October 7, 2020 COVID Report: 30 New Deaths & 1,645 New Cases in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 30 new deaths and 1,645 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. While today is the highest number of new cases in a single day reported since late August, it is not indicative of a trend. Public Health will continue monitoring the number of new cases reported closely along with other key indicators.

There are 696 confirmed cases of COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 28% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU. The number of daily hospitalizations has remained stable and under 800 daily hospitalizations since mid-September.

The 7-day average number of daily deaths has steadily declined from about 30 deaths a day at the end of August to about 15 deaths a day.

The County’s percent positivity or the percentage of total tests that are positive, has remained steady at a level close to 3% for several weeks. For comparison, the percent positivity was around 8% in July. We are hoping to continue to drive down this number. Percent positivity is used to understand the extent of community spread and is a helpful early indicator when spread begins to increase.

To date, Public Health has identified 277,445 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 6,709 deaths.

Yesterday, the State incorporated an additional metric to their Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Because most counties, including L.A. County, have significant differences in COVID-19 outcomes by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status, it is important to not only look at COVID-19 indicators across the entire county, but also to understand the experiences among different racial and ethnic groups and people who live in areas with unequal access to resources. The metric calculates the test positivity rate for those areas within counties that are less advantaged and compares this rate to the overall County test positivity rate. The goal is to have a reduction in disease transmission in allcommunities.

Currently L.A. County continues to be in Tier 1, the most restrictive tier, because the County’s adjusted case rate is 7.4 new cases per 100,000 people. Both test positivity rates meet the threshold for Tier 3; the overall test positivity rate is 2.8%, and the test positivity rate in our lowest-resourced areas is 4.6%.

African American/Black and Latino/Latinx residents and those who live in high poverty areas in the U.S. have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The County is focused on understanding and eliminating gaps in COVID-19 outcomes and routinely report on data by race and ethnicity as well as area poverty in order to understand what gaps exist and our progress closing the gaps.

The County has made progress in closing the gaps. At the end of September, death rates for all races and ethnicities are lower than they’ve been since the beginning of July. Latino/Latinx residents experience 3 times the rate of death when compared to White residents; this is a decline from Latino/Latinx residents experiencing 4 times higher than that of White residents during the July peak. Black residents have seen deaths fluctuate over time, and now are about equal to the mortality rates for Asians. The mortality rate among people living in areas with the highest levels of poverty remains 4 times that of people living in the lowest levels of poverty.

We need to continue to work hard to close these gaps by addressing the inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities that are essential for optimal health and well-being.

One example of efforts to address the needs of hard hit communities can be seen at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Public Health by the Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center and their partners. The Healing Center, located in South Los Angeles, works with over 50 partners and offers the community wholistic free trauma education and prevention services. The Center provides free therapy support groups and classes that promote mental and physical health and wellness. The Healing Center moved many services online, and prioritized services that directly addressed the difficulties residents have been experiencing through this pandemic, in particular, toxic stress and feelings of being overwhelmed that comes with these very difficult times. Services include:

Food distribution 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month
Online therapy support classes
Online yoga & dance
Monthly forums and healing circles

The Healing Center is located at 11833 South Wilmington Ave. For more information call, 323-568-8100.

“When we look at these numbers each day, we know that so many across the county are experiencing profound grief because they have lost a loved one or friend to COVID-19. Our hearts go out to you at this very difficult time,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “As with all activities we do through the pandemic, it is always best to plan early and try to take the maximum amount of precautions. We are less than a month away from election day and we’re really lucky to take advantage of the fact that everyone gets a ballot by mail to fill out in the privacy of their own home and send in at no cost. This is one of the safest ways to cast your vote this November. If you prefer or need to go and vote at a voting site, the County voting sites will be implementing protocols to create as much safety as possible for voters and poll workers. If you’re a person with an underlying health condition, this is the time to think through how to reduce the risk to yourself and minimize your exposures by either using that mail-in ballot or going to one of the voting sites at a time when it’s not crowded.”

