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Press Release: 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

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 05/18/2020 01:50 PM PDT

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 additional information below:

Laboratory Confirmed Cases	38451
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	36459
-- Long Beach	1298
-- Pasadena	694
Deaths	1839
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	1719
-- Long Beach	51
-- Pasadena	69
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 17	1325
- 18 to 40	12723
- 41 to 65	14775
- over 65	7510
- Under Investigation	126
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	17966
- Male	18216
- Other	9
- Under Investigation	268
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	28
- Asian	2489
- Black	1623
- Hispanic/Latino	12769
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	262
- White	4777
- Other	1576
- Under Investigation	12935
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	5835
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2
- Asian	303
- Black	208
- Hispanic/Latino	659
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	15
- White	501
- Other	18
- Under Investigation	13
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	18540	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	2205.88
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	1692

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation.

* 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.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

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World Health Organization https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
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Press Release: 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 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 County Announces 18 New Deaths Related to
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
477 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County