Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Consent
SUBJECT:
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COVID-19 UPDATE AND TERMINATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION (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 2/24/2023 listed below.
* New Cases: 1,418*
* Total Cases Reported: 3,701,570*
* 7-Day Daily Average Positivity Rate: 6.12%
* Carson Total Confirmed Cases: 34,552
*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/.
On January 18, the Disaster Council held a meeting in response to a workplace COVID-19 outbreak. At that meeting staff were directed to resume mandatory testing for all employees. Subsequently, staff solicited bids from several providers, identified the lowest responsive bid, and drafted a contract under City Manager authority for the first mandatory testing session which is scheduled to take place on March 7, 2023.
On February 28, 2023, the California State of Emergency ended. The City's declaration of local emergency, which was adopted on March 17, 2020 through resolution 20-053, remains in effect until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council. Given that the City's COVID-19 cases have decreased significantly in recent weeks, and after careful consideration of the safety of City residents and employees, staff is respectfully asking that the City Council proclaim an end to the City's local emergency by rescinding Resolution No. 20-053.
County/City of Carson Vaccination Status
As of the date of this report, 84.2% of Carson residents 6+ months of age and over have received at least one vaccine dose.
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...
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