Public Health has updated the Health Officer Order to allow for outdoor dining at non-restaurant breweries and wineries serving a meal as long as the business follows all requirements for infection control and distancing that are detailed in our protocol. Indoor shopping malls are allowed to reopen today with occupancy limited to 25% capacity, and with all food courts and all common areas closed.

Of the 30 new deaths reported today, nine people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old, 11 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, five 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. Eighteen people who died had underlying health conditions including seven people over the age of 80, seven people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, and four people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old. Two deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena and one death was reported by the City of Long Beach.

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 6,316 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. Upon further investigation, 56 cases and two deaths reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Testing results are available for more than 2,755,000 individuals with 9% 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	277445
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	262634
— Long Beach	12180
— Pasadena	2631
Deaths	6709
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6332
— Long Beach	249
— Pasadena	128
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	4440
– 5 to 11	9566
– 12 to 17	11860
– 18 to 29	65243
– 30 to 49	89901
– 50 to 64	50652
– 65 to 79	20088
– over 80	9305
– Under Investigation	1579
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	132465
– Male	127106
– Other	139
– Under Investigation	2924
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	251
– Asian	8293
– Black	8025
– Hispanic/Latino	99746
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	775
– White	21546
– Other	27406
– Under Investigation	96592
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	22368
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	12
– Asian	919
– Black	617
– Hispanic/Latino	3248
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	22
– White	1462
– Other	36
– Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	191	915
City of Alhambra	1322	1524
City of Arcadia	541	937
City of Artesia	389	2316
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1596	3189
City of Baldwin Park	3117	4060
City of Bell	1656	4558
City of Bell Gardens	2054	4769
City of Bellflower	2459	3163
City of Beverly Hills	709	2054
City of Bradbury	14	1310
City of Burbank	1657	1546
City of Calabasas	281	1155
City of Carson	1892	2016
City of Cerritos	593	1184
City of Claremont	407	1116
City of Commerce*	600	4591
City of Compton	4152	4156
City of Covina	1462	2982
City of Cudahy	1135	4662
City of Culver City	402	1008
City of Diamond Bar	568	988
City of Downey	4287	3752
City of Duarte	589	2675
City of El Monte	4509	3845
City of El Segundo	132	786
City of Gardena	1288	2101
City of Glendale	3963	1919
City of Glendora	1280	2426
City of Hawaiian Gardens	542	3693
City of Hawthorne	1996	2248
City of Hermosa Beach	228	1159
City of Hidden Hills	10	529
City of Huntington Park	3026	5087
City of Industry	36	8238
City of Inglewood	2960	2606
City of Irwindale	72	4935
City of La Canada Flintridge	185	894
City of La Habra Heights	45	825
City of La Mirada	877	1768
City of La Puente	1584	3892
City of La Verne	511	1535
City of Lakewood	1342	1670
City of Lancaster*	3649	2258
City of Lawndale	650	1934
City of Lomita	243	1172
City of Lynwood*	3429	4759
City of Malibu	104	802
City of Manhattan Beach	373	1036
City of Maywood	1476	5262
City of Monrovia	779	2008
City of Montebello	2391	3714
City of Monterey Park	996	1600
City of Norwalk	3394	3154
City of Palmdale	4367	2747
City of Palos Verdes Estates	104	769
City of Paramount	2475	4418
City of Pico Rivera	2511	3906
City of Pomona	5702	3657
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	317	742
City of Redondo Beach	580	844
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	44	542
City of Rosemead	851	1537
City of San Dimas*	549	1591
City of San Fernando	992	4031
City of San Gabriel	664	1621
City of San Marino	93	700
City of Santa Clarita	3681	1670
City of Santa Fe Springs	585	3186
City of Santa Monica	922	997
City of Sierra Madre	78	710
City of Signal Hill	287	2433
City of South El Monte	823	3941
City of South Gate	4595	4681
City of South Pasadena	296	1136
City of Temple City	541	1484
City of Torrance	1485	995
City of Vernon	12	5742
City of Walnut	289	947
City of West Covina	2988	2761
City of West Hollywood	597	1616
City of Westlake Village	37	443
City of Whittier	2346	2683
Los Angeles	112826	2790
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	274	3341
Los Angeles – Alsace	384	3086
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	77	3078
Los Angeles – Arleta	1512	4399
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	242	1650
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	634	2037
Los Angeles – Bel Air	97	1151
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	136	1086
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	171	1298
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	4401	5065
Los Angeles – Brentwood	303	979
Los Angeles – Brookside	4	688
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	134	1882
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	1976	3027
Los Angeles – Carthay	224	1560
Los Angeles – Central	2215	5681
Los Angeles – Century City	120	938
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1529	4528
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	701	1891
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	83	905
Los Angeles – Chinatown	123	1533
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	309	2123
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	390	2574
