LOS ANGELES, Calif. Sept 10 – Tomorrow, Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, September 12, Public Health will make improvements to the data processing systems which will result in no new data being reported on those days. Neither the collection of this data nor outbreak investigations will be affected by this pause in reporting; however, no press releases will be issued during this system’s upgrade.
Los Angeles County’s 7-day cumulative case rate decreased 35% from last week to 104 new cases per 100,000 residents. This is the third week in a row of decreases in the County’s case rate. Overall, the County has seen a 50% decrease from the peak of 204 cases per 100,000 on August 19.
These recent declines may reflect the masking requirements implemented early in the surge and the small increases in the County’s vaccination coverage. Other parts of the country that do not have masking requirements and don’t have as much vaccination coverage have not seen these significant declines in cases.
Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) confirms 50 new deaths and 2,024 new cases of COVID-19. Of the 50 new deaths reported today, 12 people who passed away were over the age of 80, 13 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79, 14 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64, five people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49, and two people who died were between the ages of 18 and 29. Two deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach and two deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena. To date, Public Health identified 1,427,817 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 25,611 deaths.
The County has seen deaths rise over the course of August, the expected consequence of the July surge in cases. Death rates continue to be nearly flat in all vaccinated groups.
There are 1,368 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized, a decrease of 273 people over the past week.
Testing results are available for nearly 8,313,000 individuals with 16% of people testing positive. Today’s test positivity rate is 2.5%.
The Delta variant now accounts for 100% of the COVID-19 strains seen among samples sequenced in the Los Angeles County area. This variant is more infectious and more efficiently transmitted between people compared with earlier COVID-19 strains. While emerging data affirms that fully vaccinated people are well protected from severe infections with Delta variants, it now is clear that fully vaccinated people can become infected, and if infected with Delta, can infect others.
As a result of reanalyzing many samples with an updated version of the genetic library used to identify variants, a lab that performs much of the variant sequencing reclassified many older specimens as Mu or Lambda variants, resulting in an increase in the total number of these variants reported linked to L.A. County residents. To date, 232 cases linked to Mu variants and 28 cases linked to Lambda variants have been identified. Most of those specimens were collected earlier in the summer.
“To everyone who has lost friends and family during this difficult time, we are wishing you peace and comfort, and our prayers remain with you,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “These continued losses are unbearable, especially because so many are preventable by widely available and extremely safe COVID-19 vaccines. While it is encouraging to see a significant decrease in cases, we have a long way to go to get back to low transmission rates. In order to continue making progress, we need to close gaps in vaccination coverage. Wherever we have large numbers of unvaccinated individuals, there is great risk with Delta of widespread transmission that includes people who are fully vaccinated.”
As of September 5, 91% of L.A. County residents 65 and over have received at least one dose of the vaccine, 76% of residents 16 and over and 75% of residents 12 and over. Sixty-six percent of residents 12 and over have been fully vaccinated. Sixty-four percent of L.A. County teens between the ages of 12 and 17 received at least one dose and 54% are fully vaccinated. Countywide, more than 54,000 additional doses have been administered by L.A. County providers as a third dose for people who are immunocompromised. Out of the nearly 10.3 million L.A. County residents, including those who are not yet eligible for the vaccine, 65% have received at least one dose, and 57% are fully vaccinated.
Among the more than 5.3 million fully vaccinated people in L.A. County, Public Health identified 43,598 people fully vaccinated who tested positive for COVID-19 as of September 7; this remains less than 1% of all those vaccinated have become infected with COVID-19. Of those who tested positive, 1,243 were hospitalized, up from 1,049 the week prior. This translates to 0.023% of all fully vaccinated people were hospitalized. Deaths in this group over this interval increased, from 118 to 165, to 0.0031%. When we have a vaccine that provides excellent protection from COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths but somewhat less protection from infection and transmission, we will see rising infections among vaccinated people, especially when community transmission is high. In April of this year, the case rate ratio indicated unvaccinated people were 6.5 times more likely than vaccinated people to become infected. As the months progressed, the rate ratio slowly declined as more vaccinated people tested positive for COVID-19. Nonetheless, unvaccinated people remain 4 times more likely to get COVID-19 than those who are fully vaccinated. Also, in April of this year, the ratio for hospitalizations indicated vaccinated people were more than 5 times less likely than unvaccinated people to be hospitalized for COVID-19. Since April, the protective effect of vaccination on hospitalization has nearly doubled, with unvaccinated people nearly 12 times less likely to be hospitalized than vaccinated people in August of this year. Deaths among unvaccinated people were exceedingly rare. Even with the small increase in deaths among those fully vaccinated during the late summer, in July and August, unvaccinated individuals were 10 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those vaccinated. These findings reassure us that the vaccine is doing its very important work of dramatically reducing illness and suffering from COVID-19 among the people who are vaccinated.
