 Positive Case Information by the Numbers
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health COVID-19 case data as of 6/23/22 listed below.
* New Cases: 6,129*
* Total Cases Reported: 3,088,482*
* 7-Day Daily Average Positivity Rate: 9.78%
* Carson Total Confirmed Cases: 28,130
*includes cases reported by Long Beach and Pasadena Public Health Departments

Additional COVID-19 testing information can be found at https://dhs.lacounty.gov/covid-19/testing/.

County/City of Carson Vaccination Status
As of the date of this report, 86.7% of Carson residents 5 years of age and over have received at least one vaccine dose. The chart below shows vaccination rates for the City of Carson in comparison to the rates among the county.

Additional COVID-19 vaccine information can be found at https://carsonca.gov/vaccine/.

City of Carson specific updates:
* The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect many city employees. Employees who were unable to work due to being ill with the virus or for being contact traced were provided leave benefits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA); Supplemental Paid Sick Leave of 2021 (SPSL) and Supplemental Paid Sick Leave of 2022 (SPSL22).
o Number of employees who tested positive since start of Pandemic: 268
o Number of employees who tested positive since January 1, 2022: 131
o Number of FFCRA, SPSL and SPSL22 benefit recipients: 270
* Masks continue to be required by all city employees and participants in city recreational and educational programs and camps.
Public Health updates:
* The county's hospital admission rate is at 7.3 per 100,000 people, unchanged from last week.
* The percentage of hospital beds occupied by COVID patients is at 3.6%, slightly up from 3.5% last week.


II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation


1. RECEIVE and FILE.


Body
III. ALTERNATIVES

TAKE...

Click here for full text