October 5, 2020 COVID Report: 7 New Deaths & 472 New Cases in Los Angeles County

Brian Hews

4 years ago

Public Health Highlights Infection Control and Distancing to Prevent COVID-19 Spread as Sectors Reopen

As sectors reopen in L.A. County, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) highlights infection control and distancing as the best ways to avoid becoming infected with COVID-19, and cautions daily testing is not a substitute for these safety measures.

The most effective way to prevent transmission is always wearing a cloth face covering and keeping physical distance when around people you do not live with. Gatherings of any kind, even with people you know who have no symptoms and have been tested, can still result in transmission of the virus to many people, especially when people are not diligent about wearing face coverings and keeping physical distance.

Daily testing for the virus is not a substitute for infection control and distancing since it does not prevent someone from becoming infected and passing the virus along to others. Because of the virus’ long incubation period, even a person who has recently tested negative for the virus could be positive within hours of testing and can infect other people unknowingly.

Isolating when positive and quarantining when exposed are two other important tools in slowing the spread of COVID-19. As a reminder, anyone who tests positive needs to isolate from others for at least 10 days, until symptoms have improved, and they are fever free for at least 24 hours. Any person that tests positive for COVID-19 may be able to infect others for up to 10 days after being diagnosed, even if the person never had symptoms or their symptoms have subsided, and anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 may have been able to infect others for at least 48 hours before they tested positive or before they showed any symptoms.

The goal for everyone, including Public Health, businesses, and residents, is to reopen sectors in a way that does not result in more cases, illness, and deaths from COVID-19. We are seeing in cities across the country and the world that with reopening often comes increases in transmission of the virus that ultimately requires sectors to close again for the safety of residents.

Today, Public Health has confirmed seven new deaths and 472 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 274,942 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 6,654 deaths. The low number of new deaths and new cases reported today reflect a reporting lag from over the weekend. Upon further investigation, 95 cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

“Each day, we know that these numbers represent tragedy for the many who have lost a person they cared about to this virus. Our deepest sympathies go out to all of you,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “I join with all others in wishing the President, the First Lady, and their staff and colleagues a fast and complete recovery. And I extend these same wishes to all L.A. County residents who are sick from the coronavirus. It is the personal responsibility of everyone – businesses, institutions, and individuals – to protect ourselves and each other from further transmission of this dangerous virus. Compliance on everyone’s part is so important to reopening sectors and continuing to keep them open. None of us want to move backward in our recovery, and this will require each business, school and resident to use every tool we have to slow the spread of COVID-19 in all settings and circumstances.”

Beginning today, Monday, October 5, schools can apply for a waiver to reopen their classrooms for in-person instruction for students in grades TK through 2. To apply, schools must complete an online application available at www.publichealth.lacounty.gov. The application must be accompanied by letters of support from employees and parents. In addition to the application and letters of support, schools must also submit a completed Public Health K-12 Protocol Checklist to demonstrate that they are in compliance with all required infection control protocols. The program prioritizes the issuance of waivers to schools with higher percentages of students qualified for free/reduced meals and is capped at 30 schools per week. The review process will take 2-3 weeks and includes consultation with the California Department of Public Health.

The timeline for the re-opening of additional sectors are the following:

As of October 1, nail salons resumed indoor services at 25% capacity. Outdoor services should continue as much as possible.
As of today, October 5, cardrooms can reopen for outdoor operations only. Food and beverages may not be served at the tables. Face coverings are required.
On October 7, indoor shopping malls will be allowed to reopen with occupancy limited to 25% capacity; all food courts and all common areas remain closed.
Outside playgrounds can reopen at the discretion of cities and L.A. County Parks and Recreation. Face coverings and physical distancing are required.

Public Health continues consulting with County Counsel on the process for re-opening outdoor operations at breweries and wineries serving a meal.

All operators of businesses that are allowed to reopen are required to implement all Public Health protocols before reopening to ensure compliance and avoid citations, fines and possible closure. It is important that businesses protect employees, customers and residents from COVID-19 as much as possible by following Public Health protocols and directives.

Public Health continues to support businesses in complying with the required protocols that make employees and the community as safe as possible, and offers to all businesses and employees the COVID-19 Safety Compliance Certification Program. This free training allows businesses and employees to learn about safety protocols and to self-certify that they have completed the training. To date, 1,903 employers and 1,949 employees have completed the training. We want to thank everyone who has participated, and we encourage all businesses and employees to take advantage of this program.

Public Health’s compliance team continues to visit businesses across the County every day. While the inspectors’ goal is to assist businesses become compliant with requirements, they do continue to issue citations that result in fines and unfortunately closings to those who are unable or refuse to take the steps needed to protect their workforce and community.

Of the seven new deaths reported today, three people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old, one person who died was between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, two people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, and one person who died was between the ages of 30 and 49 years old. Five people who died had underlying health conditions including three people over the age of 80 and two people between the ages of 50 and 64 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 6,265 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 51% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 23% 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 nearly 2,727,000 individuals with 9% of all people testing positive. There are 674 confirmed cases currently hospitalized and 27% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU.

