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Press Release: Los Angeles County Announces 46 New Deaths Related to 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) 1,204 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 05/21/2020 01:52 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
May 21, 2020

Los Angeles County Announces 46 New Deaths Related to
2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
1,204 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 46 new deaths and 1,204 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Twenty-eight people who died were over the age of 65 years old and 12 people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. Thirty people had underlying health conditions including 20 people over the age of 65 years old and 10 people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. Three deaths were reported by the City of Long Beach and three deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena.

To date, Public Health has identified 42,037 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 2,016 deaths. Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 1,863 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health) 39% of deaths occurred among Latinx residents, 29% among White residents, 17% 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, 24 cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. As of today, 6,026 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (14% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 403,000 individuals and 9% of people testing positive.

“To those of you who are suffering and grieving because of the loss of a loved one to COVID-19, we offer you our deepest condolences. We are thinking of you every day,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As more businesses and spaces are open, as individuals and institutions, we can take care of each other by continuing to practice physical distancing, wearing cloth face coverings, and following all of the directives for safer practices at businesses and in public spaces. We can do this, because we’ve done it. We have worked together doing our part to save lives.”

Staying home, physical distancing and wearing cloth face coverings has resulted in a decreased number of new infections. Based on data from the Recovery Dashboard and key recovery indicators, Public Health is noting that the 7-day average of deaths per day decreased for most groups and the 3-day average for the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 also decreased. The 7-day average of deaths per day is 37, a 12% decrease from the prior 7-day average. The 3-day average for current hospitalizations per day is 1,532, a 15% decrease from the prior 3-day average. LA County is on target for maintaining adequate hospital capacity, including capacity in intensive care units and adequate numbers of ventilators, and approaching the goal of testing 15,000 people per day. The County is also on target for contacting tracing and other indictors found on the Recovery Dashboard.

As the recovery journey continues and more people are out of their homes, it may be more difficult to slow the spread of COVID-19. Because there is a 14-day incubation period for COVID-19, the actions everyone takes today will impact where these numbers are in two or three weeks. Everyone must continue to 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. Businesses will need to continue to implement their physical distancing and infection control practices that protect both employees and customers. 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 (especially by staying at home) and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household.

Current Health Officer Orders allow for retailers and manufacturers, select recreational facilities, and beaches to reopen and require specific higher-risk businesses to remain closed. Retailers remain closed to public entry, beaches are open for active recreation only, and public and private gatherings of any number of people outside of a single household unit are still not permitted. 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. 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 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.

