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Public Health Reports 8 New Deaths and 1,098 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 08/23/2020 01:58 PM PDT

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For Immediate Release:
August 23, 2020

Public Health Reports 8 New Deaths and 1,098 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 8 new deaths and 1,098 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The lower number of cases and deaths reflects reporting delays over the weekend.

Splash pads, swim beaches, parks, trails, open spaces and other outdoor fun spots are open in Los Angeles County, with protocols in place intended to keep visitors and staff safe. These spaces have restrictions in place that allow residents increased outdoor recreation options while adhering to physical distancing and infection control requirements that reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19.

As a reminder, being around people who aren’t part of your household puts you at a greater risk for COVID-19, which is why it is so important to stay at home as much as possible and avoid all gatherings, of any size, with people who are not part of your household.

Public Health is asking business owners to adhere to the Health Officer Order and renew their commitment to infectious disease control measures. They are urged to take immediate action to implement strategies that protect workers and customers. The Health Officer Order mandates all indoor operations at many businesses must be suspended. This includes the closure of indoor operations at restaurants, houses of worship, gyms and fitness centers, museums, hair salons and barbershops and personal care services. Violations of the Health Officer Order can result in citations, fines, and the full closure of non-compliant facilities.

To date, Public Health has identified 231,695 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 5,545 deaths. There are currently 1,247 hospitalized, of which 33% are confirmed cases in the ICU. Upon further investigation, 65 cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Of the eight new deaths reported today (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena), three people that passed away were over the age of 80, three people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old and two people who died were between the ages of 30 and 49 years old. Seven people had underlying health conditions including three people over the age of 80 years old, three people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old and one person between the ages of 30 and 49 years.

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 5,217 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 2,182,882 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive.

“I want to extend my sincere sympathy to all our L.A. County residents that are grieving the loss of a family member, friend, co-worker or loved one. Your loss is not unnoticed, and we keep you in our hearts during these days of sadness,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The positive trends that the county is seeing are encouraging and reflect less transmission of the virus at workplaces and in the community. We must continue taking all the actions that got us to this place. Residents are urged to physically distance from those not in their household, wash hands frequently, avoid gatherings and crowds, and wear a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both their nose and mouth when in contact with others. not part of their household. These are the actions we each take for each other that help the county in its recovery efforts.”

It’s important if someone thinks they could be positive for COVID-19 and are awaiting testing results, to stay at home and act as if they are positive. This means self-isolating for 10 days and 72 hours after symptoms and fever subside. If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should plan on receiving a call from a public health specialist to discuss how to protect themselves and others, to find out where they may have been, and who they were in close contact with while infectious.

