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Press Release: L.A. County Continues to See Decreases and Stabilizing of Key Indicators

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 08/17/2020 02:15 PM PDT

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

For Immediate Release:
August 17, 2020

L.A. County Continues to See Decreases and Stabilizing of Key Indicators

19 New Deaths and 1,185 New Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues seeing decreases and stabilizing of key indicators, including daily hospitalizations and deaths.

There are 1,341 confirmed cases currently hospitalized and 33% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU. In the last month, daily hospitalizations have decreased by 37%, from 2,219 in mid-July to 1,388 in mid-August.

Today, Public Health reports 19 new deaths and 1,185 new cases of COVID-19. In late July, the average daily reported deaths was 43. Now, in mid-August, Public Health is seeing an average of 30 reported deaths per day.

To date, Public Health identified 223,131 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 5,273 deaths. Upon further investigation, four cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Public Health still anticipates receiving backlog cases from the state electronic lab report (ELR). Data sources that track other key indicators, including hospitalizations and deaths, are not affected by this reporting issue.

Of the 19 new deaths, seven people that passed away (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena) were over the age of 80 years old, five people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, four people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, two people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49 years old, and one person who died was between the ages of 18 and 29 years old. Thirteen people had underlying health conditions including six people over the age of 80 years old, three people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, two people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, one person between the ages of 30 and 49 years old, and one person between the ages of 18 and 29 years old.

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 4,960 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.

Testing results are available for more than 2,093,000 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have suffered the loss of someone they love to COVID-19. We are so sorry for your loss," said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. " The data suggests we are heading in the right direction in reducing transmission of the virus, and it is a testament to all of the residents and businesses who understand and take to heart their role in getting us to the other side of this pandemic with fewer cases, illnesses and deaths. Across the country and here in LA County we have seen many reports of gatherings for parties, weddings, worship services and other celebrations resulting in a participant unknowingly infecting other attendees. These gatherings, especially when they are indoors, have significant potential for infecting many people. We all want to be with others - it is natural to want that connection. But non-essential activities carry with them a lot of unnecessary risk, and could easily result in the tragedy of someone becoming very ill and even passing away. Wearing a cloth face covering over your nose and mouth, avoiding gatherings, keeping physical distance from others when you are out of your home, and frequently washing your hands are activities proven to help slow the spread --- but we all must do them and be diligent."

The state is monitoring all counties on six indicators to determine their progress in slowing the spread of COVID-19. These indicators include testing capacity, how much transmission of the virus is happening in a community, how many people are currently hospitalized for COVID-19, and the capacity of hospitals to care for people with COVID-19 with adequate numbers of available Intensive Care Unit beds and ventilators. LA County is meeting five of the state’s six indicators. To meet all six indicators, Public Health has to lower the case rate; this is the number of positive cases in LA County per 100,000 people over a 14-day period. Currently, the County's 14-day cases per 100,000 people is 295, which is significantly higher than the state’s threshold of having fewer than 100 cases per 100,000 people.

The state monitors all counties closely on these indicators to understand their progress on controlling the transmission, to provide technical assistance to counties who need it and to ultimately make decisions about how counties can proceed with re-openings.

Public Health has been engaged in contact tracing since the first cases arrived this spring and the department continues contact tracing, even as the number of cases have increased over the summer. Since the beginning of August, completed case investigation interviews have increased 20% from 63% of cases completing the interview to, as of this weekend, 75%.

Throughout the COVID-19 response, Public Health has issued isolation and quarantine orders to almost 230,000 people infected with the virus or exposed to it. Of those, 177,959 were isolation orders to people who have been infected and 51,418 were quarantine orders to close contacts of infected people.

The COVID-19 contact tracing program will continue to be in place as long as this virus continues to spread. Obtaining as much information as possible from people during the case investigation interview helps contain this virus.

Given past ELR delays, the department urges any person with a positive lab result to call 1-833-540-0473 to connect with a public health specialist who can provide information about services and support. Residents who do not have COVID-19 should continue to call 211 for resources or more information.

