Public Health Network Reports Drop in COVID-19 Cases, Steady Vaccination Rate

Public Health Network Reports Drop in COVID-19 Cases, Steady Vaccination Rate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 3 2022

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Los Angeles —  Today, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center provided the following updates around COVID-19:

• To date, they have administered over 420,000 COVID-19 vaccines, and are currently vaccinating up to 1,000 people per day.
• Their clinics have seen a decrease in demand for testing, with about 100 people per day getting tested for COVID-19 (down from 350 last week). Of those tested, about 20 percent are testing positive (down from up to 30 percent last week).
• Their mobile vaccination clinics have remained steady, administering around 100 vaccines per day.

“We are relieved to see a slight decrease in cases after the huge spike in COVID-19 we saw around the holidays,” said Jim Mangia, president and CEO of St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. “Our efforts are currently focused on helping workers meet vaccine mandate deadlines put in place by their employers, and ensuring community members continue to get the booster shots which remain largely responsible for preventing serious illness.”