Anyone 12 and older living or working in L.A. County can get vaccinated against COVID-19. Many vaccination sites across the county, including all the County-run sites, are also offering third doses of vaccine to eligible immunocompromised people. Vaccinations are always free and open to eligible residents and workers regardless of immigration status.
4月29日华盛顿报道，自特朗普政府联合以色列对伊朗发动先发制人的突然大规模军事打击以来，美国战争部长赫格塞特（Pete Hegseth）今天在美国众议院首次接受了国会议员的质询。另一位五角大楼官员在今天在美国众议院的听证会上透露，至今为止对伊朗战争的军事成本估算已高达250亿美元。 赫格塞特在回应质询时称赞了特朗普总统的领导，并表示：“我们目前面临的最大对手是国会民主党人和一些共和党人那些鲁莽、无能和失败主义的言论……在为美国人民安全而进行的一场生死之战中仅仅两个月。伊朗绝不能拥有核弹。我们为这项事业感到骄傲。” 与此同时，特朗普总统今天在白宫椭圆形办公室表示，他与俄罗斯总统普京通话，就伊朗战争问题进行了探讨。特朗普总统透露，普京在通话时重申，俄罗斯愿意协助将伊朗浓缩铀运出该国的提议，而这正是特朗普总统希望伊朗政权放弃的资产。 俄罗斯媒体报道称，普京总统时警告美国对伊朗采取新的军事行动可能会带来“破坏性后果”。 普京总统的助手乌沙科夫（Yuri Ushakov）表示：“普京强调指出，如果美国和以色列再次诉诸军事行动，不仅会对伊朗及其邻国，而且会对整个国际社会造成不可避免且极具破坏性的后果。” 此外，一位美国官员证实，正在中东地区执行对伊战争任务的美国海军三艘航母之一的福特号航空母舰，及其随行打击群预计将在未来几天内撤离该地区。 该打击群自去年6月起便处于部署状态，除在中东地区之外，他们也曾前往世界其他地区执行任务。
4月29日华盛顿报道，特朗普总统今天在社交媒体平台“真实社交”上发帖称，伊朗政权需要“尽快清醒过来”。该帖配有一张由人工智能（AI）生成的图片：图中特朗普手持步枪，身后的背景中伴随着多处爆炸火光；图片下方还附有一句配文：“好人形象，到此为止！” 特朗普总统曾表示，持续封锁所产生的经济压力，应迫使伊朗接受一份协议，从而按照他所设定的条件结束这场战争。 据伊朗官方媒体“新闻电视台”(Press TV）今天援引一位不愿透露姓名的“高级安全消息人士”的话称，如果美国继续对伊朗港口及伊朗船只实施封锁，伊朗将采取“切实的、前所未有的军事行动”予以回应，并再次威胁第二条关键航运通道曼德海峡（Bab el-Mandeb strait）。 该伊朗媒体指出，伊朗领导人的“耐心是有限的”；如果美国军方的封锁继续持续下去，那么“采取惩罚性回应将是必要的”。此前美国海军对伊朗港口及船只的封锁行动仍在持续，美军已迫使39艘试图进入伊朗港口的船只被迫折返。 报道称，如果华盛顿继续维持其在霍尔木兹海峡周边的封锁，“这位官员警告称，敌人应很快就会面临一种截然不同的回应”，但他并未提供更多细节。 此前，一位伊朗高级议员重申了德黑兰方面长期以来的一项威胁：如果封锁不予解除，伊朗将要求其在也门的装备精良的胡塞反叛武装盟友，对位于曼德海峡（Bab el-Mandeb strait）的航运目标发动袭击。曼德海峡与目前局势紧张的霍尔木兹海峡一样，同属中东地区全球能源供应的关键咽喉要道；而胡塞武装此前也曾在该地区对过往船只发动过袭击。 与此同时，随着美国持续封锁伊朗港口，伊朗货币里亚尔兑美元汇率跌至历史新低。据法新社（AFP）援引多家汇率追踪网站的数据报道，伊朗货币里亚尔兑美元汇率今天暴跌至历史最低点。 据 Bonbast 和…
