BY THE NUMBERS

Numbers in Los Angeles County (Source: Los Angeles Times)  

• Over the last seven days, 20,069 new Covid cases were reported in Los Angeles County, an average of 2,867 per day.

Covid spread per 10,000 residents by neighborhood since the beginning of the pandemic:

• Beverlywood: There have been 601 cases per 10,000 residents. 
• Crestview (Pico-Robertson area): There have been 809 cases per 10,000 residents. 
• Hancock Park: There have been 555 cases per 10,000 residents. 
• Westwood: There have been 433 cases per 10,000 residents. 
• Valley Village: There have been 749 cases per 10,000 residents.  
• Brentwood: There have been 434 cases per 10,000 residents. 

Vaccination information:

• As of Feb.15, 1,471,587 vaccines have been administered in Los Angeles County. (Source: Los Angeles Times)
• At Shalhevet, 44.9% (53 out of 118) of students and faculty members surveyed said at least one person whom they live with had received either one or both doses of the vaccine as of Feb 10. (Source: Boiling Point Covid Tracker Feb. 9-10)
• California Governor Newsom announced on Feb 8 that California is not receiving nearly enough vaccines to meet the demand, saying, “We’re going to need to see more doses coming into the state of California in order to keep these mass sites operational and to keep things moving.” (Source: kqed.org) 

Hospitalizations:

• Today there are 3,092 Covid patients currently in LA County hospitals with 908 of them being in the ICU (intensive care unit). This is a 43.6% decrease from two weeks ago. (Source: LA County Daily Covid-19 Data)
• Many of these hospitals remain at or above their maximum ICU capacity, with Cedars Sinai being the most overcrowded hospital in the county at a 116% occupancy. (Source: Los Angeles Times)

Variants:

Three main coronavirus variants — mutated Covid-19 strains–  have been detected in the US: B117 (British variant), P1 (Brazilian variant), and B1351 (South African variant). Some of these variants are thought to be more contagious and possibly more deadly. The South African variant shows resistance to certain Covid treatments, for example, monoclonal antibodies. 

• So far, 186 cases of the B117 and 2 cases of B1351 have been identified in the state of California. (Source: CDC) 

Additionally, a new variant emerging in California, CAL.20C, has been detected and is responsible for nearly 50% of Covid-19 cases in Southern California. (Source: Cedars-Sinai)