LA county reports
limited supply of
COVID vaccine doses
COURTESY 0F LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
The Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health con-
firmed 262 new deaths and 6,492
new cases of confirmed COVID-19
as of Wednesday, Jan. 20.
The number of new cases and
deaths reported Jan. 20 reflected the
fact that testing sites were closed for
the holiday weekend, according to
the county health agency.
The Public Health Department
said there is slightly less testing
capacity with the conversion of
Dodger Stadium to a vaccination
location. To date, Public Health has
identified 1,038,092 positive cases of
COVID-l9 across all areas of LA.
County and a total of 14,384 deaths.
Wednesday was the first day that
Public Health began expanding vac-
cinations to Los Angeles County
residents 65 years and older. With
almost 1.4 million residents aged
65 and older, and between 700,000-
800,000 eligible healthcare workers,
the number of vaccines required to
complete two doses is over 4 million.
Since doses first arrived five weeks
ago, the county has received only
853,650 doses, including doses that
arrived today.
Only a very limited number of
vaccination appointments are cur-
rently available for frontline health
care workers and county residents
aged 65 years and older. Residents
in this high-priority age group may
receive communication from their
health care provider with informa-
tion about COVID-19 vaccinations
and how to receive one through
their provider. They can also visit
VaccinateLACounty.com to sched-
ule an appointment for vaccination
once more appointments become
available. For those without access to
a computer or the internet, a call cen-
ter is open daily from 8:00 am. to
8:30 pm. to help schedule appoint-
ments at 833-540-0473. Individuals
are encouraged to use the website
whenever possible to sign up for an
appointment to avoid long wait times
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Public Health has built, through a
very successful public-private part-
nership, a robust system that is capa-
ble of vaccinating a large number of
Los Angeles County residents in a
safe, fair and equitable manner. This
includes the five large-scale vaccina-
tion sites that opened yesterday, the
city’s large-capacity site at Dodger
Stadium, as well as community vac-
cination sites, pharmacies, federally
qualified health clinics, medical pro-
viders and hospitals. However, given
the very limited supply of doses
coming into our county, the biggest
challenge the county faces is not one
of process or capacity, but of supply.
As of last week, from the total
of 685,000 received doses, more
than 384,000 total doses have been
administered to those in Phase 1A.
This includes more than 307,000
first doses and more than 87,000
second doses that have been admin-
istered. Additionally, vaccines have
been delivered to all 340 skilled
nursing facilities in Los Angeles
County, and to date, more than
68 percent of all eligible residents
received their first dose and 65 per-
cent of staff. We have begun this
week to administer second doses to
those who received their first dose at
the end of December.
“Many county residents have lost
a loved one due to COVID-l9. We
sincerely express our condolenc-
es and want you to know that our
thoughts and prayers are with you,”
said Barbara Ferret, PhD, MPH,
MEd, director of Public Health. “
While there is great interest in the
COVID-l9 vaccine, and for good
reason, the vaccine supply is still
extremely limited, and we want to
urge everyone to have patience as
we work urgently with our federal
and state partners to expand capac—
ity and supply in the weeks ahead,”
said Ferrer.
“Of the vaccination doses that we
received for this upcoming week, 73
percent of our allocation will need
to be used for second doses,” said
Local COVID test data
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These were the COVID~10 testing and case numbers as of 4:59 p.m.,
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.
Table of local COVlD-19 testing data courtesy of Catalina Island Medical
Center
As of Jan. 13
These were the COVID-10 testing and case numbers as of 8:33 p.m.,
Wednesday, Jan. 13.
Table of local COVID—19 testing data courtesy of Catalina Island Medical
Center.
Medical Center continues COVID vaccinations
The Catalina Island Medical Center
is providing COVID-19 vaccinations
to residents who are 65 years old or
older. The Medical Center requires
online registration for people seeking
their COVID shots.
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have at least two chronic medical
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