The county reported another 26 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, raising the overall virus-related death toll to 26,949. “That certainly is possible, although we have to look at more data to draw that conclusion,” Ferrer said. She said a variety of factors could be at play in different communities, among them the possibility that some areas had large numbers of people who were never previously infected with COVID-19 and remain unvaccinated, leading to higher current infection numbers. Of the other communities on the top 10 list of highest new-case rates, only Willowbrook, at 62%, falls below the countywide vaccination rate.
READ MORE: Naval Base Ventura County Activates Joint-Use Agreement With Port Of Hueneme To Help Ease Shipping Bottleneck The countywide number of fully vaccinated residents is 73%. Studio City, with the third-highest new case rate, has a 79% vaccination rate, and Santa Clarita, placing fourth on the list, has a 75% vaccine rate. Lancaster and Palmdale have below-average rates of fully vaccinated residents, at 58% and 66%, respectively. She said current figures show unvaccinated people are nine times more likely than vaccinated people to get infected, and 67 times more likely to be hospitalized. Of the 10 communities that had the highest rate of new cases, seven had vaccination rates that exceed the countywide rate, according to DPH.įerrer said officials are studying the data to determine what is driving higher case rates in those communities, but she insisted the numbers don’t mean vaccines aren’t effective.
READ MORE: Gas Prices Expected To Drop After Thanksgiving County Department of Public Health, reported Thursday that those communities were among the 10 highest areas in the county for new coronavirus infections for the two-week period that ended Nov. LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Studio City and Santa Clarita are among the Los Angeles County communities with the highest new COVID-19 infection rates, this despite having high vaccination rates.ĭr.
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