Public Health Reports 7,017 New Positive Cases and 65 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.  The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the weekend.

  • 7,017 New COVID-19 cases (2,727,159 cases to date)
  • 65 New deaths due to COVID-19 (29,428 deaths to date)
  • 2,841 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
  • More than 11,186,000 individuals tested; 22% of people tested positive to date

Daily New Cases, Positivity Rate, Hospitalization of Confirmed Cases and

Deaths Last 7 Days

Su

2/6

Sa

2/5

F

2/4

Th

2/3

W

2/2

Tu

2/1

M

1/31

Daily new cases

7,017(3)*

9,997(2)

15,427(1)

11,548

15,664

8,786

10,715*

Daily deaths

65*

84

85

96

102

37

40*

Daily hospitalizations of confirmed cases

2,841

3,012

3,233

3,398

3,515

3,710

3,720

Daily positivity rate (7-day avg)

5.0%

5.4%

5.9%

6.4%

7.0%

7.7%

8.4%

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.

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

2 – The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 265 positive tests with testing dates between 12/28/21 – 1/31/22

3 – The higher number of cases today reflects a backlog of 18 positive tests with testing dates between 1/3/22 – 1/31/22

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Total Cases

NEW

Laboratory Confirmed Cases

2,727,159

7017

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

2,579,263

7017

— Long Beach

121,119

0

— Pasadena

26,777

0

Deaths

29,428

65

— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)

27,890

65

— Long Beach

1,154

0

— Pasadena

384

0

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

– 0 to 4

78393

– 5 to 11

228029

– 12 to 17

223598

– 18 to 29

577791

– 30 to 49

824633

– 50 to 64

427483

– 65 to 79

164378

–  over 80

53098

–  Under Investigation

1860

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

–  Female

1310182

–  Male

1194996

–  Other

926

–  Under Investigation

73159

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

–  American Indian/Alaska Native

4755

–  Asian

153524

–  Black

128407

–  Hispanic/Latino

1180388

–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

13396

–  White

326634

–  Other

284147

–  Under Investigation

488012

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

–  Hospitalized (Ever)

128026

**DATA  Under reported

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

–  American Indian/Alaska Native

64

–  Asian

3537

–  Black

2535

–  Hispanic/Latino

14541

–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

100

–  White

6779

–  Other

269

–  Under Investigation

65