County to clear one of four hurdles (there are actually five listed in the health officer order) set forth for lifting the current mandates for masks and vaccine verification in indoor public spaces.īased on current modeling, Ferrer said the county would need to be fully inoculating 70,000 residents a week to clear the vaccination threshold set forth in the county health officer’s order by January 1. LADPHįerrer said today that 80% of the eligible population needs to be vaccinated for L.A. That means the new number of people becoming fully vaccinated weekly as as well.It stands at 44,000/wk, according to LACPH numbers announced today. While there has been a bump in both booster shots and first doses (the latter likely due to recent approval for kids ages 5-11), the number of second doses remains fairly static. County can now get vaccinated, the percentage of fully vaccinated residents is just 63%. “The similar number for deaths is a reminder of the destructive power of this virus, and the relatively high numbers of cases and hospitalizations are a reflection of the dominance of the more infectious Delta variant,” Ferrer said during a media briefing. 25) remains almost identical to last year. Noting year-over-year declines in daily case numbers (from 2,152 to 1,344) vs and hospitalizations (from 903 to 633), the public health director said the numbers remain too high, and the daily report of virus-related deaths (22 vs. 11,000 Los Angeles City Workers Initiate 24-Hour Strike, Picketing At City Hall, LAX Other Locations - Updated
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