Los Angeles County Announces 46 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

1,400 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

 

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 46 new deaths and 1,400 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Seven hundred and thirty-four of these cases are from a backlog of tests, and 625 are daily reported cases. Thirty-three people who died were over the age of 65; four people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65 years old, and two people who died were between the ages of 18 to 40 years old. Thirty-one people had underlying health conditions including 27 people over the age of 65, three people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old and one person between the ages of 18 to 40 years old. Five deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena and two deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach.

 

To date, Public Health has identified 15,140 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 663 deaths. Eighty-nine percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 582 people (95 percent of the cases); 36% of deaths occurred among Latinx residents, 28% among White residents, 18% among Asian residents, 16% among African American residents, and 3% among residents identifying with other races. Upon further investigation, 76 cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. As of today, 3,639 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (24% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 89,000 individuals and 14% of people testing positive.

 

Public Health continues to receive a backlog of test results. In an effort to expand testing capacity, many new labs are responding to the emergency and Public Health is working with them to ensure that they have the proper reporting systems in place. Until this reporting issue is resolved, there may be periodic increases in positive cases and total cases due to unevenness in daily reporting.

 

“Every day as we report the number of lives lost to COVID-19 we are reminded about the need to do everything we can to slow the spread of this disease. We mourn the loss of members of our collective community, and our hearts go out to their loved ones as they grieve,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As we learn more about the virus it becomes clear that there are many asymptomatic people across the county that are capable of spreading COVID-19 to others. Our strategies moving forward need to ask everyone to keep their physical distance from each other, wear face coverings when in contact with others, and stay home as much as possible.”

 

Public Health reminds everyone that if you are ill, even with mild symptoms, please self- isolate at home for 7 days and until you are fever and symptom free for 72 hours. If you have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 or is presumed to be infected with COVID-19, you must quarantine for 14 days from your last contact with that individual. Individuals who are elderly, have underlying health conditions or are pregnant may be at higher risk of serious illness and should contact their doctor as soon as they are sick.

 

The best protection against COVID-19 is to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing (especially by staying at home) and wear a clean face covering when out in the public procuring or providing essential services. N95 and surgical masks should only be used by healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers providing care for people who are ill. The current Health Officer Order extends the previous Health Officer Order through May 15 and requires essential businesses to provide a cloth face covering for all employees to wear while performing duties that involve contact with other employees and or the public and to post physical distancing plans. The public is required to wear a face covering to enter essential businesses as well.

 

Additional things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

 

Please see the locations where cases have occurred:

 

	Total Cases*
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	15140
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	14427
— Long Beach	464
— Pasadena	249
Deaths	663
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	614
— Long Beach	24
— Pasadena	25
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  0 to 17	240
–  18 to 40	4593
–  41 to 65	6333
–  over 65	3229
–  Under Investigation	31
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	7085
–  Male	7192
–  Other	3
–  Under Investigation	147
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Asian	1028
–  Black	769
–  Hispanic/Latino	3872
–  White	2195
–  Other	1011
–  Under Investigation	5552
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	3639
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Asian	105
–  Black	93
–  Hispanic/Latino	207
–  White	162
–  Other	15
–  Under Investigation	32
CITY / COMMUNITY**		Rate***
City of Agoura Hills	29	138.87
City of Alhambra	51	58.81
City of Arcadia	32	55.41
City of Artesia	11	65.5
City of Avalon	0	0
City of Azusa	31	61.95
City of Baldwin Park	52	67.74
City of Bell	104	286.25
City of Bell Gardens	63	146.27
City of Bellflower	78	100.34
City of Beverly Hills	99	286.79
City of Bradbury	—	—
City of Burbank	151	140.88
City of Calabasas	29	119.23
City of Carson	181	192.87
City of Cerritos	42	83.89
City of Claremont	19	52.08
City of Commerce	9	68.87
City of Compton	126	126.12
City of Covina	66	134.61
City of Cudahy	40	164.29
City of Culver City	44	110.37
City of Diamond Bar	25	43.47
City of Downey	147	128.65
City of Duarte	37	168.06
City of El Monte	72	61.4
City of El Segundo	21	125.1
City of Gardena	121	197.36
City of Glendale	369	178.7
City of Glendora	35	66.33
City of Hawaiian Gardens	8	54.51
City of Hawthorne	134	150.92
City of Hermosa Beach	22	111.85
City of Hidden Hills	0	0
City of Huntington Park	87	146.26
City of Industry	—	—
City of Inglewood	215	189.29
City of Irwindale	—	—
City of La Canada Flintridge	33	159.47
City of La Habra Heights	—	—
City of La Mirada	40	80.65
City of La Puente	30	73.72
City of La Verne	13	39.06
City of Lakewood	61

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