LA County Public Health – Press Release 05/18/2020

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Media Contact: media@ph.lacounty.gov – (213) 240-8144

For Immediate Release:
May 18, 2020

Los Angeles County Announces 18 New Deaths Related to
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 
477 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 18 new deaths and 477 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Fifteen people who died were over the age of 65 years old and three people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. Fifteen people had underlying health conditions including 12 people over the age of 65 years old and three people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old.

To date, Public Health has identified 38,451 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 1,839 deaths. Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 1,706 people (99 percent of the cases); 39% of deaths occurred among Latinx residents, 29% among White residents, 18% among Asian residents, 12% among African American residents, 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races. As of today, 5,835 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (15% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. There are 1,570 people who are currently hospitalized, 27% of these people are in the ICU and 20% are on ventilators.

Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 350,000 individuals and 9% of people testing positive. Testing capacity also continues to increase across skilled nursing facilities in LA County. With the support from Public Health, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and the City of Los Angeles, 141 skilled nursing facilities have tested all residents and staff. Of the over 3,600 people tested, 402 (11%) tested positive for COVID-19 and only 57 (14%) of the people who tested positive were symptomatic. This highlights the number of people, in any setting, who may be positive for COVID-19 and have no symptoms. Public Health continues to schedule appointments with other skilled nursing facilities to complete testing, conduct on-site inspections and survey bed capacity, staffing capacity and availability of personal protective equipment.

“Many people across our county are experiencing the profound sadness of losing a loved one.  Please know, we as a community mourn with you, and you are in our thoughts and prayers every day,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Because many more people are out than even a week ago, the risk for spreading COVID-19 is greater. It is so important that we all continue to practice physical distancing and wearing cloth face coverings at all times when we are out and around other people to help prevent sharp increase in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.”

Public Health continues to see increases in the number of positive cases and deaths among healthcare workers related to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Public Health has confirmed 26 people who died from COVID-19 worked in a healthcare setting; 20 people who died worked in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, four people worked in hospitals, one person worked in a correctional facility, and one person worked in an outpatient facility. A total of 4,298 confirmed cases of COVID-19 occurred among healthcare workers and first responders; this is an additional 684 new cases reported since the previous week. Six percent of healthcare workers with COVID-19 have been hospitalized. Forty-six percent of cases are among nurses, though cases have been identified among a range of occupational roles, including caregivers, people who work in administration, physicians and medical assistants. About 58% of these cases reported a known source of exposure, and 79% of healthcare workers with known exposure reported being exposed in a healthcare facility. Healthcare workers who are positive worked at 26 different occupational settings, with the vast majority of cases among healthcare workers from skilled nursing facilities and hospitals.

The current Health Officer Order replaces the previous Health Officer Order and allows for retailers and manufacturers, select recreational facilities, and beaches to reopen. Retailers remain closed to public entry and beaches are open for active recreation only. Everyone must follow distancing and infection control protocols, stay at least six feet apart and wear a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both your nose and mouth when in contact with other people not in your household. This Order continues to require that specific higher-risk businesses remain closed and prohibits public and private gatherings of any number of people outside of a single household unit.

Public Health will assess the activities allowed by the Order on an ongoing basis and modify the Order as appropriate. Residents will also be able to track progress on a Recovery Dashboard.  Currently, LA County is in stage two of the five-stage Roadmap to Recovery  and until the final stage five is reached, Health Officer Orders and directives will continue to ensure that we slow spread of COVID-19 to prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities.

An interactive dashboard is available that provides an overview on COVID-19 testing, cases and deaths along with maps and graphs showing testing, cases and death data by community poverty level, age, sex and race/ethnicity. The Health Officer Order, 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.

The best protection against COVID-19 is to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing (especially by staying at home) and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household. 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.

