Los Angeles County Announces 34 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus
- avdailynews.com
- Jun 24, 2020
- 5 min read
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 34 new deaths and 1,260 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Twenty-eight people who died were over the age of 65 years old, four people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 years old, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 40 years old. Ten people had underlying health conditions including nine people over the age of 65 years old and one person between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. One death was reported by the City of Long Beach.
To date, Public Health has identified 89,490 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 3,205 deaths. Ninety-three percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 2,982 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 42% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 28% among White residents, 17% among Asian residents, 11% among African American/Black residents, less than 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races. Upon further investigation, 32 cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. There are 1,556 people who are currently hospitalized, 26% of these people are in the ICU and 18% are on ventilators. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 990,000 individuals and 8% of people testing positive.
“To everyone who is facing the sorrow of losing a loved one to COVID-19, we are thinking of you every day and we are so sorry for your loss,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “We continue to work with partners and skilled nursing facilities to make sure they are as safe as possible for both the people who live there and the people who work there. As community spread is increasing in our communities, adherence to infection control practices remains critically important in these facilities. Efforts include ensuring that staff are provided with appropriate personal protective equipment and everyone who can is using a face covering when around others. To date, Public Health has distributed over 4.8 million masks and almost 1 million N-95 masks to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.”
All 315 skilled nursing facilities in LA County, not including the cities of Long Beach and Pasadena, have completed testing of all residents and staff with support from Public Health, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and the City of Los Angeles. This includes facilities that have had outbreaks and facilities that have not yet had outbreaks. Of the over 35,000 tests results currently available from among both residents and staff, 5% tested positive for COVID-19 and 82% of the people testing positive were asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic. Public Health will continue to assist skilled nursing facilities meet the State’s requirements for routine and surveillance testing, respond to outbreaks and provide guidance on the use of personal protective equipment and communications with employees, residents, family members, and other key partners.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of widespread transmission, the best protection against COVID-19 continues to be to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing, and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household. It’s important if someone thinks they could be positive for COVID-19 and are awaiting testing results, to stay at home and act as if they are positive. This means self-isolating for 10 days and 72 hours after symptoms and fever subside, or until they receive a negative result. If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should plan on receiving a call from a contact tracer to discuss how to protect themselves and others, to find out where they may have been, and who they were in close contact with while infectious. People who have underlying health conditions remain at much greater risk for serious illness from COVID-19, so it will continue to be very important for the County's vulnerable residents to stay at home as much as possible, to have groceries and medicine delivered, and to call their providers immediately if they have even mild symptoms.
The Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Surveillance Interactive Dashboard, Roadmap to Recovery, Recovery Dashboard, and additional things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.
Please see additional information below:
Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases
89490
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)
85021
-- Long Beach
3273
-- Pasadena
1196
Deaths
3205
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)
2996
-- Long Beach
121
-- Pasadena
88
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 17
5954
- 18 to 40
34360
- 41 to 65
31816
- over 65
12443
- Under Investigation
448
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female
41916
- Male
42691
- Other
10
- Under Investigation
404
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native
72
- Asian
3690
- Black
2654
- Hispanic/Latino
27990
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
345
- White
7762
- Other
13194
- Under Investigation
29314
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)
7876
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native
5
- Asian
497
- Black
337
- Hispanic/Latino
1264
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
10
- White
836
- Other
33
- Under Investigation
14
CITY / COMMUNITY**
Cases
Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills
49
235
City of Alhambra
369
425
City of Arcadia
141
244
City of Artesia
86
512
City of Avalon
1
26
City of Azusa
362
723
City of Baldwin Park
726
946
City of Bell
589
1621
City of Bell Gardens
592
1374
City of Bellflower
722
929
City of Beverly Hills
203
588
City of Bradbury
6
561
City of Burbank
524
489
City of Calabasas
109
448
City of Carson
600
639
City of Cerritos
196
391
City of Claremont
88
241
City of Commerce*
170
1301
City of Compton
1219
1220
City of Covina
333
679
City of Cudahy
410
1684
City of Culver City
191
479
City of Diamond Bar
115
200
City of Downey
1332
1166
City of Duarte
170
772
City of El Monte
1282
1093
City of El Segundo
44
262
City of Gardena
445
726
City of Glendale
1312
635
City of Glendora
262
497
City of Hawaiian Gardens
154
1049
City of Hawthorne
639
720
City of Hermosa Beach
62
315
City of Hidden Hills
4
212
City of Huntington Park
1006
1691
City of Industry
13
2975
City of Inglewood
906
798
City of Irwindale
11
754
City of La Canada Flintridge
70
338
City of La Habra Heights
13
238
City of La Mirada
283
571
City of La Puente
350
860
City of La Verne
88
264
City of Lakewood
366
455
City of Lancaster*
947
586
City of Lawndale
184
547
City of Lomita
71
343
City of Lynwood*
1161
1611
City of Malibu
48
370
City of Manhattan Beach
105
292
City of Maywood
553
1972
City of Monrovia
249
642
City of Montebello
769
1195
City of Monterey Park
283
455
City of Norwalk
937
871
City of Palmdale
1126
708
City of Palos Verdes Estates
48
355
City of Paramount
706
1260
City of Pico Rivera
829
1290
City of Pomona
1186
761
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
125
292
City of Redondo Beach
182
265
City of Rolling Hills
2
103
City of Rolling Hills Estates
21
259
City of Rosemead
205
370
City of San Dimas
123
356
City of San Fernando
266
1081
City of San Gabriel
206
503
City of San Marino
25
188
City of Santa Clarita
1005
456
City of Santa Fe Springs
123
670
City of Santa Monica
370
400
City of Sierra Madre
28
255
City of Signal Hill
72
610
City of South El Monte
240
1149
City of South Gate
1444
1471
City of South Pasadena
148
568
City of Temple City
211
579
City of Torrance
521
349
City of Vernon
8
3828
City of Walnut
79
259
City of West Covina
744
687
City of West Hollywood
232
628
City of Westlake Village
7
84
City of Whittier
567
649
Los Angeles
39841
985
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie
92
1122
Los Angeles - Alsace
135
1085
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest
2
5000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights
23
919
Los Angeles - Arleta
427
1242
Los Angeles - Atwater Village
69
470
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills
248
797
Los Angeles - Bel Air
43
510
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest
52
415
Los Angeles - Beverlywood
53
402
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*
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