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Press Release - Public Health Reports Highest Number of New Cases in L.A. County as Hospitalizations Surge

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 11/23/2020 05:15 PM PST

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

For Immediate Release:
November 23, 2020

Public Health Reports Highest Number of New Cases in L.A. County as Hospitalizations Surge

8 New Deaths and 6,124 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) confirms the highest number of new COVID-19 cases with 6,124 new cases reported. Around 1,500 cases are backlog cases due to reporting systems being updated over the weekend.

The County is experiencing a steeper increase in daily cases of COVID-19 than seen during the summer surge in June and July. From June 20 through July 3, average daily cases increased 43%. From October 31 through November 13, the average daily cases have increased 108%. Public Health is not confident these numbers will decrease this week since new case numbers reflect actions people were taking a couple of weeks ago.

As cases have increased over the last few weeks, we are also seeing distressing increases in the daily number of people hospitalized for COVID-19. There are 1,473 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 27% of these people are in the ICU. This is a 73% increase from November 7 when the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 was 849.

As COVID-19 spread surges in Los Angeles County, the number of COVID-19 workplace outbreaks across multiple sectors are increasing at alarming levels.

In just a two-week period, from October 31 to November 14, we have seen outbreaks in food facilities increase by over 200%. Food facilities includes restaurants, bottling plants, food processing facilities, grocery stores, and other food-related businesses that are operating in the County.

During the same time period, we have seen a 67% increase in outbreaks at general worksites which include many other worksites, including warehouse facilities, essential office worksites, retailers and manufacturing facilities.

Today, Public Health has confirmed 8 new COVID-19 deaths. The low number of new deaths reported today reflect a reporting lag from over the weekend. To date, Public Health identified 370,636 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 7,446 deaths. Upon further investigation, eight cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

“For everyone across the county who are grieving these 7,446 people who have passed away from COVID-19, we are mourning with you. We wish you all healing and peace as you are going through this very difficult time,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The data emphasizes some of the ripple effects we are seeing as COVID-19 cases across the county are surging. At the end of the day, more people are becoming infected at their jobs and this results in more transmission back in the community. As we have asked so many times over the past months, we hope you will be able to dig deep and find a way to make the changes required with the new safety modifications. We are fortunate that there is now a very bright light at the end of this long tunnel with the promising news about effective vaccines and we know we will be in a different place next year. This year though, we need to continue to ask all individuals and businesses to own their part in slowing the spread of COVID-19 so that we can stop the surge in cases and ultimately get back to our recovery."

The controls that our jurisdiction and other states and communities have put in place work. While we may resent the safety measures, and many have a tremendous impact on families and the economy, a recent report in the New York Times has shown they prevent significant suffering and death. States with the fewest control measures in place to slow transmission of the virus are seeing some of the highest case rates during this current national surge. States with the tightest control measures have among the lowest daily cases rates, despite seeing increases.

Public Health is closely tracking the number of positive cases among healthcare workers related to the COVID-19 pandemic response to be sure we have sufficient healthcare workers to staff our facilities and care for patients. This week, we are reporting an additional 842 new cases among healthcare workers, one of the highest increases seen in months. When community transmission increases, this affects health care workers in two ways; they have many more patients to care for and they also experience more exposures both at work and in their communities.

Last week, Los Angeles County established thresholds for additional actions if the five-day average of cases is 4,000 or more or hospitalizations are more than 1,750 per day. Specifically, the County noted in a press release on November 17 that if the five-day average of cases is 4,000 or more, outdoor and indoor dining at restaurants, breweries, wineries and bars will be prohibited and these businesses will only be able to offer pick-up and delivery. Because the five-day average of new cases increased to more than 4,000 cases this past Saturday, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order is being modified to restrict dining at restaurants, breweries, wineries and bars effective Wednesday, November 25 at 10:00 p.m.

If the five-day average of cases is 4,500 or more or hospitalizations are more than 2,000 per day, a Targeted Safer at Home Order with additional safety modifications will be issued. Given that our five-day average case rate is now over 4,500, Public Health will be working with the Board of Supervisors to determine additional safety modifications.

More than ever, we ask our business partners to take extra steps to be fully compliant with the new safeguards and restrictions set forth in the modified state and County’s Health Officer Orders.