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	274942
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	260271
— Long Beach	12053
— Pasadena	2618
Deaths	6654
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6281
— Long Beach	249
— Pasadena	124
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	4383
– 5 to 11	9447
– 12 to 17	11728
– 18 to 29	64683
– 30 to 49	89113
– 50 to 64	50196
– 65 to 79	19920
– over 80	9234
– Under Investigation	1567
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	131207
– Male	126011
– Other	138
– Under Investigation	2915
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	248
– Asian	8227
– Black	7938
– Hispanic/Latino	98896
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	764
– White	21294
– Other	27150
– Under Investigation	95754
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	22154
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	12
– Asian	913
– Black	616
– Hispanic/Latino	3220
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22
– White	1448
– Other	34
– Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	187	895
City of Alhambra	1304	1504
City of Arcadia	527	912
City of Artesia	386	2298
City of Avalon	6	155
City of Azusa	1585	3167
City of Baldwin Park	3093	4029
City of Bell	1647	4533
City of Bell Gardens	2039	4734
City of Bellflower	2438	3136
City of Beverly Hills	704	2039
City of Bradbury	14	1310
City of Burbank	1629	1520
City of Calabasas	279	1147
City of Carson	1875	1998
City of Cerritos	582	1162
City of Claremont	397	1088
City of Commerce*	599	4583
City of Compton	4122	4126
City of Covina	1453	2963
City of Cudahy	1127	4629
City of Culver City	396	993
City of Diamond Bar	562	977
City of Downey	4249	3719
City of Duarte	589	2675
City of El Monte	4462	3805
City of El Segundo	132	786
City of Gardena	1279	2086
City of Glendale	3905	1891
City of Glendora	1276	2418
City of Hawaiian Gardens	539	3673
City of Hawthorne	1980	2230
City of Hermosa Beach	225	1144
City of Hidden Hills	10	529
City of Huntington Park	3007	5055
City of Industry	36	8238
City of Inglewood	2947	2595
City of Irwindale	68	4661
City of La Canada Flintridge	185	894
City of La Habra Heights	45	825
City of La Mirada	871	1756
City of La Puente	1572	3863
City of La Verne	501	1505
City of Lakewood	1334	1660
City of Lancaster*	3590	2222
City of Lawndale	644	1916
City of Lomita	243	1172
City of Lynwood*	3409	4732
City of Malibu	104	802
City of Manhattan Beach	372	1033
City of Maywood	1468	5234
City of Monrovia	773	1992
City of Montebello	2374	3688
City of Monterey Park	990	1590
City of Norwalk	3355	3117
City of Palmdale	4297	2703
City of Palos Verdes Estates	103	762
City of Paramount	2460	4391
City of Pico Rivera	2481	3859
City of Pomona	5651	3624
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	316	739
City of Redondo Beach	571	831
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	44	542
City of Rosemead	848	1532
City of San Dimas*	545	1579
City of San Fernando	977	3970
City of San Gabriel	660	1612
City of San Marino	92	693
City of Santa Clarita	3618	1641
City of Santa Fe Springs	579	3153
City of Santa Monica	906	980
City of Sierra Madre	78	710
City of Signal Hill	286	2424
City of South El Monte	814	3898
City of South Gate	4564	4650
City of South Pasadena	293	1125
City of Temple City	541	1484
City of Torrance	1465	981
City of Vernon	12	5742
City of Walnut	283	927
City of West Covina	2968	2742
City of West Hollywood	585	1583
City of Westlake Village	34	407
City of Whittier	2318	2651
Los Angeles	111774	2764
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	272	3316
Los Angeles – Alsace	382	3070
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	77	3078
Los Angeles – Arleta	1498	4358
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	242	1650
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	627	2014
Los Angeles – Bel Air	96	1139
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	131	1046
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	168	1275
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	4353	5010
Los Angeles – Brentwood	301	972
Los Angeles – Brookside	4	688
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	133	1868
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	1956	2996
Los Angeles – Carthay	224	1560
Los Angeles – Central	2204	5652
Los Angeles – Century City	119	930
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1517	4493
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	694	1873
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	83	905
Los Angeles – Chinatown	122	1521
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	305	2096
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	385	2541
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	306	2213
Los Angeles – Crestview	198	1742
Los Angeles – Del Rey	367	1226
Los Angeles – Downtown*	842	3061
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	687	1735
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	648	2213
Los Angeles – Echo Park	263	1845
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1274	3047
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	99	1733
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	267	2625
Los Angeles – Encino	633	1401
Los Angeles – Exposition	81	2435
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1364	3037
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	37	1028
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	316	3623
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2376	5008
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	720	2278
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	257	2388
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1253	2153
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	956	4445
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	242	1420
Los Angeles – Harbor City	512	1761
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	1012	2321
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	24	996
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	572	3172
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1661	4379
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1145	2366
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	452	3259
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1248	1828
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	307	1043
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	815	2856
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	255	3159
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1197	2316
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	84	1843
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1087	2575
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	573	4363
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	320	2100
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1099	3371
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	398	4960
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	503	1775
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	93	2968
Los Angeles – Longwood	118	2742
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	218	1009
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	196	2296
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	27	864
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	332	782
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	39	894
Los Angeles – Melrose	1975	2542
Los Angeles – Mid-city	285	1896
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	184	1023
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	815	3378
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	567	2348
Los Angeles – North Hills	1891	3071
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	4053	2677
Los Angeles – Northridge	1467	2102
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	135	634
Los Angeles – Pacoima	3585	4657
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	30	780
Los Angeles – Palms	559	1274
Los Angeles – Panorama City	3033	4031
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	112	825
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	1834	4383
