Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
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COVID-19 UPDATE (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
COVID-19 Positive Case Information by the Numbers
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health COVID-19 case data as of 6/13/22 listed below.
• New Cases: 2,998*
• Total Cases Reported: 3,038,588*
• 7-Day Daily Average Positivity Rate: 4.18%
• Carson Total Confirmed Cases: 27,592
*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, 86.6% 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: 261
o Number of employees who tested positive since January 1, 2022: 124
o Number of FFCRA, SPSL and SPSL22 benefit recipients: 266
• Masks continue to be required by all city employees and participants in city recreational and educational programs and camps.
Public Health updates:
• The BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants continue to remain rare in LA County, but a few cases are being detected every week.
• Over the last seven days, the average number of COVID-positive patients per day in LA County hospitals was 580, an increase of 124% from one month ago when the average number of COVID-positive patients per day was 259.
• Deaths, which typically lag hospitalizations by several weeks, while still low, are beginning to slightly increase at an average of seven deaths reported per day this past week. One month ago, on May 13, there was an average of four deaths reported for the previous seven days.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. RECEIVE and FILE.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
COVID-19 is a viral respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a novel coronavirus. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person. Some people without symptoms may spread the virus. The virus spreads mainly from person-to-person between people in proximity with one another (within about 6 feet) by aspiration of respiratory droplets by an infected person.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
City costs are either being covered by existing department appropriations or new appropriations from the General Fund. All costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic are being tracked separately by staff who will continue to pursue all available reimbursements for eligible City costs incurred from FEMA or other sources.
VI. EXHIBITS
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Prepared by: Nora Garcia, Emergency Services Manager, and Roobik Galoosian, Risk Manager