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Press Release: Los Angeles County Announces 29 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - 694 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 05/17/2020 02:12 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
May 17, 2020

Los Angeles County Announces 29 New Deaths Related to
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
694 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 29 new deaths and 694 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Twenty-four people who died were over the age of 65 years old, four people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65 years old and one person between the ages of 18 to 40 years old. Sixteen people had underlying health conditions including 14 people over the age of 65 years old, one person between the ages of 41 to 65 years old and one person between the ages of 18 to 40 years old.

To date, Public Health has identified 37,974 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 1,821 deaths. Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 1,688 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. Upon further investigation, 23 cases and one death reported earlier were not LA County residents.

As of today, 5,816 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (16% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. There are 1,648 people who are currently hospitalized, 26% of these people are in the ICU and 19% are on ventilators. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 309,000 individuals and 11% of people testing positive.

The Health Officer Order issued earlier this week, replaced the previous Health Officer Order and allows for retailers and manufacturers, select recreational facilities, and beaches to reopen. All retailers can reopen for curbside, door-side, outside pickup, or delivery only and manufacturing and logistic businesses that supply retail businesses can also reopen. Before retail businesses, manufacturing and logistic businesses reopen, they are required to prepare, implement and post their plan for adhering to directives including distancing and infection control practices that protect both employees and customers. Select recreational facilities, community gardens, and beaches for active recreation are now open. Everyone must continue to practice staying at least six feet apart and wearing a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both your nose and mouth when you are 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.

“To the many people experiencing the profound sadness of losing someone they love to COVID-19, we are deeply sorry. You are in our thoughts and prayers through these difficult times,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “More people will be out of their homes now that we are in the early stages of our recovery journey, and this means there will be more chances of coming in contact with asymptomatic people who are infected with COVID-19. If you have an underlying health condition – like chronic lung disease, asthma, a serious heart condition, HIV, or another condition that affects your immune system – it is so important that you continue to do your best to stay home as much as possible, avoid close contact with others, and if you begin to feel sick contact your provider immediately. It’s also a good idea to talk to employers and friends and let them know you are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19.”

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 the 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. To view Public Health's COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard, visit: http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/.

The Health Officer Order, 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 additional information below:

