Los Angeles County Announces 34 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

2,364 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 34 new deaths and 2,364 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Twenty-seven people who died were over the age of 65 years old, six people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 years old, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 40 years old. Twenty-seven people had underlying health conditions including 20 people over the age of 65 years old, six people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old and one person between the ages of 18 and 40 years old.

To date, Public Health has identified 88,262 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 3,171 deaths. Ninety-four percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 2,951 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 42% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 28% among White residents, 17% among Asian residents, 11% among African American/Black residents, less than 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races. Upon further investigation, 44 cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for nearly 979,000 individuals and 8% of people testing positive.

“To the family and friends of people who have passed away from COVID-19, we wish you healing and peace during this sad and difficult time,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The recent increase in daily cases and rates of positive test results indicates that there is more community spread of COVID-19 in LA County.  It is as important as ever to use the tools we have to slow the spread of the virus. Please practice physical distancing and wear a cloth face covering. If you have been exposed and/or if you have tested positive for COVID-19 or waiting for results, please self-isolate and stay away from other people, even those who live in your household. These actions save lives.”

Public Health continues to assess key recovery indicators to understand how COVID-19 is affecting communities and capacity to treat people who may become seriously ill. Public Health is seeing small increases in hospitalizations and in the 7-day average of the daily positivity rate. There are 1,515 people who are currently hospitalized, 27% of these people are in the ICU and 18% are on ventilators. Although this number is significantly lower than peaks of over 1900 people hospitalized daily for COVID-19, this is higher than 1350 to 1450 daily hospitalizations seen in recent weeks. And while the cumulative positivity rate remains at 8%, the 7-day average of the daily positivity rate has increased to 8.8%. As the recovery journey continues, Public Health will monitor the data closely to see how increases in cases and rates of positivity affect the number of daily hospitalizations over the next few weeks. Our collective goal is to prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities.

Because this virus is still easily transmitted among people in contact with each other, the best protection against COVID-19 continues to be to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing, and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household. It’s important if someone thinks they could be positive for COVID-19 and are awaiting testing results, to stay at home and act as if they are positive. This means self-isolating for 10 days and 72 hours after symptoms and fever subside, or until they receive a negative result. If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should plan on receiving a call from a contact tracer to discuss how to protect themselves and others, to find out where they may have been, and who they were in close contact with while infectious. People who have underlying health conditions remain at much greater risk for serious illness from COVID-19, so it will continue to be very important for the County’s vulnerable residents to stay at home as much as possible, to have groceries and medicine delivered, and to call their providers immediately if they have even mild symptoms.

The Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Roadmap to Recovery, Recovery Dashboard, and 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 additional information below:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	88262
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	84043
— Long Beach	3042
— Pasadena	1177
Deaths	3171
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	2963
— Long Beach	120
— Pasadena	88
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  0 to 17	5889
–  18 to 40	33914
–  41 to 65	31483
–  over 65	12311
–  Under Investigation	446
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	41410
–  Male	42213
–  Other	10
–  Under Investigation	410
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	70
–  Asian	3644
–  Black	2618
–  Hispanic/Latino	27671
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	338
–  White	7679
–  Other	13074
–  Under Investigation	28949
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	7812
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	5
–  Asian	490
–  Black	329
–  Hispanic/Latino	1252
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	9
–  White	831
–  Other	35
–  Under Investigation	12
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	48	230
City of Alhambra	363	419
City of Arcadia	138	239
City of Artesia	84	500
City of Avalon	1	26
City of Azusa	357	713
City of Baldwin Park	710	925
City of Bell	586	1613
City of Bell Gardens	590	1370
City of Bellflower	704	906
City of Beverly Hills	203	588
City of Bradbury	5	468
City of Burbank	519	484
City of Calabasas	108	444
City of Carson	591	630
City of Cerritos	193	385
City of Claremont	87	238
City of Commerce*	168	1285
City of Compton	1205	1206
City of Covina	326	665
City of Cudahy	408	1676
City of Culver City	189	474
City of Diamond Bar	115	200
City of Downey	1308	1145
City of Duarte	169	768
City of El Monte	1261	1075
City of El Segundo	44	262
City of Gardena	433	706
City of Glendale	1299	629
City of Glendora	259	491
City of Hawaiian Gardens	152	1036
City of Hawthorne	633	713
City of Hermosa Beach	61	310
City of Hidden Hills	4	212
City of Huntington Park	994	1671
City of Industry	13	2975
City of Inglewood	887	781
City of Irwindale	11	754
City of La Canada Flintridge	70	338
City of La Habra Heights	13	238
City of La Mirada	279	563
City of La Puente	342	840
City of La Verne	86	258
City of Lakewood	352	438
City of Lancaster*	934	578
City of Lawndale	181	538
City of Lomita	69	333
City of Lynwood*	1150	1596
City of Malibu	48	370
City of Manhattan Beach	103	286
City of Maywood	552	1968
City of Monrovia	242	624
City of Montebello	757	1176
City of Monterey Park	280	450
City of Norwalk	919	854
City of Palmdale	1115	701
City of Palos Verdes Estates	48	355
City of Paramount	689	1230
City of Pico Rivera	819	1274
City of Pomona	1158	743
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	124	290
City of Redondo Beach	179	261
City of Rolling Hills	2	103
City of Rolling Hills Estates	21	259
City of Rosemead	202	365
City of San Dimas	122	353
City of San Fernando	265	1077
City of San Gabriel	205	501
City of San Marino	25	188
City of Santa Clarita	996	452
City of Santa Fe Springs	121	659
City of Santa Monica	366	396
City of Sierra Madre	28	255
City of Signal Hill	68	576
City of South El Monte	238	1140
City of South Gate	1419	1446
City of South Pasadena	148	568
City of Temple City	210	576
City of Torrance	514	344
City of Vernon	6	2871
City of Walnut	77	252
City of West Covina	729	674
City of West Hollywood	230	622
City of Westlake Village	7	84
City of Whittier	565	646
Los Angeles	39416	975
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	91	1