LA County Confirms More Than 28,000 COVID Deaths; Reports Highest Number of Daily New Deaths Since April 2021

41,765 New Positive Cases and 66 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

With the reporting of 66 additional deaths today, LA County is marking the grim milestone of losing more than 28,000 residents to COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Today’s death count is the highest number of deaths reported in a single day since April 2^nd, 2021, with daily deaths increasing fourfold in just one week.  The majority of deaths reported this week are associated with individuals who became infected after December 20 when Omicron was circulating widely. Daily hospitalizations also increased to 4,386, and the extraordinarily high number of new cases reflects worrisome rates of community transmission.

Public Health urges residents to take steps to stay safe during the surge. Residents should get vaccinated and boosted if they have not done so yet, as unvaccinated people are between 2 and 4 times more likely to get infected than those fully vaccinated. Residents should also upgrade their masks to an N95, KN95, KF94, or a surgical mask, all of which do a better job at blocking virus particles than cloth masks. Everyone should also limit non-essential activities where people are unmasked and crowded together, especially if indoors, until transmission is lower. Residents can visit covid19.lacounty.gov to find a testing site.

“Our hearts remain with those families experiencing the sorrow of losing those they love to COVID,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As deaths often lag behind surges in cases and hospitalizations, sadly, the increase in deaths does not come as a surprise and tragically, we are prepared for even higher number of deaths in the coming weeks. With unvaccinated individuals 22 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to those fully vaccinated, residents should not delay getting vaccinated and boosted as these measures are saving lives.”

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

• 41,765 new COVID-19 cases (2,213,664 cases to date)
• 66 new deaths due to COVID-19 (28,008 deaths to date)
• 4,386 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 10,580,000 individuals tested; 19% of people tested positive to date

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:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,213,664
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,101,576
— Long Beach	91,436
— Pasadena	20,652
Deaths	28,008
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	26,543
— Long Beach	1,088
— Pasadena	377
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	58798
– 5 to 11	164595
– 12 to 17	164675
– 18 to 29	492222
– 30 to 49	684726
– 50 to 64	354956
– 65 to 79	135330
–  over 80	44897
–  Under Investigation	1377
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1065966
–  Male	977571
–  Other	858
–  Under Investigation	57181
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	3614
–  Asian	115962
–  Black	107428
–  Hispanic/Latino	990489
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	10390
–  White	272660
–  Other	209758
–  Under Investigation	391275
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	115581
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	63
–  Asian	3411
–  Black	2382
–  Hispanic/Latino	13981
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	95
–  White	6362
–  Other	211
–  Under Investigation	38