Of the eight new deaths reported today, two people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old, five people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, and one person who died was between the ages of 50 and 64 years old. All of these people who died had underlying health conditions.

Ninety-three 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 7,028 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 52% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 23% among White residents, 14% among Asian residents, 9% 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 nearly 3,583,000 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive.

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	370636
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	352138
-- Long Beach	15124
-- Pasadena	3374
Deaths	7446
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	7045
-- Long Beach	270
-- Pasadena	131
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- 0 to 4	6459
- 5 to 11	14029
- 12 to 17	17182
- 18 to 29	87940
- 30 to 49	120202
- 50 to 64	66773
- 65 to 79	26102
- over 80	11172
- Under Investigation	2279
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Female	178014
- Male	169824
- Other	185
- Under Investigation	4115
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	340
- Asian	11505
- Black	10901
- Hispanic/Latino	141591
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1060
- White	31821
- Other	35399
- Under Investigation	119521
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- Hospitalized (Ever)	27061
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
- American Indian/Alaska Native	17
- Asian	990
- Black	666
- Hispanic/Latino	3642
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	20
- White	1649
- Other	44
- Under Investigation	17
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	271	1298
City of Alhambra	1738	2004
City of Arcadia	716	1240
City of Artesia	516	3072
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	2063	4123
City of Baldwin Park	4119	5365
City of Bell	2064	5681
City of Bell Gardens	2651	6155
City of Bellflower	3150	4052
City of Beverly Hills	916	2654
City of Bradbury	22	2058
City of Burbank	2487	2320
City of Calabasas	398	1636
City of Carson	2469	2631
City of Cerritos	775	1548
City of Claremont	618	1694
City of Commerce*	799	6114
City of Compton	5276	5281
City of Covina	1897	3869
City of Cudahy	1478	6071
City of Culver City	578	1450
City of Diamond Bar	840	1460
City of Downey	5638	4934
City of Duarte	739	3357
City of El Monte	5821	4964
City of El Segundo	178	1060
City of Gardena	1598	2606
City of Glendale	5775	2797
City of Glendora	1611	3053
City of Hawaiian Gardens	663	4518
City of Hawthorne	2660	2996
City of Hermosa Beach	326	1657
City of Hidden Hills	24	1270
City of Huntington Park	3716	6247
City of Industry	50	11442
City of Inglewood	3849	3389
City of Irwindale	90	6169
City of La Canada Flintridge	239	1155
City of La Habra Heights	69	1265
City of La Mirada	1175	2369
City of La Puente	2059	5059
City of La Verne	734	2205
City of Lakewood	1758	2188
City of Lancaster*	5749	3558
City of Lawndale	925	2752
City of Lomita	315	1520
City of Lynwood*	4283	5945
City of Malibu	145	1119
City of Manhattan Beach	496	1378
City of Maywood	1797	6407
City of Monrovia	1041	2683
City of Montebello	3158	4906
City of Monterey Park	1254	2014
City of Norwalk	4617	4290
City of Palmdale	6938	4364
City of Palos Verdes Estates	129	954
City of Paramount	3148	5619
City of Pico Rivera	3372	5245
City of Pomona	7719	4950
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	403	943
City of Redondo Beach	819	1192
City of Rolling Hills	14	722
City of Rolling Hills Estates	63	777
City of Rosemead	1243	2246
City of San Dimas*	822	2382
City of San Fernando	1491	6058
City of San Gabriel	948	2315
City of San Marino	110	829
City of Santa Clarita	5750	2609
City of Santa Fe Springs	758	4128
City of Santa Monica	1402	1517
City of Sierra Madre	120	1092
City of Signal Hill	375	3179
City of South El Monte	1107	5300
City of South Gate	5860	5970
City of South Pasadena	386	1482
City of Temple City	691	1895
City of Torrance	1915	1283
City of Vernon	19	9091
City of Walnut	443	1451
City of West Covina	3929	3630
City of West Hollywood	889	2406
City of Westlake Village	52	622
City of Whittier	3285	3757
Los Angeles	152402	3768
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie	365	4450
Los Angeles - Alsace	504	4050
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights	86	3437
Los Angeles - Arleta	2197	6392
Los Angeles - Atwater Village	383	2611
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills	823	2644
Los Angeles - Bel Air	120	1424
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest	187	1493
Los Angeles - Beverlywood	229	1738
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*	5664	6519
Los Angeles - Brentwood	470	1518
Los Angeles - Brookside	6	1033
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning	185	2598
Los Angeles - Canoga Park	2852	4368
Los Angeles - Carthay	320	2228
Los Angeles - Central	2720	6976
Los Angeles - Century City	181	1415
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove	1956	5793
Los Angeles - Chatsworth	1032	2785
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills	129	1407
Los Angeles - Chinatown	204	2543
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran	419	2879
Los Angeles - Country Club Park	472	3115
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District	420	3037