Please see the locations where cases have occurred:

 

CITY / COMMUNITY** Cases Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills 33 158.02
City of Alhambra 149 171.81
City of Arcadia 65 112.55
City of Artesia 21 125.04
City of Avalon 0 0
City of Azusa 119 237.81
City of Baldwin Park 195 254.01
City of Bell 187 514.7
City of Bell Gardens 162 376.12
City of Bellflower 255 328.04
City of Beverly Hills 125 362.11
City of Bradbury 2 187.09
City of Burbank 350 326.55
City of Calabasas 51 209.68
City of Carson 345 367.62
City of Cerritos 88 175.76
City of Claremont 32 87.71
City of Commerce 23 175.99
City of Compton 365 365.35
City of Covina 128 261.05
City of Cudahy 118 484.66
City of Culver City 128 321.08
City of Diamond Bar 49 85.2
City of Downey 437 382.45
City of Duarte 95 431.5
City of El Monte 326 277.99
City of El Segundo 32 190.64
City of Gardena 207 337.63
City of Glendale 853 413.09
City of Glendora 94 178.15
City of Hawaiian Gardens 23 156.72
City of Hawthorne 310 349.15
City of Hermosa Beach 26 132.18
City of Hidden Hills 1 52.91
City of Huntington Park 267 448.86
City of Industry 10 2288.33
City of Inglewood 487 428.77
City of Irwindale 4 274.16
City of La Canada Flintridge 47 227.13
City of La Habra Heights 8 146.65
City of La Mirada 129 260.09
City of La Puente 66 162.17
City of La Verne 24 72.11
City of Lakewood 137 170.48
City of Lancaster* 480 297.08
City of Lawndale 90 267.75
City of Lomita 46 221.91
City of Lynwood* 339 470.53
City of Malibu 35 270.04
City of Manhattan Beach 73 202.78
City of Maywood 132 470.61
City of Monrovia 123 317.01
City of Montebello 253 393.01
City of Monterey Park 119 191.13
City of Norwalk 294 273.18
City of Palmdale 576 362.34
City of Palos Verdes Estates 42 310.6
City of Paramount 205 365.92
City of Pico Rivera 336 522.68
City of Pomona 304 194.96
City of Rancho Palos Verdes 80 187.15
City of Redondo Beach 126 183.41
City of Rolling Hills 2 103.09
City of Rolling Hills Estates 13 160.24
City of Rosemead 68 122.85
City of San Dimas 39 112.99
City of San Fernando 161 654.15
City of San Gabriel 82 200.22
City of San Marino 19 143.1
City of Santa Clarita 583 264.49
City of Santa Fe Springs 39 212.37
City of Santa Monica 241 260.69
City of Sierra Madre 8 72.8
City of Signal Hill 18 152.58
City of South El Monte 54 258.56
City of South Gate 370 376.95
City of South Pasadena 111 426.05
City of Temple City 107 293.51
City of Torrance 339 227.11
City of Vernon 1 478.47
City of Walnut 33 108.08
City of West Covina 208 192.17
City of West Hollywood 158 427.59
City of Westlake Village 6 71.77
City of Whittier 214 244.76
Los Angeles 18,540 458.39
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie 37 451.11
Los Angeles – Alsace 42 337.48
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest 0 0
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights 13 519.58
Los Angeles – Arleta 204 593.54
Los Angeles – Atwater Village 41 279.56
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills 120 385.54
Los Angeles – Bel Air 32 379.64
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest 36 287.43
Los Angeles – Beverlywood 34 258.1
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights* 401 461.53
Los Angeles – Brentwood 74 239.06
Los Angeles – Brookside 0 0
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning 26 365.12
Los Angeles – Canoga Park 428 655.55
Los Angeles – Carthay 71 494.33
Los Angeles – Central 241 618.08
Los Angeles – Century City 34 265.79
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove 162 479.77
Los Angeles – Chatsworth 156 420.93
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills 19 207.17
Los Angeles – Chinatown 14 174.54
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran 52 357.31
Los Angeles – Country Club Park 79 521.35
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District 64 462.8
Los Angeles – Crestview 78 686.14
Los Angeles – Del Rey 63 210.45
Los Angeles – Downtown* 97 352.64
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock 141 356.16
Los Angeles – East Hollywood 190 648.75
Los Angeles – Echo Park 40 280.58
Los Angeles – El Sereno 137 327.69
Los Angeles – Elysian Park 13 227.59
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley 38 373.61
Los Angeles – Encino 115 254.58
Los Angeles – Exposition 6 180.4
Los Angeles – Exposition Park 203 451.94
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights 4 111.11
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square 28 321.06
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone 263 554.33
Los Angeles – Glassell Park 153 484.12
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place 51 473.8
Los Angeles – Granada Hills 226 388.38
Los Angeles – Green Meadows 117 544.06
Los Angeles – Hancock Park 71 416.69
Los Angeles – Harbor City 65 223.6
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway 104 238.53
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines 8 332.09
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights 98 543.39
Los Angeles – Harvard Park 213 561.49
Los Angeles – Highland Park 145 299.64