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	29	907
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	144	1315
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	398	1118
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	90	1372
Los Angeles – Regent Square	30	1079
Los Angeles – Reseda	2246	2931
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	119	2567
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	39	922
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	1973	2528
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	67	1508
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1122	1286
Los Angeles – Silverlake	638	1447
Los Angeles – South Carthay	127	1199
Los Angeles – South Park	2073	5461
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	155	3381
Los Angeles – Studio City	256	1141
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	1715	3268
Los Angeles – Sunland	475	2328
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	7	1082
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	3378	4100
Los Angeles – Tarzana	691	2238
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1264	3201
Los Angeles – Thai Town	169	1723
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	109	1252
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	24	1838
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	22	1184
Los Angeles – Tujunga	535	1924
Los Angeles – University Hills	56	1633
Los Angeles – University Park	1166	4247
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	685	2282
Los Angeles – Valley Village	542	2193
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	3118	3346
Los Angeles – Venice	300	885
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	727	4227
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	349	4558
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	1937	4703
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	3067	5898
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	220	2619
Los Angeles – View Heights	46	1245
Los Angeles – Watts	1980	4640
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	126	2564
Los Angeles – West Adams	910	3294
Los Angeles – West Hills	557	1374
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	513	1363
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2404	4481
Los Angeles – Westchester	432	837
Los Angeles – Westlake	2434	4101
Los Angeles – Westwood	405	748
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2439	6751
Los Angeles – Wilmington	1813	3210
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1129	2250
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1291	2493
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	952	1399
Unincorporated – Acton	73	916
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	28	673
Unincorporated – Altadena	744	1706
Unincorporated – Anaverde	17	1127
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	95	1190
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1564	3685
Unincorporated – Athens Village	245	5003
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	303	4472
Unincorporated – Azusa	525	3297
Unincorporated – Bassett	674	4549
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	9	839
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	146	1889
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2096	7708
Unincorporated – Cerritos	22	3748
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	23	3276
Unincorporated – Covina	462	2747
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	319	2427
Unincorporated – Del Aire	76	1730
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	19	787
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	49	1966
Unincorporated – Duarte	156	3523
Unincorporated – East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	103	1946
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	6458	5155
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	83	1296
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	692	4521
Unincorporated – East Whittier	94	1772
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	149	1695
Unincorporated – El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	7	421
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	3518	5437
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	13	1970
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1072	1917
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	60	2387
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	8	729
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	39	2762
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	209	1056
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	5	740
Unincorporated – La Rambla	80	3855
Unincorporated – La Verne*	34	1667
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	99	1400
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	4	599
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	241	1855
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	24	1461
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	711	3154
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	20	1142
Unincorporated – Littlerock	85	2114
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	13	1002
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	95	2662
Unincorporated – Llano	3	342
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	72	765
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	82	2113
Unincorporated – Newhall	14	6364
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	19	1586
Unincorporated – North Whittier	217	2596
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	353	1469
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	21	2494
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	24	1227
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	32	5170
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	16	826
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	184	1426
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	74	2781
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	11	1182
Unincorporated – Rosewood	32	2488
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	32	2682
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	110	3273
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	702	1376
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	756	3739
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	10	491
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	26	9738
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	121	650
Unincorporated – Saugus	28	18065
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	6	1685
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	6	1319
Unincorporated – South El Monte	94	5237
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	176	1989
Unincorporated – South Whittier	1862	3144
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	14	1793
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	175	835
Unincorporated – Sun Village	167	2767
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	53	4090
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	12	724
Unincorporated – Val Verde	85	2569
Unincorporated – Valencia	48	1562
Unincorporated – Valinda	769	3290
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	149	1281
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	726	4497
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	5	331
Unincorporated – West Carson	450	2037
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	45	4727
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	401	4077
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	22	1619
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	1001	3718
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	8	615
Unincorporated – Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	46	1249
Unincorporated – Whittier	70	1850
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1485	4253
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	129	2140
– Under Investigation	4447

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 95 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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