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	42037
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	39853
-- Long Beach	1400
-- Pasadena	784
Deaths	2016
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	1874
-- Long Beach	65
-- Pasadena	77
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 17	1601
- 18 to 40	14063
- 41 to 65	16040
- over 65	7991
- Under Investigation	158
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	19630
- Male	19915
- Other	9
- Under Investigation	299
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	31
- Asian	2645
- Black	1720
- Hispanic/Latino	14197
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	266
- White	5175
- Other	1766
- Under Investigation	14053
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	6026
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2
- Asian	324
- Black	230
- Hispanic/Latino	733
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	15
- White	538
- Other	21
- Under Investigation	11
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	33	158.02
City of Alhambra	163	187.95
City of Arcadia	69	119.47
City of Artesia	22	130.99
City of Avalon	0	0
City of Azusa	128	255.8
City of Baldwin Park	224	291.78
City of Bell	232	638.56
City of Bell Gardens	194	450.42
City of Bellflower	300	385.93
City of Beverly Hills	126	365.01
City of Bradbury	3	280.64
City of Burbank	363	338.68
City of Calabasas	52	213.79
City of Carson	361	384.67
City of Cerritos	98	195.74
City of Claremont	33	90.45
City of Commerce	41	313.72
City of Compton	419	419.4
City of Covina	136	277.37
City of Cudahy	147	603.77
City of Culver City	134	336.13
City of Diamond Bar	54	93.89
City of Downey	483	422.71
City of Duarte	100	454.22
City of El Monte	371	316.37
City of El Segundo	32	190.64
City of Gardena	220	358.83
City of Glendale	876	424.23
City of Glendora	109	206.58
City of Hawaiian Gardens	31	211.23
City of Hawthorne	341	384.07
City of Hermosa Beach	28	142.35
City of Hidden Hills	1	52.91
City of Huntington Park	330	554.77
City of Industry	11	2517.16
City of Inglewood	517	455.18
City of Irwindale	4	274.16
City of La Canada Flintridge	48	231.96
City of La Habra Heights	8	146.65
City of La Mirada	140	282.26
City of La Puente	83	203.95
City of La Verne	25	75.12
City of Lakewood	146	181.68
City of Lancaster*	503	311.32
City of Lawndale	94	279.65
City of Lomita	48	231.56
City of Lynwood*	392	544.09
City of Malibu	35	270.04
City of Manhattan Beach	74	205.56
City of Maywood	158	563.3
City of Monrovia	131	337.63
City of Montebello	304	472.23
City of Monterey Park	124	199.16
City of Norwalk	327	303.84
City of Palmdale	599	376.81
City of Palos Verdes Estates	41	303.21
City of Paramount	233	415.9
City of Pico Rivera	378	588.02
City of Pomona	328	210.35
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	81	189.49
City of Redondo Beach	131	190.69
City of Rolling Hills	2	103.09
City of Rolling Hills Estates	14	172.56
City of Rosemead	71	128.27
City of San Dimas	40	115.89
City of San Fernando	173	702.91
City of San Gabriel	88	214.88
City of San Marino	21	158.17
City of Santa Clarita	623	282.64
City of Santa Fe Springs	49	266.83
City of Santa Monica	244	263.94
City of Sierra Madre	9	81.9
City of Signal Hill	18	152.58
City of South El Monte	65	311.23
City of South Gate	422	429.93
City of South Pasadena	119	456.76
City of Temple City	119	326.43
City of Torrance	345	231.13
City of Vernon	1	478.47
City of Walnut	35	114.63
City of West Covina	252	232.83
City of West Hollywood	165	446.54
City of Westlake Village	6	71.77
City of Whittier	259	296.23
Los Angeles	19941	493.03
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	40	487.69
Los Angeles - Alsace	44	353.56
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	14	559.55
Los Angeles - Arleta	217	631.36
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	43	293.2
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	142	456.22
Los Angeles - Bel Air	33	391.51
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	36	287.43
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	33	250.51
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	496	570.88
Los Angeles - Brentwood	74	239.06
Los Angeles - Brookside	0	0
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	27	379.16
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	441	675.46
Los Angeles - Carthay	72	501.29
Los Angeles - Central	277	710.4
Los Angeles - Century City	32	250.16
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	174	515.31
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	160	431.72
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	19	207.17
Los Angeles - Chinatown	15	187.01
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	53	364.19
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	82	541.15
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	66	477.26
Los Angeles - Crestview	79	694.93
Los Angeles - Del Rey	65	217.13
Los Angeles - Downtown*	115	418.08
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	150	378.89
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	197	672.65
Los Angeles - Echo Park	41	287.6
Los Angeles - El Sereno	144	344.43
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	16	280.11
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	42	412.94
Los Angeles - Encino	115	254.58
Los Angeles - Exposition	7	210.46
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	212	471.98
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	4	111.11
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	33	378.4
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	281	592.26
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	169	534.74
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	52	483.09
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	237	407.28
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	128	595.21
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	75	440.17
Los Angeles - Harbor City	70	240.8
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	111	254.59
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	8	332.09
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	107	593.29
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	238	627.39
Los Angeles - Highland Park	155	320.31
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	112	807.5
Los Angeles - Hollywood	248	363.35
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	77	261.6
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	123	430.96
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	34	421.16
Los Angeles - Koreatown	230	444.93
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	16	350.95
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	167	395.68
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	97	738.6
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	50	328.19
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	189	579.81
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	172	2143.3
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	111	391.63
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	13	414.94
Los Angeles - Longwood	19	441.45
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	46	212.88
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	18	210.87
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	1	32.01
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	75	176.59
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	10	229.36
Los Angeles - Melrose	484	622.94
Los Angeles - Mid-city	48	319.36
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	40	222.41
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	126	522.3
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	73	302.34
