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Press Release: Public Health Reports 7 New Deaths and 8,891 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 12/26/2021 11:56 AM PST

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For Immediate Release:
December 26, 2021

Public Health Reports 7 New Deaths and 8,891 New Positive Cases of Confirmed COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19. The number of cases and deaths are likely to reflect reporting delays over the holiday and the weekend.

8,891 new COVID-19 cases (1,616,033 cases to date)
7 new deaths due to COVID-19 (27,546 deaths to date)
849 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19
More than 9,943,000 individuals tested; 15% of people tested positive

Daily New Cases, Positivity Rate, Hospitalization of Confirmed Cases and Deaths Last 7 Days
	Su 12/26	Sa 12/25	F 12/24	Th 12/23	W 12/22	Tu 12/21	M 12/20
Daily new cases	8,891^(1,2)	11,930^(1,2)	9,988	8,633	6,509	3,052	3,258⁽¹⁾
Daily deaths	7 ^(1,2)	6 ^(1,2)	21	24	16	25	7 ⁽¹⁾
Daily hospitalizations of confirmed cases	849	850	801	770	748	741	743
Daily positivity rate (7-day avg)	10.8%	10.7%	10.4%	8.5%	6.5%	4.7%	3.4%

Data is by date reported by DPH, but does not necessarily represent the date of testing, hospitalization, or death.

1 - Number reflects an undercount due to a lag from holiday or weekend reporting.

2 - Numbers do not include Long Beach and Pasadena.

A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov including:

