Public Health Reports 2,186 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.

• 2,186 New COVID-19 cases (3,606,007 cases to date)
• 21 New deaths due to COVID-19 (34,492 deaths to date)
• 1,251 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
• More than 12,795,000 individuals tested; 25% of people tested positive to date

As of December 20, 2022, LA County Department of Public Health switched to a new geocoding process to improve the accuracy and completeness of geocoded data. Geocoding is the process of assigning an address to specific geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude). As a result, approximately 1,500 cases (0.04%) were removed from the cumulative count as they were determined to be out of jurisdiction with the improved geocoding. The switch to this improved process also resulted in minor changes to cumulative case/death counts by Supervisor District, Service Planning Area, city/community, and area poverty categories.

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.

^ Data for past dates is subject to change in future reports

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
• Contact Tracing Metrics
• Skilled Nursing Facility Metrics
• Citations due to Health Officer Order Noncompliance
• Outbreaks:
  • Residential Congregate Settings
  • 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

Cases through 12:00pm 12/19/2022
	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	3,606,007
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	3,410,306
— Long Beach	157,460
— Pasadena	38,241
Deaths	34,492
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	32,711
— Long Beach	1,344
— Pasadena	437
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	107,437
– 5 to 11	278,790
– 12 to 17	273,455
– 18 to 29	738,173
– 30 to 49	1,096,204
– 50 to 64	586,171
– 65 to 79	244,790
–  over 80	82,875
–  Under Investigation	2,411
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Female	1,755,324
–  Male	1,565,727
–  Other	1,701
–  Under Investigation	87,554
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	6,494
–  Asian	250,112
–  Black	177,219
–  Hispanic/Latino	1,466,829
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17,223
–  White	468,793
–  Other	389,039
–  Under Investigation	634,597
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  Hospitalized (Ever)	164,371
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
–  American Indian/Alaska Native	78
–  Asian	4,181
–  Black	3,067
–  Hispanic/Latino	16,318
–  Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	113
–  White	8,498
–  Other	374
–  Under Investigation	82