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Official: COVID-19 Now ‘A Pandemic of Unvaccinated People’

Published on Monday, June 28, 2021 | 5:00 am
 

According to Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, COVID-19 is now a pandemic of unvaccinated people — with Black residents seeing a disproportionate share of the recent case and hospitalization increases, reflective of their low vaccination rate.

Locally, 93,475 Pasadena residents, or 76.6%, have been fully vaccinated. 

“Now that we have reopened and safety modifications have been lifted in most settings, we must continue to increase vaccinations,” Ferrer said Friday. “While COVID-19 deaths have dropped dramatically in L.A. County, the deaths that continue to occur are almost 100% among unvaccinated adults. Ninety-nine percent of individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 in L.A. County have been unvaccinated since January.

“While masking and distancing remain effective means for reducing transmission, the most powerful tool we have for keeping cases down and protecting ourselves and others are the COVID-19 vaccines,” she said.

Ferrer stressed the level of protection offered by the COVID vaccines, releasing statistics showing that between Dec. 7 and June 7, 99.6% of all new COVID infections in the county involved people who were not vaccinated. Of the people who were hospitalized due to the virus in that time period, 98.7% were unvaccinated. And among those who died, 99.8% were unvaccinated.

As of June 20, more than 10.2 million doses of vaccine had been administered in the county, with 67% of residents 16 and over having at least one dose, and 58% fully vaccinated.

The county will continue offering incentives for people to get vaccinated. Beginning Friday and continuing through next Thursday, people 18 and older who get vaccinated at sites operated by the county, city of Los Angeles or St. John’s Well Child and Family Center will be entered for a chance to win one of two season ticket packages to Six Flags, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Natural History Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits, along with ticket packs for the California Science Center.

The contest is open to anyone who comes to one of the participating sites for a first dose of vaccine, or anyone who is obtaining a second dose and brings a first-dose patient with them.

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