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
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	1616033
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	1531954
-- Long Beach	69384
-- Pasadena	14695
Deaths	27546
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	26109
-- Long Beach	1067
-- Pasadena	370
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	40615
- 5 to 11	89599
- 12 to 17	97481
- 18 to 29	367082
- 30 to 49	512181
- 50 to 64	276072
- 65 to 79	109343
- over 80	38652
- Under Investigation	929
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	770873
- Male	723919
- Other	794
- Under Investigation	36368
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	2658
- Asian	75785
- Black	77026
- Hispanic/Latino	768080
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5797
- White	202517
- Other	132274
- Under Investigation	267817
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	110814
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	60
- Asian	3372
- Black	2333
- Hispanic/Latino	13806
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	97
- White	6207
- Other	199
- Under Investigation	35
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	1721	8241
City of Alhambra	9079	10469
City of Arcadia	3814	6604
City of Artesia	2572	15314
City of Avalon	35	905
City of Azusa	8020	16027
City of Baldwin Park	15326	19964
City of Bell	7961	21912
City of Bell Gardens	9393	21808
City of Bellflower	13833	17795
City of Beverly Hills	4476	12966
City of Bradbury	44	4116
City of Burbank	12632	11786
City of Calabasas	2148	8831
City of Carson	13210	14076
City of Cerritos	4264	8517
City of Claremont	3272	8968
City of Commerce*	2824	21608
City of Compton	20651	20671
City of Covina	8472	17279
City of Cudahy	5617	23071
City of Culver City	3541	8882
City of Diamond Bar	4450	7737
City of Downey	21859	19130
City of Duarte	2985	13558
City of El Monte	20060	17106
City of El Segundo	1357	8084
City of Gardena	8615	14052
City of Glendale	27416	13277
City of Glendora	6623	12552
City of Hawaiian Gardens	2686	18302
City of Hawthorne	13616	15336
City of Hermosa Beach	1890	9609
City of Hidden Hills	167	8836
City of Huntington Park	12986	21831
City of Industry	200	45767
City of Inglewood	18130	15962
City of Irwindale	331	22687
City of La Canada Flintridge	1338	6466
City of La Habra Heights	131	2401
City of La Mirada	5876	11847
City of La Puente	7916	19451
City of La Verne	4004	12031
City of Lakewood	10325	12848
City of Lancaster*	31628	19575
City of Lawndale	4608	13709
City of Lomita	2159	10415
City of Lynwood*	15741	21848
City of Malibu	900	6944
City of Manhattan Beach	2603	7231
City of Maywood	6049	21566
City of Monrovia	4432	11423
City of Montebello	12259	19043
City of Monterey Park	6069	9748
City of Norwalk	19746	18348
City of Palmdale	32405	20385
City of Palos Verdes Estates	789	5835
City of Paramount	12008	21434
City of Pico Rivera	13321	20722
City of Pomona	31321	20086
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	2433	5692
City of Redondo Beach	4957	7216
City of Rolling Hills	101	5206
City of Rolling Hills Estates	500	6163
City of Rosemead	5957	10762
City of San Dimas*	4403	12756
City of San Fernando	6363	25853
City of San Gabriel	4035	9853
City of San Marino	569	4286
City of Santa Clarita	30708	13931
City of Santa Fe Springs	3596	19582
City of Santa Monica	8637	9343
City of Sierra Madre	767	6980
City of Signal Hill	1603	13588
City of South El Monte	4027	19282
City of South Gate	22378	22799
City of South Pasadena	2033	7803
City of Temple City	3025	8298
City of Torrance	11097	7434
City of Vernon	148	70813
City of Walnut	2399	7857
City of West Covina	16547	15288
City of West Hollywood	4704	12730
City of Westlake Village	170	2033
City of Whittier	14130	16161
Los Angeles	661920	16366
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	1478	18020
Los Angeles - Alsace	1984	15942
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	5	12500
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	396	15827
Los Angeles - Arleta	8249	24001
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	1962	13378
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	3989	12816
Los Angeles - Bel Air	760	9016
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	1198	9565
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	1569	11911
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	20138	23178
Los Angeles - Brentwood	2822	9116
Los Angeles - Brookside	57	9811
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	963	13523
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	11736	17975
Los Angeles - Carthay	1627	11328
Los Angeles - Central	8710	22338
Los Angeles - Century City	1044	8161
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	7685	22760
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	5080	13707
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	804	8767
Los Angeles - Chinatown	1070	13340
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	2150	14774
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	2021	13337
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	2054	14853
Los Angeles - Crestview	1573	13837
Los Angeles - Del Rey	3200	10689
Los Angeles - Downtown*	6383	23205
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	4899	12375
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	4139	14133
Los Angeles - Echo Park	1953	13699
Los Angeles - El Sereno	7635	18262
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	761	13323
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	1605	15780
Los Angeles - Encino	5405	11965
Los Angeles - Exposition	486	14612
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	7821	17412
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	443	12306
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	1723	19757
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	11055	23301
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	4463	14122
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	1875	17419
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	8900	15294
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	4770	22181
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	1733	10171
Los Angeles - Harbor City	3536	12164
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	6431	14750
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	240	9963
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	3033	16817
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	8783	23153
Los Angeles - Highland Park	7379	15249
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	2535	18277
Los Angeles - Hollywood	9261	13568
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	2977	10114
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	5069	17760
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	1447	17924
Los Angeles - Koreatown	6893	13334
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	687	15069
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	7037	16673
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	2819	21465
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	2300	15097
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	6132	18812
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	1448	18044
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	3543	12500
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	573	18289
Los Angeles - Longwood	750	17426
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	1970	9117
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	1360	15933
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	259	8291
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	3574	8415
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	326	7477
Los Angeles - Melrose	11625	14962
Los Angeles - Mid-city	1765	11743
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	1829	10170
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	5446	22575
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	3604	14926
Los Angeles - North Hills	11407	18525
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	27390	18089
Los Angeles - Northridge	10240	14671
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	1500	7045
Los Angeles - Pacoima	20028	26017
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	268	6968
Los Angeles - Palms	4144	9445
Los Angeles - Panorama City	15943	21187
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	1097	8078
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	8233	19676
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	232	7259
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	1132	10341
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	3726	10470
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	670	10213
Los Angeles - Regent Square	364	13094
Los Angeles - Reseda	14576	19024
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	866	18680
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	401	9484
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	10339	13249
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	568	12787
