Public Health Reports 1,345 New Positive Cases and 21 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 or holiday.

• 1,345 New COVID-19 cases (2,784,276 cases to date)
• 21 New deaths due to COVID-19 (30,376 deaths to date)
• 1,310 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 11,361,000 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
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	2,784,276
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,633,250
— Long Beach	123,518
— Pasadena	27,508
Deaths	30,376
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	28,776
— Long Beach	1,203
— Pasadena	397
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	80782
– 5 to 11	234343
– 12 to 17	228964
– 18 to 29	587385
– 30 to 49	839737
– 50 to 64	435787
– 65 to 79	168614
–  over 80	54782
–  Under Investigation	2856
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1338180
–  Male	1220015
–  Other	960
–  Under Investigation	74095
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	4861
–  Asian	159358
–  Black	131704
–  Hispanic/Latino	1207705
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13597
–  White	334880
–  Other	289072
–  Under Investigation	492073
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	131759
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	69
–  Asian	3610
–  Black	2644
–  Hispanic/Latino	14907
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	104
–  White	7070
–  Other	291
–  Under Investigation	81