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	223131
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	211264
-- Long Beach	9637
-- Pasadena	2230
Deaths	5273
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	4972
-- Long Beach	190
-- Pasadena	111
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	3323
- 5 to 11	7344
- 12 to 17	9204
- 18 to 29	52122
- 30 to 49	72900
- 50 to 64	41013
- 65 to 79	16294
- over 80	7763
- Under Investigation	1301
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	105614
- Male	102328
- Other	90
- Under Investigation	3232
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	188
- Asian	6687
- Black	6098
- Hispanic/Latino	75390
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	666
- White	16001
- Other	26361
- Under Investigation	79873
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	14783
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	12
- Asian	743
- Black	501
- Hispanic/Latino	2479
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	16
- White	1178
- Other	31
- Under Investigation	12
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	128	613
City of Alhambra	1057	1219
City of Arcadia	408	706
City of Artesia	273	1625
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1269	2536
City of Baldwin Park	2426	3160
City of Bell	1357	3735
City of Bell Gardens	1646	3822
City of Bellflower	2016	2593
City of Beverly Hills	579	1677
City of Bradbury	13	1216
City of Burbank	1182	1103
City of Calabasas	220	904
City of Carson	1514	1613
City of Cerritos	482	963
City of Claremont	309	847
City of Commerce*	487	3726
City of Compton	3398	3401
City of Covina	1151	2347
City of Cudahy	954	3918
City of Culver City	352	883
City of Diamond Bar	465	808
City of Downey	3466	3033
City of Duarte	431	1958
City of El Monte	3777	3221
City of El Segundo	110	655
City of Gardena	1014	1654
City of Glendale	2777	1345
City of Glendora	1093	2071
City of Hawaiian Gardens	449	3059
City of Hawthorne	1669	1880
City of Hermosa Beach	178	905
City of Hidden Hills	7	370
City of Huntington Park	2446	4112
City of Industry	29	6636
City of Inglewood	2451	2158
City of Irwindale	60	4112
City of La Canada Flintridge	144	696
City of La Habra Heights	32	587
City of La Mirada	728	1468
City of La Puente	1265	3108
City of La Verne	377	1133
City of Lakewood	1054	1312
City of Lancaster*	2616	1619
City of Lawndale	543	1615
City of Lomita	205	989
City of Lynwood*	2780	3859
City of Malibu	90	694
City of Manhattan Beach	296	822
City of Maywood	1203	4289
City of Monrovia	622	1603
City of Montebello	1908	2964
City of Monterey Park	804	1291
City of Norwalk	2803	2604
City of Palmdale	3280	2063
City of Palos Verdes Estates	77	569
City of Paramount	2066	3688
City of Pico Rivera	2044	3180
City of Pomona	4609	2956
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	248	580
City of Redondo Beach	486	707
City of Rolling Hills	5	258
City of Rolling Hills Estates	34	419
City of Rosemead	699	1263
City of San Dimas*	436	1263
City of San Fernando	742	3015
City of San Gabriel	496	1211
City of San Marino	65	490
City of Santa Clarita	2659	1206
City of Santa Fe Springs	452	2461
City of Santa Monica	710	768
City of Sierra Madre	63	573
City of Signal Hill	221	1873
City of South El Monte	683	3270
City of South Gate	3835	3907
City of South Pasadena	237	910
City of Temple City	451	1237
City of Torrance	1197	802
City of Vernon	9	4306
City of Walnut	233	763
City of West Covina	2429	2244
City of West Hollywood	468	1267
City of Westlake Village	24	287
City of Whittier	1864	2132
Los Angeles	90580	2240
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	224	2731
Los Angeles - Alsace	300	2411
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	55	2198
Los Angeles - Arleta	1181	3436
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	196	1336
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	535	1719
Los Angeles - Bel Air	64	759
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	97	774
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	131	994
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	3773	4343
Los Angeles - Brentwood	235	759
Los Angeles - Brookside	3	516
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	106	1489
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	1533	2348
Los Angeles - Carthay	188	1309
Los Angeles - Central	1838	4714
Los Angeles - Century City	104	813
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	1306	3868
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	572	1543
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	58	632
Los Angeles - Chinatown	99	1234
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	252	1732
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	262	1729
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	263	1902
Los Angeles - Crestview	167	1469
Los Angeles - Del Rey	300	1002
Los Angeles - Downtown*	626	2276
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	563	1422
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	537	1834
Los Angeles - Echo Park	195	1368
Los Angeles - El Sereno	1047	2504
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	87	1523
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	224	2202
Los Angeles - Encino	468	1036
Los Angeles - Exposition	70	2105
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	1125	2505
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	26	722
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	278	3188
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	1988	4190
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	580	1835
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	207	1923
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	995	1710
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	830	3860
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	191	1121
Los Angeles - Harbor City	419	1441
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	816	1872
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	18	747
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	492	2728
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	1377	3630
Los Angeles - Highland Park	929	1920
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	373	2689
Los Angeles - Hollywood	980	1436
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	245	832
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	690	2418
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	226	2799
Los Angeles - Koreatown	996	1927
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	74	1623
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	815	1931
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	469	3571
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	257	1687
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	919	2819
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	353	4399
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	417	1471
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	56	1787
Los Angeles - Longwood	106	2463
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	169	782
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	156	1828
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	18	576
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	271	638
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	30	688
Los Angeles - Melrose	1623	2089
Los Angeles - Mid-city	243	1617
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	142	790
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	617	2558
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	464	1922
Los Angeles - North Hills	1495	2428
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	2965	1958
Los Angeles - Northridge	1161	1663
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	107	503
Los Angeles - Pacoima	2810	3650
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	20	520
Los Angeles - Palms	477	1087
Los Angeles - Panorama City	2344	3115
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	87	641
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	1586	3790
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	24	751
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	113	1032
