Hospitalizations, Deaths and New Cases Continue to Increase

by admin · July 8, 2020

65 New Deaths and 2,496 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 65 new deaths and 2,496 new cases of COVID-19. The daily positivity rate (a composite of a 7-day rolling average) is 10.4%, a rate that Los Angeles County hasn’t seen since late-April.

There are more than 2,000 people currently hospitalized, 26% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU and 17% are confirmed cases on ventilators. This remains substantially higher than the 1,350 to 1,450 daily hospitalizations seen four weeks ago.

To date, Public Health has identified 123,004 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 3,642 deaths.

Testing results are available for over 1,229,000 individuals with 9% of all people testing positive.

“Each day, as we share this information with you, we know there are people across our community who have suffered tremendous loss. For those of you mourning the passing of a loved one, we wish you healing and peace,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “We need our residents to repeat what we did just weeks ago if we are going to flatten the curve again. If we can’t get the infection numbers back under control by the end of July, we will see thousands more people that require hospitalizations and that could easily overwhelm our health care system.”

Of the 65 people that passed away, thirty-four people were over the age of 65 years old, 23 people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 years old, and five people who died were between the ages of 18 and 40 years old. Fifty people had underlying health conditions including 33 people over the age of 65 years old, 13 people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old, and four people between the ages of 18 and 40 years old. Three deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach.

Ninety-three percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 3,389 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 45% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 27% among White residents, 16% 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, 31 cases and two deaths reported earlier were not LA County residents.

Business owners and residents must take immediate action in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. Stay home if you are elderly or have serious underlying health conditions. Everyone else should stay home as much as possible, and limit activities outside of your home to what is essential – work, getting groceries and medicine, and medical visits. Always wear a face covering and keep physical distance when you are outside your home. And wash your hands frequently. The actions of LA County residents to slow the spread cannot wait; we need to act now.

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	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	123004	2496
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	116899	2271
— Long Beach	4690	218
— Pasadena	1415	7
Deaths	3642	65
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3406	62
— Long Beach	139	3
— Pasadena	97	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 17	8795
– 18 to 40	50569
– 41 to 65	42032
– over 65	14846
– Under Investigation	657
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	57950
– Male	58312
– Other	12
– Under Investigation	625
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	96
– Asian	4132
– Black	3310
– Hispanic/Latino	33162
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	422
– White	9351
– Other	19393
– Under Investigation	47033
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	9152
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	9
– Asian	544
– Black	372
– Hispanic/Latino	1516
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	11
– White	913
– Other	24
– Under Investigation	17
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	69	330
City of Alhambra	559	645
City of Arcadia	207	358
City of Artesia	132	786
City of Avalon	6	155
City of Azusa	572	1143
City of Baldwin Park	1168	1521
City of Bell	747	2056
City of Bell Gardens	859	1994
City of Bellflower	1106	1423
City of Beverly Hills	329	953
City of Bradbury	7	655
City of Burbank	656	612
City of Calabasas	141	580
City of Carson	787	839
City of Cerritos	273	545
City of Claremont	142	389
City of Commerce*	249	1905
City of Compton	1740	1742
City of Covina	560	1142
City of Cudahy	534	2193
City of Culver City	234	587
City of Diamond Bar	224	389
City of Downey	2014	1763
City of Duarte	234	1063
City of El Monte	1909	1628
City of El Segundo	70	417
City of Gardena	591	964
City of Glendale	1617	783
City of Glendora	480	910
City of Hawaiian Gardens	218	1485
City of Hawthorne	876	987
City of Hermosa Beach	99	503
City of Hidden Hills	5	265
City of Huntington Park	1403	2359
City of Industry	15	3432
City of Inglewood	1207	1063
City of Irwindale	24	1645
City of La Canada Flintridge	84	406
City of La Habra Heights	17	312
City of La Mirada	417	841
City of La Puente	599	1472
City of La Verne	161	484
City of Lakewood	558	694
City of Lancaster*	1335	826
City of Lawndale	262	779
City of Lomita	105	507
City of Lynwood*	1584	2199
City of Malibu	58	447
City of Manhattan Beach	173	481
City of Maywood	702	2503
City of Monrovia	352	907
City of Montebello	1083	1682
City of Monterey Park	396	636
City of Norwalk	1433	1332
City of Palmdale	1528	961
City of Palos Verdes Estates	58	429
City of Paramount	1055	1883
City of Pico Rivera	1174	1826
City of Pomona	1927	1236
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	160	374
City of Redondo Beach	266	387
City of Rolling Hills	3	155
City of Rolling Hills Estates	26	320
City of Rosemead	331	598
City of San Dimas*	206	597
City of San Fernando	351	1426
City of San Gabriel	288	703
City of San Marino	32	241
City of Santa Clarita	1419	644
City of Santa Fe Springs	231	1258
City of Santa Monica	464	502
City of Sierra Madre	40	364
City of Signal Hill	121	1026
City of South El Monte	344	1647
City of South Gate	2075	2114
City of South Pasadena	175	672
City of Temple City	285	782
City of Torrance	680	456
City of Vernon	13	6220
City of Walnut	129	423
City of West Covina	1282	1184
City of West Hollywood	304	823
City of Westlake Village	10	120
City of Whittier	937	1072
Los Angeles	52088	1288
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	118	1439
Los Angeles – Alsace	189	1519
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	28	1119
Los Angeles – Arleta	572	1664
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	101	689
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	313	1006
Los Angeles – Bel Air	51	605
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest

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