Public Health Reports 9,997 New Positive Cases and 84 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

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

• 9,997 new COVID-19 cases (2,720,216 cases to date)
• 84 new deaths due to COVID-19 (29,364 deaths to date)
• 3,012 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 11,170,000 individuals tested; 22% 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 or holiday reporting.

** The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 6,776 positive tests with testing dates between 12/27/21 – 2/02/22

*** The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 265 positive tests with testing dates between 12/28/21 – 1/31/21

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	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,720,216	9997
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,572,320	9655
— Long Beach	121,119	246
— Pasadena	26,777	96
Deaths	29,364	84
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	27,826	78
— Long Beach	1,154	6
— Pasadena	384	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	78122
– 5 to 11	226923
– 12 to 17	222637
– 18 to 29	576659
– 30 to 49	822793
– 50 to 64	426443
– 65 to 79	163936
–  over 80	52954
–  Under Investigation	1853
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1306504
–  Male	1191827
–  Other	924
–  Under Investigation	73065
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	4742
–  Asian	152925
–  Black	128059
–  Hispanic/Latino	1176772
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13353
–  White	325739
–  Other	283664
–  Under Investigation	487066
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	126893
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	64
–  Asian	3534
–  Black	2528
–  Hispanic/Latino	14512
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	99
–  White	6757
–  Other	268
–  Under Investigation	64