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown 97 699.35
Los Angeles – Hollywood 231 338.44
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills 76 258.2
Los Angeles – Hyde Park 112 392.42
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park 29 359.22
Los Angeles – Koreatown 210 406.24
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square 15 329.02
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa 156 369.62
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace 89 677.68
Los Angeles – Leimert Park 46 301.94
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights 183 561.4
Los Angeles – Little Armenia 167 2081
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh 104 366.93
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo 11 351.1
Los Angeles – Longwood 17 394.98
Los Angeles – Los Feliz 43 199
Los Angeles – Manchester Square 18 210.87
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon 1 32.01
Los Angeles – Mar Vista 72 169.53
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula 9 206.42
Los Angeles – Melrose 460 592.05
Los Angeles – Mid-city 44 292.75
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile 39 216.85
Los Angeles – Mission Hills 122 505.72
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington 70 289.92
Los Angeles – North Hills 321 521.32
Los Angeles – North Hollywood 565 373.13
Los Angeles – Northridge 251 359.61
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades 45 211.36
Los Angeles – Pacoima 531 689.8
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands 3 78
Los Angeles – Palms 171 389.73
Los Angeles – Panorama City 568 754.82
Los Angeles – Park La Brea 16 117.82
Los Angeles – Pico-Union 430 1027.68
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey 2 62.58
Los Angeles – Playa Vista 22 200.97
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch 72 202.32
Los Angeles – Rancho Park 12 182.93
Los Angeles – Regent Square 3 107.91
Los Angeles – Reseda 399 520.77
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch 29 625.54
Los Angeles – Reynier Village 10 236.52
Los Angeles – San Pedro* 799 1023.86
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills 10 225.12
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks 201 230.36
Los Angeles – Silverlake 154 349.34
Los Angeles – South Carthay 28 264.28
Los Angeles – South Park 223 587.45
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village 37 807.16
Los Angeles – Studio City 67 298.57
Los Angeles – Sun Valley 236 449.67
Los Angeles – Sunland 120 588
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square 1 154.56
Los Angeles – Sylmar* 602 730.6
Los Angeles – Tarzana 108 349.79
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry 237 600.27
Los Angeles – Thai Town 25 254.87
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake 16 183.82
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace 4 306.28
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods 3 161.46
Los Angeles – Tujunga 100 359.58
Los Angeles – University Hills 9 262.47
Los Angeles – University Park 133 484.41
Los Angeles – Valley Glen 109 363.14
Los Angeles – Valley Village 179 724.11
Los Angeles – Van Nuys 552 592.31
Los Angeles – Venice 60 177.07
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls 108 627.91
Los Angeles – Vermont Square 69 901.14
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista 233 565.73
Los Angeles – Vernon Central 387 744.26
Los Angeles – Victoria Park 46 547.68
Los Angeles – View Heights 8 216.57
Los Angeles – Watts 176 412.43
Los Angeles – Wellington Square 17 345.88
Los Angeles – West Adams 167 604.42
Los Angeles – West Hills 113 278.7
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles 66 175.36
Los Angeles – West Vernon 343 639.4
Los Angeles – Westchester 84 162.78
Los Angeles – Westlake 505 850.81
Los Angeles – Westwood 60 110.89
Los Angeles – Wholesale District* 453 1253.84
Los Angeles – Wilmington 156 276.17
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center 181 360.77
Los Angeles – Winnetka 240 463.45
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills 146 214.53
Unincorporated – Acton 10 125.45
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce 4 96.2
Unincorporated – Altadena 124 284.27
Unincorporated – Anaverde 1 66.31
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest 0 0
Unincorporated – Arcadia 6 75.18
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont 170 400.55
Unincorporated – Athens Village 22 449.25
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights 15 221.4
Unincorporated – Azusa 40 251.21
Unincorporated – Bassett 49 330.7
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon 0 0
Unincorporated – Bradbury 0 0
Unincorporated – Canyon Country 33 427.02
Unincorporated – Castaic* 276 1015.04
Unincorporated – Cerritos 0 0
Unincorporated – Charter Oak 0 0
Unincorporated – Claremont 0 0
Unincorporated – Covina 45 267.55
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak) 28 213.02
Unincorporated – Del Aire 12 273.16
Unincorporated – Del Rey 0 0
Unincorporated – Del Sur 2 82.82
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands 5 200.56