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	297	835
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	68	1037
Los Angeles - Regent Square	25	899
Los Angeles - Reseda	1830	2389
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	93	2006
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	30	710
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	1726	2212
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	53	1193
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	845	968
Los Angeles - Silverlake	552	1252
Los Angeles - South Carthay	97	916
Los Angeles - South Park	1773	4671
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	126	2749
Los Angeles - Studio City	210	936
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	1270	2420
Los Angeles - Sunland	372	1823
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	5	773
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	2744	3330
Los Angeles - Tarzana	530	1717
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	1066	2700
Los Angeles - Thai Town	137	1397
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	86	988
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	17	1302
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	14	753
Los Angeles - Tujunga	347	1248
Los Angeles - University Hills	49	1429
Los Angeles - University Park	652	2375
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	499	1662
Los Angeles - Valley Village	439	1776
Los Angeles - Van Nuys	2385	2559
Los Angeles - Venice	249	735
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	636	3698
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	293	3827
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	1654	4016
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	2601	5002
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	187	2226
Los Angeles - View Heights	40	1083
Los Angeles - Watts	1614	3782
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	104	2116
Los Angeles - West Adams	763	2761
Los Angeles - West Hills	439	1083
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	431	1145
Los Angeles - West Vernon	1938	3613
Los Angeles - Westchester	342	663
Los Angeles - Westlake	2148	3619
Los Angeles - Westwood	286	529
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	2090	5785
Los Angeles - Wilmington	1455	2576
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	972	1937
Los Angeles - Winnetka	1050	2028
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	742	1090
Unincorporated - Acton	55	690
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	24	577
Unincorporated - Altadena	541	1240
Unincorporated - Anaverde	14	928
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	5	402
Unincorporated - Arcadia	79	990
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	1316	3101
Unincorporated - Athens Village	199	4064
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	230	3395
Unincorporated - Azusa	419	2631
Unincorporated - Bassett	547	3692
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	6	559
Unincorporated - Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	103	1333
Unincorporated - Castaic*	1877	6903
Unincorporated - Cerritos	13	2215
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	17	2422
Unincorporated - Covina	363	2158
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	260	1978
Unincorporated - Del Aire	62	1411
Unincorporated - Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated - Del Sur	8	331
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	38	1524
Unincorporated - Duarte	106	2394
Unincorporated - East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	85	1606
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	5398	4309
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	61	953
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	559	3652
Unincorporated - East Whittier	67	1263
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	131	1490
Unincorporated - El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	6	361
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	2949	4558
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Glendora	9	1364
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	854	1527
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	53	2108
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	5	455
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	29	2054
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	137	692
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	0	0
Unincorporated - La Rambla	75	3614
Unincorporated - La Verne*	28	1373
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	80	1131
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	2	299
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	179	1378
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	20	1217
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	599	2657
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	16	914
Unincorporated - Littlerock	65	1617
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	7	540
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	67	1877
Unincorporated - Llano	3	342
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	63	669
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	69	1778
Unincorporated - Newhall	6	2727
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	18	1503
Unincorporated - North Whittier	174	2081
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	289	1202
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated - Palmdale	20	2375
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	19	971
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	24	3877
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Pomona	11	568
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	135	1046
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	68	2555
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	7	752
Unincorporated - Rosewood	16	1244
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	14	1174
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	80	2380
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	566	1109
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	618	3056
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	9	442
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	5	1623
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	18	6742
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	96	516
Unincorporated - Saugus	21	13548
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	1	281
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	1	220
Unincorporated - South El Monte	73	4067
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	161	1820
Unincorporated - South Whittier	1453	2453
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	12	1536
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	139	663
Unincorporated - Sun Village	130	2154
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	40	3086
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	10	603
Unincorporated - Val Verde	54	1632
Unincorporated - Valencia	39	1270
Unincorporated - Valinda	645	2760
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	127	1092
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	591	3661
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	4	265
Unincorporated - West Carson	331	1499
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated - West LA	41	4307
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	326	3315
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	20	1472
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	832	3090
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	4	308
Unincorporated - Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	38	1032
Unincorporated - Whittier	53	1401
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	0	0
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	1255	3595
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	107	1775
- Under Investigation	4492

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Four previously reported cases 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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