Los Angeles - North Hills	343	557.04
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	586	387
Los Angeles - Northridge	274	392.57
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	45	211.36
Los Angeles - Pacoima	577	749.56
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	3	78
Los Angeles - Palms	176	401.12
Los Angeles - Panorama City	603	801.33
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	17	125.18
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	456	1089.81
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	2	62.58
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	22	200.97
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	80	224.79
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	12	182.93
Los Angeles - Regent Square	3	107.91
Los Angeles - Reseda	446	582.12
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	29	625.54
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	10	236.52
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	807	1034.11
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	10	225.12
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	207	237.24
Los Angeles - Silverlake	159	360.68
Los Angeles - South Carthay	30	283.15
Los Angeles - South Park	260	684.91
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	41	894.42
Los Angeles - Studio City	71	316.4
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	246	468.72
Los Angeles - Sunland	125	612.5
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	1	154.56
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	647	785.21
Los Angeles - Tarzana	119	385.41
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	264	668.66
Los Angeles - Thai Town	27	275.26
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	16	183.82
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	5	382.85
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	3	161.46
Los Angeles - Tujunga	105	377.56
Los Angeles - University Hills	11	320.79
Los Angeles - University Park	142	517.19
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	110	366.47
Los Angeles - Valley Village	189	764.56
Los Angeles - Van Nuys	593	636.31
Los Angeles - Venice	62	182.97
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	115	668.6
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	74	966.44
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	257	624
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	440	846.19
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	50	595.31
Los Angeles - View Heights	8	216.57
Los Angeles - Watts	202	473.36
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	20	406.92
Los Angeles - West Adams	174	629.75
Los Angeles - West Hills	126	310.77
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	69	183.34
Los Angeles - West Vernon	375	699.05
Los Angeles - Westchester	86	166.66
Los Angeles - Westlake	568	956.95
Los Angeles - Westwood	61	112.74
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	533	1475.27
Los Angeles - Wilmington	174	308.04
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	202	402.63
Los Angeles - Winnetka	253	488.55
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	148	217.47
Unincorporated - Acton	10	125.45
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	6	144.3
Unincorporated - Altadena	129	295.74
Unincorporated - Anaverde	1	66.31
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	0	0
Unincorporated - Arcadia	6	75.18
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	189	445.31
Unincorporated - Athens Village	22	449.25
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	19	280.44
Unincorporated - Azusa	45	282.61
Unincorporated - Bassett	71	479.18
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Bradbury	0	0
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	35	452.9
Unincorporated - Castaic*	287	1055.5
Unincorporated - Cerritos	0	0
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	0	0
Unincorporated - Covina	52	309.17
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	35	266.28
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	15	338.75
Unincorporated - East Covina	0	0
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	11	207.86
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	659	526.07
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	3	46.85
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	36	235.17
Unincorporated - East Whittier	7	131.93
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	19	216.13
Unincorporated - El Monte	0	0
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	3	180.61
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	433	669.19
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Glendora	2	303.03
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	104	185.96
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	5	198.89
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	1	91.07
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	5	354.11
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	26	131.31
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	0	0
Unincorporated - La Rambla	7	337.35
Unincorporated - La Verne	3	147.06
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	18	254.56
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	1	149.7
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	27	207.79
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	3	182.59
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	85	377.07
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	2	114.22
Unincorporated - Littlerock	14	348.17
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	2	154.2
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	19	532.36
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	10	119.62
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	37	153.94
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	33	255.7
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	104	203.83
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	49	242.32
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	4	222.84
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	26	293.85
Unincorporated - South Whittier	131	221.2
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	0	0
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	29	138.32
Unincorporated - Sun Village	11	182.24
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	2	154.32
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	4	241.25
Unincorporated - Val Verde	15	453.31
Unincorporated - Valencia	7	227.86
Unincorporated - Valinda	64	273.84
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	31	266.44
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	89	551.32
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	2	132.36
Unincorporated - West Carson	90	407.5
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated - West LA	22	2310.92
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	34	345.7
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	5	367.92
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	100	371.4
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	0	0
Unincorporated - Westhills	0	0
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	3	81.46
Unincorporated - Whittier	12	317.12
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	0	0
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	133	380.95
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	13	215.7
- Under Investigation	2008

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Twenty-four cases reported earlier were not LA County residents.

* 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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