	Total Cases	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases*	37974	694
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	36019	623
-- Long Beach	1271	57
-- Pasadena	684	14
Deaths	1821	29
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	1701	29
-- Long Beach	51	0
-- Pasadena	69	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 17	1295
- 18 to 40	12531
- 41 to 65	14619
- over 65	7452
- Under Investigation	122
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	17741
- Male	18002
- Other	9
- Under Investigation	267
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	27
- Asian	2480
- Black	1580
- Hispanic/Latino	12467
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	256
- White	4514
- Other	1542
- Under Investigation	13153
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	5816
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2
- Asian	299
- Black	207
- Hispanic/Latino	653
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	16
- White	493
- Other	18
- Under Investigation	13
CITY / COMMUNITY**		Rate**
City of Agoura Hills	33	158.02
City of Alhambra	149	171.81
City of Arcadia	65	112.55
City of Artesia	20	119.08
City of Avalon	0	0
City of Azusa	118	235.81
City of Baldwin Park	192	250.1
City of Bell	185	509.19
City of Bell Gardens	159	369.16
City of Bellflower	247	317.75
City of Beverly Hills	125	362.11
City of Bradbury	2	187.09
City of Burbank	345	321.89
City of Calabasas	51	209.68
City of Carson	344	366.56
City of Cerritos	86	171.77
City of Claremont	31	84.97
City of Commerce	22	168.34
City of Compton	358	358.34
City of Covina	127	259.01
City of Cudahy	116	476.44
City of Culver City	128	321.08
City of Diamond Bar	49	85.2
City of Downey	405	354.45
City of Duarte	95	431.5
City of El Monte	323	275.44
City of El Segundo	32	190.64
City of Gardena	207	337.63
City of Glendale	852	412.6
City of Glendora	92	174.36
City of Hawaiian Gardens	23	156.72
City of Hawthorne	305	343.52
City of Hermosa Beach	26	132.18
City of Hidden Hills	1	52.91
City of Huntington Park	264	443.82
City of Industry	10	2288.33
City of Inglewood	480	422.6
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	127	256.05
City of La Puente	65	159.72
City of La Verne	24	72.11
City of Lakewood	136	169.23
City of Lancaster*	469	290.28
City of Lawndale	86	255.85
City of Lomita	46	221.91
City of Lynwood*	333	462.2
City of Malibu	35	270.04
City of Manhattan Beach	73	202.78
City of Maywood	130	463.47
City of Monrovia	123	317.01
City of Montebello	250	388.35
City of Monterey Park	119	191.13
City of Norwalk	289	268.53
City of Palmdale	566	356.05
City of Palos Verdes Estates	42	310.6
City of Paramount	201	358.78
City of Pico Rivera	325	505.57
City of Pomona	298	191.11
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	78	182.47
City of Redondo Beach	123	179.05
City of Rolling Hills	2	103.09
City of Rolling Hills Estates	13	160.24
City of Rosemead	67	121.05
City of San Dimas	39	112.99
City of San Fernando	160	650.09
City of San Gabriel	81	197.78
City of San Marino	19	143.1
City of Santa Clarita	579	262.68
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	17	144.1
City of South El Monte	54	258.56
City of South Gate	365	371.86
City of South Pasadena	110	422.22
City of Temple City	107	293.51
City of Torrance	338	226.44
City of Vernon	1	478.47
City of Walnut	32	104.81
City of West Covina	205	189.4
City of West Hollywood	156	422.18
City of Westlake Village	6	71.77
City of Whittier	214	244.76
Los Angeles	18304	452.55
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	37	451.11
Los Angeles - Alsace	40	321.41
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	12	479.62
Los Angeles - Arleta	200	581.9
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	41	279.56
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	115	369.48
Los Angeles - Bel Air	32	379.64
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	36	287.43
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	34	258.1
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	399	459.23
Los Angeles - Brentwood	74	239.06
Los Angeles - Brookside	0	0
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	26	365.12
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	425	650.95
Los Angeles - Carthay	71	494.33
Los Angeles - Central	237	607.82
Los Angeles - Century City	33	257.97
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	158	467.93
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	153	412.83
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	19	207.17
Los Angeles - Chinatown	14	174.54
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	50	343.57
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	62	207.11
Los Angeles - Downtown*	97	352.64
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	142	358.69
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	189	645.34
Los Angeles - Echo Park	40	280.58
Los Angeles - El Sereno	135	322.9
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	13	227.59
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	38	373.61
Los Angeles - Encino	112	247.94
Los Angeles - Exposition	6	180.4
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	201	447.49
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	4	111.11
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	27	309.6
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	257	541.68
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	152	480.95
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	51	473.8
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	220	378.07
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	114	530.11
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	71	416.69
Los Angeles - Harbor City	64	220.16
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	100	229.36
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	8	332.09
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	95	526.75
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	205	540.4
Los Angeles - Highland Park	142	293.44
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	96	692.14
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	155	367.25
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	86	654.84
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	45	295.37
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	182	558.33
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	165	2056.07
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	105	370.46
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	10	319.18
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	457	588.19
Los Angeles - Mid-city	44	292.75
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	39	216.85
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	120	497.43
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	69	285.77
Los Angeles - North Hills	318	516.44
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	559	369.17
Los Angeles - Northridge	246	352.45
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	44	206.66
Los Angeles - Pacoima	519	674.21
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	3	78
Los Angeles - Palms	171	389.73
Los Angeles - Panorama City	559	742.86
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	16	117.82
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	422	1008.56
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	393	512.94
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	27	582.4
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	199	228.07
Los Angeles - Silverlake	153	347.07
Los Angeles - South Carthay	28	264.28
Los Angeles - South Park	219	576.91
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	37	807.16
Los Angeles - Studio City	67	298.57
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	234	445.86
Los Angeles - Sunland	119	583.1
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	1	154.56
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	589	714.82
Los Angeles - Tarzana	105	340.07
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	234	592.68
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	98	352.39
Los Angeles - University Hills	9	262.47
Los Angeles - University Park	130	473.48
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	108	359.81
Los Angeles - Valley Village	179	724.11
Los Angeles - Van Nuys	543	582.66
Los Angeles - Venice	60	177.07
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	104	604.65
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	69	901.14
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	229	556.01
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	383	736.57
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	46	547.68
Los Angeles - View Heights	8	216.57
Los Angeles - Watts	170	398.37
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	17	345.88
Los Angeles - West Adams	164	593.56
Los Angeles - West Hills	109	268.84
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	66	175.36
Los Angeles - West Vernon	338	630.08
Los Angeles - Westchester	84	162.78
Los Angeles - Westlake	499	840.7
Los Angeles - Westwood	60	110.89
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	447	1237.23
Los Angeles - Wilmington	155	274.4
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	178	354.79
Los Angeles - Winnetka	238	459.58
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	145	213.06
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	169	398.19
Unincorporated - Athens Village	22	449.25
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	15	221.4
Unincorporated - Azusa	39	244.93
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)	27	205.42
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	558	445.44
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	365	564.1
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Glendora	2	303.03
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	86	153.77
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	81	359.33
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	8	95.69
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	28	116.49
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	23	259.95
Unincorporated - South Whittier	102	172.23
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	48	205.38
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	31	266.44
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	69	427.43
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	2	132.36
Unincorporated - West Carson	84	380.33
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated - West LA	21	2205.88
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	32	325.37
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	5	367.92
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	83	308.26
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	116	332.25
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	10	165.92
- Under Investigation	1711

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Twenty-three cases and one death reported earlier were not in Public Health's jurisdiction.

* Means that case numbers include cases associated with correctional facility outbreaks located in the city/community.

**Rate is crude and is per 100,000. This represents the number of cases per 100,000 people and allows for the proportional comparison of cities of different sizes.

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
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Press Release: Los Angeles County Announces 29 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) - 694 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County Announces 29 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 694 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County Announces 29 New Deaths Related to
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
694 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County