4月28日华盛顿报道，据美国国务院一位官员透露，为配合今年7月举行的美国建国250周年庆典，美国国务院正计划推出一款限量版美国护照，其全新的艺术设计中将包含特朗普总统的肖像。 在这款重新设计的护照中，特朗普总统的肖像和签名被印在内页的签证页上，并叠加于《美国独立宣言》的文本之上；该设计打破了以往美国护照通常以历史场景、文化符号和标志性地标，作为主要图案的美国护照艺术风格的传统惯例。 据一位国务院官员介绍，一旦这款重新设计的护照投入使用，它将成为华盛顿护照签发机构默认发放的护照版本，且不收取任何额外费用。而通过在线渠道申请或在其他护照签发地点办理的护照，仍将沿用现行的美国护照设计。 美国国务院发言人皮戈特（Tommy Pigott）表示：“随着美国在7月庆祝建国250周年，国务院正准备发行限量版特制美国护照，以纪念这一历史性时刻，这些护照将印有定制的艺术图案和精美的图像设计，同时保留了美国护照一贯具备的各项安全防伪特征——正是这些特征，使美国护照跻身全球最安全的证件之列。” 据多家媒体报道，这批纪念版护照将发行2.5万本。不过，一位国务院官员随后驳斥该数字为“假新闻”，但并未具体说明究竟将发行多少本此类纪念版护照。 现行版本的美国护照于2021年正式启用，其内页印有描绘美国各地自然风光及历史事件的插图。而2007年进行的护照改版中，除了引入电子防伪技术外，还增添了多位美国前总统的励志语录。 在特朗普总统第二个任期内，特朗普总统的名字及肖像曾被冠用于一系列公共机构及项目之上，其中包括一项拟议中的更名计划—，包括“肯尼迪表演艺术中心”更名为“特朗普-肯尼迪中心”，并将“美国和平研究所”更名为“特朗普和平研究所”。此外，特朗普政府此前还曾宣布推出一项名为“特朗普金卡”的签证计划，允许非美国公民支付500万美元，从而可以快捷获取美国绿卡。 美国财政部此前还宣布，特朗普总统的签名将印在美元纸币上，以此纪念美国独立250周年，此举是对在任美国总统是一项前所未有的举措。此外，美国造币厂还正计划发行一枚印有特朗普总统肖像的24K金纪念币。
4月28日洛杉矶讯，相隔二年多，刘若英再度前往美国开唱，为了让歌迷感受到四面台的震撼与感动，首度挑战美国三城的万人场馆，宣布5月2日于洛杉矶论坛体育馆、5月16日于圣荷西思爱普中心、5月23日于纽约巴克莱中心举办《飞行日》4.0版演唱会，全场歌迷都可以360度感受刘若英的全面舞台魅力。 带着绝美四面台首度登美，刘若英说：“这一次，《飞行日》终于飞到你们中间。四面台围绕的，不只是舞台，更像是被一群我的老朋友们轻轻环绕着。我们来看看你们，你们也来看看我们也看看这些年，这些歌陪伴我们各自走到了哪里⋯珍惜每一次能够见面的当下，等你。” 珍惜每一次见面，刘若英献唱属于你生命里的歌曲、献上最原汁原味的澎湃舞台，飞天鲸鱼、旋转巨熊、12位艺术舞者共舞的如梦似幻欢乐氛围，一起重磅飘洋过海，5月和你共创美好飞行记忆。 您要想知道《后来》发生的故事，请不要错过刘若英美国巡回演出会！5月2日从洛杉矶启航，5月16日在圣何塞、5月23日在纽约，让我们一起在她的歌声中找回我们共同的记忆。 https://youtu.be/Vuyd9dY0W5A
