Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, August 02, 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 7/20/2022 listed below.
* New Cases: 6,450*
* Total Cases Reported: 3,236,632*
* 7-Day Daily Average Positivity Rate: 15.87%
* Carson Total Confirmed Cases: 29,674
*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, 83.3% of Carson residents 6 months 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: 299
o Number of employees who tested positive since January 1, 2022: 162
o Number of FFCRA, SPSL and SPSL22 benefit recipients: 281
* Masks continue to be required by all city employees and participants in city recreational and educational programs and camps.
Public Health updates:
* As of 7/14/22 Los Angeles County entered the High Covid Community Level on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Community Levels framework after hospital admissions exceeded 10 new hospital admissions per 100,000 people. The county's admission rate, at 10.5 hospi...
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