Public Health has a dedicated call line for confirmed cases of COVID-19. If you are positive for COVID-19 and have not yet connected with a public health specialist or need more information on services, call toll-free at 1-833-540-0473. 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	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	231695	1098
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	219301	988
-- Long Beach	10111	95
-- Pasadena	2283	15
Deaths	5545	8
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	5233	8
-- Long Beach	201	0
-- Pasadena	111	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	3496
- 5 to 11	7701
- 12 to 17	9601
- 18 to 29	54237
- 30 to 49	75602
- 50 to 64	42479
- 65 to 79	16839
- over 80	7999
- Under Investigation	1347
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	109792
- Male	106189
- Other	93
- Under Investigation	3227
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	189
- Asian	6920
- Black	6361
- Hispanic/Latino	79378
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	678
- White	16720
- Other	26472
- Under Investigation	82583
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	15822
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	10
- Asian	775
- Black	527
- Hispanic/Latino	2625
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17
- White	1235
- Other	28
- Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	140	670
City of Alhambra	1101	1270
City of Arcadia	429	743
City of Artesia	290	1727
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1339	2676
City of Baldwin Park	2504	3262
City of Bell	1394	3837
City of Bell Gardens	1704	3956
City of Bellflower	2092	2691
City of Beverly Hills	593	1718
City of Bradbury	13	1216
City of Burbank	1255	1171
City of Calabasas	229	941
City of Carson	1621	1727
City of Cerritos	497	993
City of Claremont	323	885
City of Commerce*	504	3856
City of Compton	3543	3546
City of Covina	1195	2437
City of Cudahy	988	4058
City of Culver City	363	911
City of Diamond Bar	481	836
City of Downey	3586	3138
City of Duarte	447	2030
City of El Monte	3900	3326
City of El Segundo	115	685
City of Gardena	1071	1747
City of Glendale	2929	1418
City of Glendora	1119	2121
City of Hawaiian Gardens	471	3209
City of Hawthorne	1725	1943
City of Hermosa Beach	183	930
City of Hidden Hills	7	370
City of Huntington Park	2518	4233
City of Industry	30	6865
City of Inglewood	2549	2244
City of Irwindale	62	4249
City of La Canada Flintridge	153	739
City of La Habra Heights	32	587
City of La Mirada	755	1522
City of La Puente	1334	3278
City of La Verne	399	1199
City of Lakewood	1098	1366
City of Lancaster*	2751	1703
City of Lawndale	565	1681
City of Lomita	217	1047
City of Lynwood*	2858	3967
City of Malibu	91	702
City of Manhattan Beach	304	844
City of Maywood	1248	4449
City of Monrovia	656	1691
City of Montebello	1994	3097
City of Monterey Park	840	1349
City of Norwalk	2898	2693
City of Palmdale	3456	2174
City of Palos Verdes Estates	78	577
City of Paramount	2149	3836
City of Pico Rivera	2112	3285
City of Pomona	4778	3064
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	260	608
City of Redondo Beach	505	735
City of Rolling Hills	8	412
City of Rolling Hills Estates	36	444
City of Rosemead	723	1306
City of San Dimas*	454	1315
City of San Fernando	767	3116
City of San Gabriel	541	1321
City of San Marino	69	520
City of Santa Clarita	2809	1274
City of Santa Fe Springs	479	2608
City of Santa Monica	740	800
City of Sierra Madre	66	601
City of Signal Hill	232	1967
City of South El Monte	711	3404
City of South Gate	3932	4006
City of South Pasadena	242	929
City of Temple City	471	1292
City of Torrance	1241	831
City of Vernon	9	4306
City of Walnut	236	773
City of West Covina	2502	2312
City of West Hollywood	482	1304
City of Westlake Village	25	299
City of Whittier	1945	2225
Los Angeles	93931	2322
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	232	2829
Los Angeles - Alsace	316	2539
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	56	2238
Los Angeles - Arleta	1221	3553
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	205	1398
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	546	1754
Los Angeles - Bel Air	69	819
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	102	814
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	132	1002
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	3899	4488
Los Angeles - Brentwood	248	801
Los Angeles - Brookside	3	516
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	108	1517
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	1599	2449
Los Angeles - Carthay	189	1316
Los Angeles - Central	1919	4922
Los Angeles - Century City	106	829
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	1349	3995
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	584	1576
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	61	665
Los Angeles - Chinatown	107	1334
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	261	1793
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	266	1755
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	268	1938
Los Angeles - Crestview	170	1495
Los Angeles - Del Rey	314	1049
Los Angeles - Downtown*	661	2403
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	581	1468
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	549	1875
Los Angeles - Echo Park	205	1438
Los Angeles - El Sereno	1089	2605
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	87	1523
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	235	2310
Los Angeles - Encino	492	1089
Los Angeles - Exposition	71	2135
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	1168	2600
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	28	778
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	291	3337
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	2054	4329
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	593	1876
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	209	1942
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	1016	1746
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	859	3994
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	195	1144
Los Angeles - Harbor City	438	1507
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	869	1993
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	18	747
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	503	2789
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	1424	3754
Los Angeles - Highland Park	967	1998
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	384	2769
Los Angeles - Hollywood	1023	1499
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	249	846
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	716	2509
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	230	2849
Los Angeles - Koreatown	1023	1979
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	76	1667
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	844	2000
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	481	3663
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	268	1759
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	948	2908
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	364	4536
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	438	1545
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	58	1851
Los Angeles - Longwood	108	2509
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	173	801
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	168	1968
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	18	576
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	277	652
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	30	688
Los Angeles - Melrose	1667	2146
Los Angeles - Mid-city	247	1643
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	145	806
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	642	2661
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	485	2009
Los Angeles - North Hills	1565	2542
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	3113	2056
Los Angeles - Northridge	1204	1725
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	110	517
Los Angeles - Pacoima	2929	3805
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	21	546
Los Angeles - Palms	495	1128
Los Angeles - Panorama City	2464	3274
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	89	655
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	1631	3898
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	26	814
