August 22, 2020 COVID Report: 48 New Deaths and 1,644 New Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Brian Hews

4 years ago

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 48 new deaths and 1,644 new cases of confirmed COVID-19.

Younger residents continue to make up the majority of positive new cases. Of the new cases reported today, 71% are of people under the age of 50 years old. Residents between the ages of 30 and 49 years old have the highest number of new cases among all age groups in LA County, 35% of new cases today.

While people in this age group typically have low risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19, Public Health is concerned they may unknowingly infect parents, grandparents, and friends and family who have underlying health conditions and who are at greater risk for serious illness and death. And while, younger people have less risk, 26% of deaths in LA County have occurred among people younger than 65 years old and sadly, almost 400 individuals between the ages of 30 and 49 have died from COVID-19.

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 the 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 5 of the state’s 6 indicators, only failing to meet the threshold of having less than 100 cases per 100,000 residents. The case rate per 100,000 people today is 218.

The positive trends that the county is seeing can be attributed to a host of efforts that entailed significant sacrifices from people, all of which decreased opportunities for transmission, particularly in high-risk settings. Residents are urged to continue physical distancing and infection control directives and wear a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both their nose and mouth when in contact with other people not part of their household.

To date, Public Health has identified 230,662 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 5,537 deaths. There are currently 1,280 hospitalized, of which 33% are confirmed cases in the ICU. Upon further investigation, 36 cases and two deaths reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

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Of the 47 new deaths reported today (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena), 16 people that passed away were over the age of 80, 17 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, 11 people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, one person who died was between the ages of 30 and 49 years old and two people who died were between the ages of 18 and 29 years old. Thirty-eight people had underlying health conditions including 12 people over the age of 80 years old, 16 people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, seven people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, one person between the ages of 30 and 49 years old and two people 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 5,209 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 2,168,595 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive.

“Though there are promising signs that our collective efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 are working, we are sad to report today that more Angelenos have lost their lives to COVID-19, and their loved ones are in our hearts as they mourn,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As we begin another hot summer weekend in Southern California, it’s important that we remain mindful of all the precautions we have to continue to take if we want to decrease community transmission enough to re-open schools. Being around people who aren’t part of your household puts you and them 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. When you go outside for exercise and to enjoy the beautiful outdoors, wear a face covering, avoid crowds and stay a safe distance away from others.”

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.

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, and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household. 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, or until they receive a negative result. If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should plan on receiving a call from a contact tracer 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.

Please see additional information below:

