Public Health Reports 1,188 New Positive Cases and 36 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 Holiday weekend.

• 1,188 New COVID-19 cases (2,785,449 cases to date)
• 36 New deaths due to COVID-19 (30,411 deaths to date)
• 1,276 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 11,360,000 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	2,785,449	1188
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	2,634,423	1188
— Long Beach	123,518	0
— Pasadena	27,508	0
Deaths	30,411	36
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	28,811	36
— Long Beach	1,203	0
— Pasadena	397	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	80832
– 5 to 11	234418
– 12 to 17	229033
– 18 to 29	587611
– 30 to 49	840098
– 50 to 64	435999
– 65 to 79	168745
–  over 80	54831
–  Under Investigation	2856
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1338825
–  Male	1220634
–  Other	962
–  Under Investigation	74002
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	4861
–  Asian	159506
–  Black	131794
–  Hispanic/Latino	1208631
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	13586
–  White	335219
–  Other	288941
–  Under Investigation	491885
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	131768	**DATA  Under reported
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	69
–  Asian	3613
–  Black	2648
–  Hispanic/Latino	14920
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	104
–  White	7084
–  Other	291
–  Under Investigation	82