Public Health Reports 21 New Deaths and 9,988 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

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

  • 9,988 new COVID-19 cases (1,595,239 cases to date)
  • 21 new deaths due to COVID-19 (27,533 deaths to date)
  • 801 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
  • More than 9,900,000 individuals tested; 15% of people tested positive

Daily New Cases, Positivity Rate, Hospitalization of Confirmed Cases

and Deaths Last 7 Days

F

12/24 

Th

12/23 

W

12/22 

Tu

12/21 

M

12/20 

Su

12/19 

Sa

12/18 

Daily new cases

9,988

8,633

6,509

3,052

3,258*

3,512*

3,730

Daily deaths

21

24

16

25

7*

9*

21

Daily hospitalizations of confirmed cases

801

770

748

741

743

742

749

Daily positivity rate (7-day avg)

9.6%

7.4%

6.0%

4.6%

3.4%

2.6%

2.3%

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.

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Total Cases

Laboratory Confirmed Cases

1595239

— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*

1511160

— Long Beach

69384

— Pasadena

14695

Deaths

27533

— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)

26096

— Long Beach

1067

— Pasadena

370

Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

– 0 to 4

40190

– 5 to 11

88816

– 12 to 17

96443

– 18 to 29

360096

– 30 to 49

503986

– 50 to 64

273574

– 65 to 79

108632

–  over 80

38507

–  Under Investigation

916

Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

–  Female

760347

–  Male

714451

–  Other

793

–  Under Investigation

35569

Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

–  American Indian/Alaska Native

2627

–  Asian

74041

–  Black

75337

–  Hispanic/Latino

762447

–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

5624

–  White

198244

–  Other

129610

–  Under Investigation

263230

Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

–  Hospitalized (Ever)

110561

Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

–  American Indian/Alaska Native

60

–  Asian

3372

–  Black

2331

–  Hispanic/Latino

13801

–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

97

–  White

6204

–  Other

196

–  Under Investigation

35