Unincorporated – Duarte 14 316.17
Unincorporated – East Covina 0 0
Unincorporated – East La Mirada 10 188.96
Unincorporated – East Lancaster 0 0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles 564 450.23
Unincorporated – East Pasadena 3 46.85
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez 33 215.57
Unincorporated – East Whittier 7 131.93
Unincorporated – El Camino Village 16 182
Unincorporated – El Monte 0 0
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake 3 180.61
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone 375 579.55
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon 0 0
Unincorporated – Glendora 2 303.03
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights 87 155.56
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway 0 0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne 4 159.11
Unincorporated – Hi Vista 0 0
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons 4 283.29
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose 24 121.21
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights 0 0
Unincorporated – La Rambla 7 337.35
Unincorporated – La Verne 3 147.06
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights 17 240.42
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes 0 0
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles 27 207.79
Unincorporated – Lake Manor 3 182.59
Unincorporated – Lakewood 0 0
Unincorporated – Lennox 82 363.77
Unincorporated – Leona Valley 2 114.22
Unincorporated – Littlerock 14 348.17
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills 2 154.2
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom 15 420.29
Unincorporated – Llano 1 114.03
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey 14 148.76
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile 0 0
Unincorporated – Monrovia 17 438.03
Unincorporated – Newhall 0 0
Unincorporated – North Lancaster 4 333.89
Unincorporated – North Whittier 9 107.66
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel 30 124.81
Unincorporated – Palmdale 4 475.06
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula 0 0
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano 2 102.25
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village 0 0
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon 0 0
Unincorporated – Pomona 1 51.6
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill 31 240.2
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez 13 488.54
Unincorporated – Roosevelt 0 0
Unincorporated – Rosewood 5 388.8
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena 0 0
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez 15 446.3
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights 82 160.71
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island 0 0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon 0 0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills 40 197.81
Unincorporated – San Pasqual 1 49.14
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon 0 0
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island 2 749.06
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains 20 107.41
Unincorporated – Saugus 4 2580.65
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country 0 0
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley 0 0
Unincorporated – South El Monte 2 111.42
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel 24 271.25
Unincorporated – South Whittier 105 177.3
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley 0 0
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch 28 133.55
Unincorporated – Sun Village 10 165.67
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village 2 154.32
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain 4 241.25
Unincorporated – Val Verde 14 423.09
Unincorporated – Valencia 7 227.86
Unincorporated – Valinda 51 218.22
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills 31 266.44
Unincorporated – Walnut Park 71 439.82
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley 2 132.36
Unincorporated – West Carson 85 384.86
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth 0 0
Unincorporated – West LA 21 220.88
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley 32 325.37
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez 5 367.92
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos 85 315.69
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills 0 0
Unincorporated – Westhills 0 0
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms 3 81.46
Unincorporated – Whittier 10 264.27
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows 0 0
Unincorporated – Willowbrook 121 346.58
Unincorporated – Wiseburn 10 165.92
–  Under Investigation 1,692  

*These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation.

 **– means that case numbers are suppressed (between 1 and 4 cases in communities <25,000 people).

 ***Rate is crude and is per 100,000.

         Spanish https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index-sp.html

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