Los Angeles - Crestview	254	2234
Los Angeles - Del Rey	537	1794
Los Angeles - Downtown*	1166	4239
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock	982	2480
Los Angeles - East Hollywood	909	3104
Los Angeles - Echo Park	390	2736
Los Angeles - El Sereno	1803	4313
Los Angeles - Elysian Park	139	2433
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley	363	3569
Los Angeles - Encino	1035	2291
Los Angeles - Exposition	92	2766
Los Angeles - Exposition Park	1809	4027
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights	53	1472
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square	417	4782
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone	2985	6291
Los Angeles - Glassell Park	981	3104
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place	335	3112
Los Angeles - Granada Hills	1910	3282
Los Angeles - Green Meadows	1196	5561
Los Angeles - Hancock Park	324	1902
Los Angeles - Harbor City	665	2288
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway	1318	3023
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines	38	1577
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights	707	3920
Los Angeles - Harvard Park	2078	5478
Los Angeles - Highland Park	1627	3362
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown	577	4160
Los Angeles - Hollywood	1763	2583
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills	536	1821
Los Angeles - Hyde Park	1020	3574
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park	352	4360
Los Angeles - Koreatown	1527	2954
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square	143	3137
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa	1547	3665
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace	772	5878
Los Angeles - Leimert Park	436	2862
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights	1463	4488
Los Angeles - Little Armenia	454	5657
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh	712	2512
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo	132	4213
Los Angeles - Longwood	146	3392
Los Angeles - Los Feliz	345	1597
Los Angeles - Manchester Square	267	3128
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon	36	1152
Los Angeles - Mar Vista	498	1173
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula	55	1261
Los Angeles - Melrose	2664	3429
Los Angeles - Mid-city	366	2435
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile	286	1590
Los Angeles - Mission Hills	1289	5343
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington	768	3181
Los Angeles - North Hills	2751	4468
Los Angeles - North Hollywood	5937	3921
Los Angeles - Northridge	2117	3033
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades	210	986
Los Angeles - Pacoima	5274	6851
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands	45	1170
Los Angeles - Palms	736	1677
Los Angeles - Panorama City	4255	5654
Los Angeles - Park La Brea	183	1348
Los Angeles - Pico-Union	2215	5294
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey	42	1314
Los Angeles - Playa Vista	180	1644
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch	608	1708
Los Angeles - Rancho Park	120	1829
Los Angeles - Regent Square	42	1511
Los Angeles - Reseda	3444	4495
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch	194	4185
Los Angeles - Reynier Village	59	1395
Los Angeles - San Pedro*	2417	3097
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills	115	2589
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks	1693	1940
Los Angeles - Silverlake	921	2089
Los Angeles - South Carthay	170	1605
Los Angeles - South Park	2538	6686
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village	195	4254
Los Angeles - Studio City	376	1676
Los Angeles - Sun Valley	2583	4922
Los Angeles - Sunland	657	3219
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square	8	1236
Los Angeles - Sylmar*	4927	5980
Los Angeles - Tarzana	1060	3433
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry	1618	4098
Los Angeles - Thai Town	279	2844
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake	150	1723
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace	34	2603
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods	34	1830
Los Angeles - Tujunga	808	2905
Los Angeles - University Hills	81	2362
Los Angeles - University Park	1434	5223
Los Angeles - Valley Glen	1037	3455
Los Angeles - Valley Village	693	2803
Los Angeles - Van Nuys*	4532	4863
Los Angeles - Venice	496	1464
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls	887	5157
Los Angeles - Vermont Square	440	5746
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista	2431	5902
Los Angeles - Vernon Central	3769	7248
Los Angeles - Victoria Park	292	3477
Los Angeles - View Heights	64	1733
Los Angeles - Watts	2454	5751
Los Angeles - Wellington Square	171	3479
Los Angeles - West Adams	1180	4271
Los Angeles - West Hills	826	2037
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles	697	1852
Los Angeles - West Vernon	2999	5591
Los Angeles - Westchester	632	1225
Los Angeles - Westlake	2941	4955
Los Angeles - Westwood	715	1321
Los Angeles - Wholesale District*	2898	8021
Los Angeles - Wilmington	2322	4111
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center	1497	2984
Los Angeles - Winnetka	1973	3810
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills	1477	2170
Unincorporated - Acton	105	1317
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce	58	1395
Unincorporated - Altadena	941	2157
Unincorporated - Anaverde	38	2520
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated - Arcadia	137	1717