	Total Cases	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	230662	1644
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	218378	1550
— Long Beach	10016	86
— Pasadena	2268	8
Deaths	5537	48
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	5225	47
— Long Beach	201	1
— Pasadena	111	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	3483
– 5 to 11	7650
– 12 to 17	9537
– 18 to 29	54011
– 30 to 49	75285
– 50 to 64	42317
– 65 to 79	16776
– over 80	7972
– Under Investigation	1347
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	109313
– Male	105751
– Other	93
– Under Investigation	3221
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	188
– Asian	6894
– Black	6343
– Hispanic/Latino	79082
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	675
– White	16635
– Other	26429
– Under Investigation	82132
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	15816
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	10
– Asian	774
– Black	527
– Hispanic/Latino	2618
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17
– White	1235
– Other	28
– Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	139	666
City of Alhambra	1097	1265
City of Arcadia	428	741
City of Artesia	288	1715
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1330	2658
City of Baldwin Park	2495	3250
City of Bell	1389	3823
City of Bell Gardens	1702	3952
City of Bellflower	2085	2682
City of Beverly Hills	593	1718
City of Bradbury	13	1216
City of Burbank	1248	1164
City of Calabasas	229	941
City of Carson	1619	1725
City of Cerritos	495	989
City of Claremont	323	885
City of Commerce*	505	3864
City of Compton	3534	3537
City of Covina	1191	2429
City of Cudahy	985	4046
City of Culver City	361	906
City of Diamond Bar	479	833
City of Downey	3572	3126
City of Duarte	444	2017
City of El Monte	3886	3314
City of El Segundo	115	685
City of Gardena	1067	1740
City of Glendale	2916	1412
City of Glendora	1116	2115
City of Hawaiian Gardens	467	3182
City of Hawthorne	1721	1938
City of Hermosa Beach	183	930
City of Hidden Hills	7	370
City of Huntington Park	2509	4218
City of Industry	30	6865
City of Inglewood	2529	2227
City of Irwindale	61	4181
City of La Canada Flintridge	153	739
City of La Habra Heights	32	587
City of La Mirada	753	1518
City of La Puente	1324	3253
City of La Verne	394	1184
City of Lakewood	1093	1360
City of Lancaster*	2741	1696
City of Lawndale	562	1672
City of Lomita	217	1047
City of Lynwood*	2854	3961
City of Malibu	91	702
City of Manhattan Beach	304	844
City of Maywood	1246	4442
City of Monrovia	652	1680
City of Montebello	1981	3077
City of Monterey Park	830	1333
City of Norwalk	2887	2683
City of Palmdale	3430	2158
City of Palos Verdes Estates	78	577
City of Paramount	2141	3822
City of Pico Rivera	2108	3279
City of Pomona	4764	3055
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	258	604
City of Redondo Beach	504	734
City of Rolling Hills	6	309
City of Rolling Hills Estates	36	444
City of Rosemead	720	1301
City of San Dimas*	452	1310
City of San Fernando	765	3108
City of San Gabriel	539	1316
City of San Marino	69	520
City of Santa Clarita	2796	1268
City of Santa Fe Springs	478	2603
City of Santa Monica	734	794
City of Sierra Madre	65	592
City of Signal Hill	231	1958
City of South El Monte	708	3390
City of South Gate	3922	3996
City of South Pasadena	241	925
City of Temple City	472	1295
City of Torrance	1239	830
City of Vernon	9	4306
City of Walnut	236	773
City of West Covina	2500	2310
City of West Hollywood	479	1296
City of Westlake Village	25	299
City of Whittier	1937	2215
Los Angeles	93514	2312
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	231	2816
Los Angeles – Alsace	315	2531
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	55	2198
Los Angeles – Arleta	1215	3535
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	203	1384
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	543	1745
Los Angeles – Bel Air	69	819
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	102	814
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	132	1002
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	3889	4476
Los Angeles – Brentwood	248	801
Los Angeles – Brookside	3	516
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	108	1517
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	1585	2428
Los Angeles – Carthay	190	1323
Los Angeles – Central	1911	4901
Los Angeles – Century City	106	829
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1347	3989
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	580	1565
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	61	665
Los Angeles – Chinatown	106	1322
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	259	1780
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	266	1755
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	268	1938
Los Angeles – Crestview	170	1495
Los Angeles – Del Rey	309	1032
Los Angeles – Downtown*	654	2378
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	578	1460
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	547	1868
Los Angeles – Echo Park	205	1438
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1089	2605
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	87	1523
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	233	2291
Los Angeles – Encino	491	1087
Los Angeles – Exposition	71	2135
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1166	2596
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	28	778
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	288	3302
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2042	4304
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	592	1873
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	209	1942
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1014	1743
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	857	3985
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	195	1144
Los Angeles – Harbor City	435	1496
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	866	1986
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	18	747
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	500	2772
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1419	3741
Los Angeles – Highland Park	963	1990
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	383	2761
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1017	1490
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	248	843
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	713	2498
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	229	2837
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1018	1969
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	76	1667
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	840	1990
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	479	3647
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	267	1753
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	944	2896
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	363	4523
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	433	1528
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	58	1851
Los Angeles – Longwood	107	2486
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	173	801
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	165	1933
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	18	576
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	275	648
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	30	688
Los Angeles – Melrose	1666	2144
Los Angeles – Mid-city	247	1643
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	145	806
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	640	2653
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	483	2000
Los Angeles – North Hills	1552	2521
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	3087	2039
Los Angeles – Northridge	1202	1722
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	110	517
Los Angeles – Pacoima	2916	3788
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	21	546
Los Angeles – Palms	493	1124
Los Angeles – Panorama City	2446	3250
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	89	655
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	1627	3888
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	26	814
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	117	1069
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	308	865
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	74	1128
Los Angeles – Regent Square	25	899
Los Angeles – Reseda	1883	2458
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	98	2114
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	33	781
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	1770	2268
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	53	1193
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	877	1005
Los Angeles – Silverlake	561	1273
Los Angeles – South Carthay	98	925
Los Angeles – South Park	1814	4779
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	129	2814
Los Angeles – Studio City	215	958
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	1314	2504
Los Angeles – Sunland	384	1882
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	5	773
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	2834	3439
Los Angeles – Tarzana	537	1739
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1083	2743
Los Angeles – Thai Town	146	1488
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	86	988
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	687	2502
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	524	1746
Los Angeles – Valley Village	445	1800
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	2481	2662
Los Angeles – Venice	259	764
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	652	3791
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	303	3957
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	1682	4084
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	2668	5131
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	197	2346
Los Angeles – View Heights	42	1137
Los Angeles – Watts	1698	3979
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	105	2136
Los Angeles – West Adams	784	2837
Los Angeles – West Hills	451	1112
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	448	1190
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2020	3766
Los Angeles – Westchester	355	688
Los Angeles – Westlake	2179	3671
Los Angeles – Westwood	298	551
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2160	5979
Los Angeles – Wilmington	1542	2730
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	988	1969
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1077	2080
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	760	1117
Unincorporated – Acton	58	728
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	24	577
Unincorporated – Altadena	569	1304
Unincorporated – Anaverde	13	862
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	5	402
Unincorporated – Arcadia	80	1002
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1352	3186
Unincorporated – Athens Village	203	4145
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	241	3557
Unincorporated – Azusa	425	2669
Unincorporated – Bassett	560	3779
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	6	559
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	112	1449
Unincorporated – Castaic*	1886	6936
Unincorporated – Cerritos	14	2385
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	17	2422
Unincorporated – Covina	371	2206
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	269	2047
Unincorporated – Del Aire	64	1457
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	9	373
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	39	1564
Unincorporated – Duarte	114	2575
Unincorporated – East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	90	1701
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	5539	4422
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	65	1015
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	586	3828
Unincorporated – East Whittier	74	1395
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	135	1536
Unincorporated – El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	6	361
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	3042	4701
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	144	727
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	191	1470
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	22	1339
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	621	2755
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	16	914
Unincorporated – Littlerock	73	1815
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	7	540
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	140	1085
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	70	2631
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	8	859
Unincorporated – Rosewood	21	1633
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	14	1174
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	82	2440
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	580	1137
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	627	3101
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	1500	2533
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	13	1665
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	143	682
Unincorporated – Sun Village	139	2303
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	43	3318
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	10	603
Unincorporated – Val Verde	58	1753
Unincorporated – Valencia	39	1270
Unincorporated – Valinda	666	2850
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	133	1143
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	617	3822
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	4	265
Unincorporated – West Carson	368	1666
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	41	4307
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	333	3386
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	20	1472
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	862	3201
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	5	385
Unincorporated – Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	40	1086
Unincorporated – Whittier	57	1506
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	0	0
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1301	3726
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	107	1775
– Under Investigation	4561

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Thirty-six cases and two deaths 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
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