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	9911	11359
Los Angeles - Silverlake	5062	11483
Los Angeles - South Carthay	1242	11723
Los Angeles - South Park	8680	22866
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	823	17954
Los Angeles - Studio City	2437	10860
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	11485	21883
Los Angeles - Sunland	3052	14955
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	63	9737
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	19905	24157
Los Angeles - Tarzana	4634	15008
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	6415	16248
Los Angeles - Thai Town	1274	12988
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	908	10432
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	212	16233
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	189	10172
Los Angeles - Tujunga	3974	14290
Los Angeles - University Hills	370	10790
Los Angeles - University Park	4658	16965
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	5092	16964
Los Angeles - Valley Village	3333	13483
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	17880	19186
Los Angeles - Venice	3594	10606
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	3593	20890
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	1828	23874
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	9250	22459
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	12764	24547
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	1275	15180
Los Angeles - View Heights	351	9502
Los Angeles - Watts	9160	21465
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	746	15178
Los Angeles - West Adams	4962	17959
Los Angeles - West Hills	4601	11348
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	4075	10827
Los Angeles - West Vernon	12144	22638
Los Angeles - Westchester	4374	8476
Los Angeles - Westlake	9366	15780
Los Angeles - Westwood	4599	8500
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	9596	26560
Los Angeles - Wilmington	10473	18541
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	7086	14124
Los Angeles - Winnetka	8603	16613
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	7983	11730
Unincorporated - Acton	890	11165
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	461	11087
Unincorporated - Altadena	4580	10500
Unincorporated - Anaverde	197	13064
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	47	3775
Unincorporated - Arcadia	800	10024
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	8163	19233
Unincorporated - Athens Village	1269	25914
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	1342	19808
Unincorporated - Azusa	2949	18520
Unincorporated - Bassett	3054	20611
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	90	8388
Unincorporated - Bradbury	52	48148
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	1342	17365
Unincorporated - Castaic*	4844	17815
Unincorporated - Cerritos	82	13969
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	58	8262
Unincorporated - Covina	2962	17611
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	1983	15087
Unincorporated - Del Aire	457	10403
Unincorporated - Del Rey	45	14151
Unincorporated - Del Sur	298	12340
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	473	18973
Unincorporated - Duarte	983	22200
Unincorporated - East Covina	47	14286
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	710	13416
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	19	16667
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	29060	23198
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	248	3873
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	3280	21427
Unincorporated - East Whittier	640	12062
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	1074	12217
Unincorporated - El Monte	24	16552
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	131	7887
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	15680	24233
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	1	8333
Unincorporated - Glendora	93	14091
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	6568	11744
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	370	14718
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	80	7286
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	328	23229
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	1623	8197
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	16	2367
Unincorporated - La Rambla	355	17108
Unincorporated - La Verne*	234	11471
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	670	9475
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	78	11677
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	2062	15869
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	196	11929
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	4147	18397
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	187	10680
Unincorporated - Littlerock	715	17782
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	177	13647
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	650	18212
Unincorporated - Llano	62	7070
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	919	9765
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	479	12342
Unincorporated - Newhall	70	31818
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	221	18447
Unincorporated - North Whittier	1386	16579
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	2100	8737
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	15	6977
Unincorporated - Palmdale	142	16865
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	36	5797
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	206	10532
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	199	32149
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	5	1087
Unincorporated - Pomona	85	4386
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	1940	15032
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	515	19354
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	119	12782
Unincorporated - Rosewood	215	16719
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	209	17519
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	641	19072
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	4559	8935
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	23	2681
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	4063	20093
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	44	2162
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	24	7792
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	270	101124
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	1304	7003
Unincorporated - Saugus	194	125161
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	55	15449
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	54	11868
Unincorporated - South El Monte	421	23454
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	1151	13009
Unincorporated - South Whittier	10309	17407
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	116	14853
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	2067	9859
Unincorporated - Sun Village	1153	19102
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	227	17515
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	160	9650
Unincorporated - Val Verde	469	14173
Unincorporated - Valencia	346	11263
Unincorporated - Valinda	4582	19605
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	1192	10245
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	3562	22065
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	79	5228
Unincorporated - West Carson	2976	13475
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	4	33333
Unincorporated - West LA	224	23529
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	2069	21037
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	244	17954
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	5158	19157
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	71	5462
Unincorporated - Westhills	77	9178
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	451	12245
Unincorporated - Whittier	407	10756
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	55	458333
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	8380	24003
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	709	11764
- Under Investigation	20916

** -- Case numbers include cases associated with Correctional Facility Outbreaks located in the City/Community. Due to reporting delays numbers may not align with outbreak investigation counts presented for Correctional Facilities on the list of Los Angeles Residential Congregate Settings with One or More Positive COVID-19 Cases.

The Department of Public Health is committed to promoting health equity and ensuring optimal health and well -being for all 10 million residents of Los Angeles County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health. Nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health comprises of more than 5,000 employees and has an annual budget of $1.3 billion.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health works to protect health,
prevent disease, and promote health and well-being.

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