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont	1960	4618
Unincorporated - Athens Village	338	6902
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights	375	5535
Unincorporated - Azusa	692	4346
Unincorporated - Bassett	854	5764
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon	16	1491
Unincorporated - Bradbury	7	6481
Unincorporated - Canyon Country	213	2756
Unincorporated - Castaic*	2348	8635
Unincorporated - Cerritos	26	4429
Unincorporated - Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated - Claremont	27	3846
Unincorporated - Covina	643	3823
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)	445	3386
Unincorporated - Del Aire	93	2117
Unincorporated - Del Rey	8	2516
Unincorporated - Del Sur	34	1408
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands	81	3249
Unincorporated - Duarte	208	4697
Unincorporated - East Covina	8	2432
Unincorporated - East La Mirada	160	3023
Unincorporated - East Lancaster	2	1754
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles	8337	6655
Unincorporated - East Pasadena	104	1624
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez	840	5487
Unincorporated - East Whittier	124	2337
Unincorporated - El Camino Village	208	2366
Unincorporated - El Monte	7	4828
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake	15	903
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone	4457	6888
Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Glendora	17	2576
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights	1482	2650
Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated - Hawthorne	81	3222
Unincorporated - Hi Vista	10	911
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons	52	3683
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose	309	1561
Unincorporated - La Habra Heights	9	1331
Unincorporated - La Rambla	87	4193
Unincorporated - La Verne*	46	2255
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights	134	1895
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes	10	1497
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles	431	3317
Unincorporated - Lake Manor	31	1887
Unincorporated - Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated - Lennox	938	4161
Unincorporated - Leona Valley	26	1485
Unincorporated - Littlerock	113	2810
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills	28	2159
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom	135	3783
Unincorporated - Llano	6	684
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey	112	1190
Unincorporated - Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated - Monrovia	95	2448
Unincorporated - Newhall	33	15000
Unincorporated - North Lancaster	41	3422
Unincorporated - North Whittier	311	3720
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel	505	2101
Unincorporated - Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated - Palmdale	30	3563
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula	6	966
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano	28	1431
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village	45	7270
Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated - Pomona	19	980
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill	301	2332
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez	105	3946
Unincorporated - Roosevelt	30	3222
Unincorporated - Rosewood	44	3421
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena	46	3856
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	137	4076
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights	983	1927
Unincorporated - San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	3	350
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills	1096	5420
Unincorporated - San Pasqual	13	639
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island	31	11610
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*	166	891
Unincorporated - Saugus	47	30323
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country	12	3371
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley	8	1758
Unincorporated - South El Monte	120	6685
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel	263	2972
Unincorporated - South Whittier	2524	4262
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley	20	2561
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch	274	1307
Unincorporated - Sun Village	245	4059
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village	69	5324
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	19	1146
Unincorporated - Val Verde	118	3566
Unincorporated - Valencia	61	1986
Unincorporated - Valinda	1130	4835
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills	213	1831
Unincorporated - Walnut Park	911	5643
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley	8	529
Unincorporated - West Carson	570	2581
Unincorporated - West Chatsworth	1	8333
Unincorporated - West LA	47	4937
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley	528	5369
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez	26	1913
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos	1376	5110
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills	13	1000
Unincorporated - Westhills	20	2384
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms	94	2552
Unincorporated - Whittier	89	2352
Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows	5	41667
Unincorporated - Willowbrook	1894	5425
Unincorporated - Wiseburn	162	2688
- Under Investigation	4497

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