18,849 New Positive Cases and 29 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in LA County Since Saturday

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

• 18,849 New COVID-19 cases (3,225,697 cases to date)

  • Monday 7/18 – 3,943

  • Sunday 7/17 – 7,403

  • Saturday 7/16 – 7,503

• 29 New deaths due to COVID-19 (32,537 deaths to date)

  • Monday 7/18 - 4

  • Sunday 7/17 - 6

  • Saturday 7/16 - 19

• Hospitalization numbers are unavailable due to the delay in reporting from the California Department of Public Health

• More than 12,275,000 individuals tested; 23% 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.

**Hospital numbers are currently unavailable due to the delay in weekend reporting from the State

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

• 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