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	118	1078
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	310	871
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	74	1128
Los Angeles - Regent Square	25	899
Los Angeles - Reseda	1891	2468
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	98	2114
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	33	781
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	1772	2271
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	53	1193
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	881	1010
Los Angeles - Silverlake	563	1277
Los Angeles - South Carthay	98	925
Los Angeles - South Park	1827	4813
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	130	2836
Los Angeles - Studio City	217	967
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	1325	2525
Los Angeles - Sunland	387	1896
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	5	773
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	2845	3453
Los Angeles - Tarzana	538	1742
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	1083	2743
Los Angeles - Thai Town	146	1488
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	87	1000
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	17	1302
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	15	807
Los Angeles - Tujunga	379	1363
Los Angeles - University Hills	51	1487
Los Angeles - University Park	698	2542
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	526	1752
Los Angeles - Valley Village	445	1800
Los Angeles - Van Nuys	2493	2675
Los Angeles - Venice	260	767
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	654	3802
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	304	3970
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	1688	4098
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	2687	5168
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	197	2346
Los Angeles - View Heights	42	1137
Los Angeles - Watts	1712	4012
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	105	2136
Los Angeles - West Adams	785	2841
Los Angeles - West Hills	456	1125
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	448	1190
Los Angeles - West Vernon	2036	3795
Los Angeles - Westchester	358	694
Los Angeles - Westlake	2181	3675
Los Angeles - Westwood	299	553
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	2165	5992
Los Angeles - Wilmington	1545	2735
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	990	1973
Los Angeles - Winnetka	1081	2087
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	763	1121
Unincorporated - Acton	58	728
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	24	577
Unincorporated - Altadena	582	1334
Unincorporated - Anaverde	13	862
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	5	402
Unincorporated - Arcadia	80	1002
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	1359	3202
Unincorporated - Athens Village	205	4186
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	243	3587
Unincorporated - Azusa	427	2682
Unincorporated - Bassett	560	3779
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	6	559
Unincorporated - Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	112	1449
Unincorporated - Castaic*	1889	6947
Unincorporated - Cerritos	14	2385
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	17	2422
Unincorporated - Covina	374	2224
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	271	2062
Unincorporated - Del Aire	64	1457
Unincorporated - Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated - Del Sur	9	373
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	40	1604
Unincorporated - Duarte	114	2575
Unincorporated - East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	90	1701
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	5555	4434
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	67	1046
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	586	3828
Unincorporated - East Whittier	74	1395
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	136	1547
Unincorporated - El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	6	361
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	3065	4737
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Glendora	11	1667
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	893	1597
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	55	2188
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	5	455
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	29	2054
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	145	732
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	0	0
Unincorporated - La Rambla	75	3614
Unincorporated - La Verne*	30	1471
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	82	1160
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	2	299
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	190	1462
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	22	1339
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	624	2768
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	16	914
Unincorporated - Littlerock	73	1815
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	8	617
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	75	2101
Unincorporated - Llano	3	342
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	65	691
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	72	1855
Unincorporated - Newhall	6	2727
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	18	1503
Unincorporated - North Whittier	175	2093
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	297	1236
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated - Palmdale	20	2375
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	19	971
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	25	4039
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Pomona	14	722
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	142	1100
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	70	2631
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	8	859
Unincorporated - Rosewood	21	1633
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	14	1174
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	83	2470
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	582	1141
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	630	3116
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	9	442
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	5	1623
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	21	7865
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	100	537
Unincorporated - Saugus	25	16129
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	1	281
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	1	220
Unincorporated - South El Monte	75	4178
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	165	1865
Unincorporated - South Whittier	1501	2535
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	13	1665
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	144	687
Unincorporated - Sun Village	139	2303
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	44	3395
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	10	603
Unincorporated - Val Verde	58	1753
Unincorporated - Valencia	39	1270
Unincorporated - Valinda	670	2867
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	133	1143
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	619	3834
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	4	265
Unincorporated - West Carson	370	1675
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated - West LA	41	4307
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	334	3396
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	20	1472
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	864	3209
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	5	385
Unincorporated - Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	41	1113
Unincorporated - Whittier	58	1533
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	0	0
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	1302	3729
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	107	1775
- Under Investigation	4612

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Sixty-five cases 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.

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
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

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