Coronavirus

COVID-19 UPDATES FROM LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH

• September 10, 2021

  Please see information below about no-cost COVID-19 testing at local health centers and select pharmacies.

  The COVID-19 testing sites on the LA County COVID-19 Testing website offer no-cost (free) testing.

  The City of Los Angeles also offers free COVID-19 testing.

  U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) has also partnered with pharmacies and retail companies to accelerate testing for more Americans in communities across the country (HHS website)

  These companies are coordinating with state and local governments to:

  • Provide Americans with faster, less invasive and more convenient testing
  • Protect healthcare personnel by eliminating direct-contact with symptomatic individuals
  • Expand testing to communities across the United States, especially those that are under-tested  and socially vulnerable

  Please visit these companies’ websites to learn more about their efforts to provide timely and accessible COVID-19 testing or to schedule an appointment.

  No-cost testing is available at local health centers and select pharmacies:

  • Find a health center near you. Please call ahead to make an appointment.
  • CVS Health 
  • Local independent pharmacies 
  • Rite Aid 
  • Walgreens 
  • Walmart in partnership with Quest Diagnostics 

  Other pertinent information and resources can be found on the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health COVID-19 webpage. 

• August 23, 2021

  Given the increasing evidence that fully vaccinated people can get infected with COVID-19, it is important to track the information about the vaccines’ effectiveness and how they keep ourselves and others safe.

  To date, more than 5.1 million residents are fully vaccinated in LA County, represented by the big green box. The tiny purple box in the left lower corner of the green box below represents the 27,331 fully vaccinated people who tested positive for COVID as of August 17, 2021, representing less than 1% of those fully vaccinated.

  Of those fully vaccinated and tested positive, 0.014% were hospitalized, and only 0.0013% died.

  

  This data should provide significant reassurance that fully vaccinated people remain at relatively low risk for becoming infected with COVID-19 and even lower risk for having a bad outcome if they are infected.