4月27日圣马力诺市报道，以“年轻力量”为主题的师生联展今天在圣马力诺市举行，聚焦新移民家庭、华裔青少年及特殊需求群体在成长过程中面临的语言适应、文化融合、心理压力与家庭沟通等议题。展览由亚美艺术学院-海工作室主理人郑卢卡斯联合阿塔拉西亚基金会创办人王理查德共同发起，希望以艺术作为理解与疗愈的桥梁，关注青少年身心灵健康发展。 本次展览自4月27日至5月3日为期7天，共汇聚6位华裔学生、20余件原创作品，透过年轻创作者的第一视角，呈现身份认同、自我成长、环境观察与社会思考等主题。参展作品风格多元，既有绘画、摄影，也有综合媒材创作，展现新世代青年真实而鲜明的表达力量。 其中，董索菲的《破壳》以象征性语言描绘移民在压力、自我怀疑中实现突破与重生的过程；黄瓦莱丽的《过去与未来的分离》通过撕裂与拼接手法，展现自然与都市之间的冲突与融合。邱艾琳以手指作画完成自画像，记录成长轨迹，并曾获洛杉矶县环保奖；任阿尔维娜凭摄影作品《印象》荣获2026年全美金钥匙银奖，以镜头捕捉城市活力；高伊莉莎则以动物与热气球构建充满想象力的视觉世界。 主办方表示，这不仅是一场艺术展览，更是一项跨文化沟通与心理关怀实践。希望借由艺术让更多家庭关注青少年的情绪表达、内在成长，并为华裔社区搭建理解与连接的平台。 https://youtu.be/y320tTXoq54
4月27日哥伦比亚市报道，美国南卡罗来纳州卫生官员今天宣布，35年来美国最严重的一次麻疹疫情已经结束。 4月26日，南卡罗来纳州连续42天没有新增疫情相关病例。根据该州居民自愿向州政府报告的数据，自去年10月以来，共有997人感染了这种疫苗可预防的疾病，其中至少21人住院治疗。该州卫生官员估计，此次疫情应对措施耗资210万美元。 南卡罗来纳州公共卫生部代理主任西默（Edward Simmer）博士表示：“得益于及时的调查、对接触者的识别，以及民众配合居家隔离的意愿，此次疫情主要局限于某县的特定区域内，并未在全州范围内蔓延。” 麻疹是医学界已知传染性最强的病毒之一。大多数感染者在经历高烧、咳嗽、流涕以及出现标志性的皮疹后，都能康复。但部分人群，包括年幼的儿童和免疫系统较弱的人，可能会并发肺炎、脑水肿，甚至因此丧生。此外，即使康复，麻疹也可能给患者日后的健康埋下隐患。麻疹疫苗安全有效，接种两剂后的有效率高达97%。 据该州卫生官员称，此次麻疹疫情集中爆发于斯巴达堡县（Spartanburg County）西北部，是美国数十年来增长速度最快的一次疫情。仅在今年一月份，公共卫生官员就确诊了超过650例病例；此次疫情的规模迅速超越了2025年西德克萨斯州的疫情，那次疫情导致至少762人患病，并造成2名学龄儿童死亡。 不过，此次疫情病例数量的下降速度快于预期，这对医生和卫生工作者而言无疑是个好消息。该州卫生部首席医疗官特拉克斯勒（Brannon Traxler）博士上周表示，有几个因素可能对此起到了助推作用。她指出，从某种程度上讲，随着患病人数的增加，疫情势头可能随之减弱；但与此同时，接种疫苗的人数也有所增加。 特拉克斯勒说：“我们绝不会放松警惕；我也认为，那些对病毒依然易感、尚未获得免疫力的南卡罗来纳州居民，同样不应放松警惕。” 尽管起初接种进展缓慢，但在去年10月至今年3月期间，公共卫生工作者、诊所及药房共接种了近8.2万剂麻疹疫苗。该数字较上年同期增长了30%以上。其中斯巴达堡县（Spartanburg County）的疫苗接种量激增了94%。 南卡罗来纳州公共卫生部门也积极采取措施遏制疫情蔓延，共发出了近2300份隔离通知书，拨打超过1670通病例调查电话，并跨越7个学区开展工作，对874名学生实施了隔离。 美国今年的病例数正呈赶超去年的趋势，麻疹疫情正在全美范围内持续蔓延。据美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的数据显示，截至目前，美国今年已累计报告1792例病例，这一数字已接近2025年创纪录总数的80%，并发生了22起新的疫情暴发。其中，佛罗里达州今年已确诊134例病例，得克萨斯州则确诊了180例。 目前最令人担忧的是一场疫情始于美国亚利桑那州与犹他州交界处、随后蔓延至犹他州大部分地区的疫情。自今年8月以来，犹他州已有607人染病。亚利桑那州的莫哈维县（Mohave…