Public Health Confirms 12 Additional Cases of the Omicron Variant

20 New Deaths and 2,275 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Public Health is confirming 12 additional cases of the Omicron variant.

• 12 new confirmed cases reported today, for a total of 30 confirmed cases in Los Angeles County
• Available information on the 12 additional cases indicates:
  • 5 were symptomatic, none of the required hospitalization
    • 6 cases have unknown symptom status, unknown if they were hospitalized
  • 9 of the 12 were fully vaccinated
    • 2 of the 9 received a booster dose
    • 3 of 12 are unvaccinated
  • 0 reported international travel and 2 reported travel outside CA.

 

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19.

•  2,275 new COVID-19 cases (1,553,366 cases to date)
•  20 new deaths due to COVID-19 (27,388 deaths to date)
•  770 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 9,667,000 individuals tested; 15% of people tested positive

Data is by date reported by DPH, but does not necessarily represent the date of testing, hospitalization, or death.

* Number reflects an undercount due to a lag from weekend reporting.

A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov including:

• COVID-19 Daily Data (cases, deaths, testing, testing positivity rate, mortality rate, and hospitalizations)
• Gender, Age, Race/Ethnicity and City/Community Cases and Deaths
• Recovery Metrics
• Contract Tracing Metrics
• Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
• Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance
• Outbreaks:
  • Residential Congregate Sessions
  • Non-Residential Settings
  • Homeless Service Settings

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:

• Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/
• California Department of Public Health:
• https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
• Spanish https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
• World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
• LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

Please see additional information below:

Cases through 6:00pm 12/15/2021
	Total Cases	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	1553366	2275
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1471136	2194
— Long Beach	68112	65
— Pasadena	14118	16
Deaths	27388	20
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	25959	20
— Long Beach	1061	0
— Pasadena	368	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	39332
– 5 to 11	86702
– 12 to 17	94617
– 18 to 29	346365
– 30 to 49	488234
– 50 to 64	269334
– 65 to 79	107415
–  over 80	38243
–  Under Investigation	894
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	740278
–  Male	695557
–  Other	778
–  Under Investigation	34523
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	2537
–  Asian	71106
–  Black	72095
–  Hispanic/Latino	752059
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5414
–  White	188180
–  Other	125030
–  Under Investigation	254715
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	109793	**DATA  Under reported
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	59
–  Asian	3366
–  Black	2312
–  Hispanic/Latino	13739
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	95
–  White	6160
–  Other	197
–  Under Investigation	31