School Waiver Process Not Opening at this Time
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 58 new deaths and 1,642 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 235,386 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 5,663 deaths.
The state is monitoring all counties to determine their progress in slowing the spread of COVID-19. L.A. County must stay below 100 cases per 100,000 people 14-day case rate thresholds for three consecutive days to be removed from the state’s COVID-19 county monitoring list.
Today, the 14-day case rate per 100,000 people for L.A. County is 198 cases per 100,000 residents, and we are grateful to see this number come down. We need to continuing taking all the steps we have these past weeks so that community transmission rates are low enough for us to continue our recovery journey.
At this point, the school waiver process will not be reopening for applications.
"Our deepest sympathies go out to everyone who has lost a loved one or friend to COVID-19," said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “A very important part of our recovery is getting our children back to schools. Yesterday, the state released new guidance about newly permitted activities at all schools across the state to help students at high risk and high need. We will be closely reviewing the new guidance from the state and will be working with the Board to ensure that our Health Officer Orders are adjusted to ensure that when schools open for any new activities, they do so with as much safely as possible for all children and staff. Given the need to review the implications of the new state guidance on school re-opening plans, at this point, we are not ready to open up our waiver process for schools."
Information regarding confirmed cases of COVID-19 among pregnant women is collected. To date, 1,200 pregnant women have tested positive for the virus and 79% of these women were symptomatic. Tragically, two women who were pregnant passed away from COVID-19. Among the 193 infants that were tested for COVID-19 at birth, eight tested positive for the virus and 185 tested negative.
Public Health encourages pregnant women and new mothers to take extra care to avoid being infected. Expecting and new moms should stay home as much as possible. If you must go out, wear a cloth face covering, keep physical distance from anyone who is not from your household, and wash hands frequently. If you are sick or positive for COVID-19 and breastfeeding, wear a mask while breastfeeding or bottle feeding, and be sure to wash your hands before touching the baby or any pump or bottle before using. If possible, ask someone else to feed the baby your breastmilk by bottle. More detailed guidance for expecting and new moms can be found online.
Public Health continues to survey skilled nursing facilities in the County on their compliance with mandated COVID-19 testing and on COVID-19 cases and outbreaks. All 341 skilled nursing facilities responded and provided information about testing and new cases for the week of August 9. From August 9 through August 15, testing was completed for 12,793 nursing home residents and for 21,581 staff. Out of the 341 facilities, 190 were classified as having an outbreak, and of these skilled nursing facilities 123 did not report any additional cases. One hundred and fifty-one facilities were classified as not having an outbreak, and 130 of these did not report any positive test results from this round of testing. The 21 skilled nursing facilities that reported one or more positive cases are required to test all their residents and staff to control any outbreak.
Public health also continues tracking the number of positive cases and deaths among healthcare workers related to the COVID-19 pandemic response. There have been a total 83 deaths and a total of positive 13,626 cases among healthcare workers and first responders in Los Angeles County. Nurses continue to account for the majority of deaths among healthcare workers at 42%. Skilled nursing and assisted living facilities account for one-third of the healthcare workers who have tested positive for the virus and hospitals account for 26%.
Of the 58 new deaths reported today, 24 people that passed away (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena) were over the age of 80 years old, 15 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, nine people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old and five people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49 years old. Forty-three people had underlying health conditions including 20 people over the age of 80 years old, 13 people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, five people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, and five people between the ages of 30 and 49 years old. Five deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach.
Ninety-two percent of the people who died from COVID-19 had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 5,330 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 50% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 24% among White residents, 15% among Asian residents, 10% among African American/Black residents, less than 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races.
There are 1,186 confirmed cases currently hospitalized and 32% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU. The number of daily hospitalizations continues to decrease. Daily hospitalizations peaked to 2,200 patients in mid-July.
Testing results are available for nearly 2,221,000 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive. Upon further investigation, 33 cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.
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
235386
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*
222835
-- Long Beach
10241
-- Pasadena
2310
Deaths
5663
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)
5344
-- Long Beach
208
-- Pasadena
111
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4
3573
- 5 to 11
7856
- 12 to 17
9778
- 18 to 29
55173
- 30 to 49
76749
- 50 to 64
43128
- 65 to 79
17093
- over 80
8121
- Under Investigation
1364
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female
111705
- Male
107955
- Other
97
- Under Investigation
3078
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native
191
- Asian
7012
- Black
6482
- Hispanic/Latino
81013
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
682
- White
17139
- Other
26547
- Under Investigation
83769
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)
16286
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native
10
- Asian
789
- Black
534
- Hispanic/Latino
2690
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
15
- White
1266
- Other
26
- Under Investigation
14
CITY / COMMUNITY**
Cases
Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills
142
680
City of Alhambra
1115
1286
City of Arcadia
434
751
City of Artesia
293
1745
City of Avalon
5
129
City of Azusa
1363
2724
City of Baldwin Park
2547
3318
City of Bell
1411
3884
City of Bell Gardens
1720
3993
City of Bellflower
2131
2741
City of Beverly Hills
606
1756
City of Bradbury
13
1216
City of Burbank
1282
1196
City of Calabasas
229
941
City of Carson
1648
1756
City of Cerritos
510
1019
City of Claremont
332
910
City of Commerce*
510
3902
City of Compton
3600
3603
City of Covina
1217
2482
City of Cudahy
997
4095
City of Culver City
367
921
City of Diamond Bar
488
848
City of Downey
3632
3179
City of Duarte
456
2071
City of El Monte
3943
3362
City of El Segundo
121
721
City of Gardena
1093
1783
City of Glendale
3004
1455
City of Glendora
1129
2140
City of Hawaiian Gardens
482
3284
City of Hawthorne
1762
1985
City of Hermosa Beach
186
946
City of Hidden Hills
7
370
City of Huntington Park
2554
4294
City of Industry
30
6865
City of Inglewood
2575
2267
City of Irwindale
63
4318
City of La Canada Flintridge
157
759
City of La Habra Heights
33
605
City of La Mirada
768
1548
City of La Puente
1360
3342
City of La Verne
406
1220
City of Lakewood
1117
1390
City of Lancaster*
1743
City of Lawndale
574
1708
City of Lomita
220
1061
City of Lynwood*
2904
4031
City of Malibu
93
718
City of Manhattan Beach
309
858
City of Maywood
1270
4528
City of Monrovia
664
1711
City of Montebello
2023
3143
City of Monterey Park
858
1378
City of Norwalk
2937
2729
City of Palmdale
3529
2220
City of Palos Verdes Estates
79
584
City of Paramount
2178
3888
City of Pico Rivera
2149
3343
City of Pomona
4849
3110
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
265
620
City of Redondo Beach
510
742
City of Rolling Hills
8
412
City of Rolling Hills Estates
39
481
City of Rosemead
737
1332
City of San Dimas*
461
1336
City of San Fernando
779
3165
City of San Gabriel
563
1375
City of San Marino
71
535
City of Santa Clarita
2881
1307
City of Santa Fe Springs
485
2641
City of Santa Monica
758
820
City of Sierra Madre
66
601
City of Signal Hill
238
2017
City of South El Monte
719
3443
City of South Gate
3978
4053
City of South Pasadena
247
948
City of Temple City
478
1311
City of Torrance
1262
845
City of Vernon
9
4306
City of Walnut
240
786
City of West Covina
2536
2343
City of West Hollywood
488
1321
City of Westlake Village
28
335
City of Whittier
1974
2258
Los Angeles
95411
2359
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie
237