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	312	2256
Los Angeles – Crestview	200	1759
Los Angeles – Del Rey	368	1229
Los Angeles – Downtown*	849	3086
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	690	1743
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	650	2219
Los Angeles – Echo Park	264	1852
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1293	3093
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	101	1768
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	273	2684
Los Angeles – Encino	648	1435
Los Angeles – Exposition	81	2435
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1377	3066
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	38	1056
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	318	3646
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2391	5040
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	727	2300
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	257	2388
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1266	2176
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	964	4483
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	243	1426
Los Angeles – Harbor City	512	1761
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	1021	2342
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	25	1038
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	575	3188
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1668	4397
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1158	2393
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	459	3309
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1258	1843
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	310	1053
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	821	2877
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	262	3245
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1203	2327
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	86	1886
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1098	2602
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	578	4401
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	324	2127
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1107	3396
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	400	4984
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	507	1789
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	96	3064
Los Angeles – Longwood	122	2835
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	218	1009
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	197	2308
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	27	864
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	338	796
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	39	894
Los Angeles – Melrose	1995	2568
Los Angeles – Mid-city	286	1903
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	189	1051
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	841	3486
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	574	2377
Los Angeles – North Hills	1910	3102
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	4109	2714
Los Angeles – Northridge	1486	2129
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	136	639
Los Angeles – Pacoima	3622	4705
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	31	806
Los Angeles – Palms	564	1285
Los Angeles – Panorama City	3079	4092
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	113	832
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	1838	4393
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	29	907
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	144	1315
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	406	1141
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	90	1372
Los Angeles – Regent Square	30	1079
Los Angeles – Reseda	2282	2978
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	119	2567
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	43	1017
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	1984	2542
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	67	1508
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1138	1304
Los Angeles – Silverlake	647	1468
Los Angeles – South Carthay	128	1208
Los Angeles – South Park	2091	5508
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	156	3403
Los Angeles – Studio City	258	1150
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	1728	3292
Los Angeles – Sunland	481	2357
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	7	1082
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	3444	4180
Los Angeles – Tarzana	712	2306
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1267	3209
Los Angeles – Thai Town	172	1753
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	110	1264
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	24	1838
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	22	1184
Los Angeles – Tujunga	545	1960
Los Angeles – University Hills	57	1662
Los Angeles – University Park	1173	4272
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	691	2302
Los Angeles – Valley Village	556	2249
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	3163	3394
Los Angeles – Venice	302	891
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	732	4256
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	350	4571
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	1957	4752
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	3108	5977
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	222	2643
Los Angeles – View Heights	46	1245
Los Angeles – Watts	1994	4673
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	127	2584
Los Angeles – West Adams	917	3319
Los Angeles – West Hills	562	1386
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	515	1368
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2411	4494
Los Angeles – Westchester	438	849
Los Angeles – Westlake	2445	4119
Los Angeles – Westwood	412	761
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2464	6820
Los Angeles – Wilmington	1827	3234
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1138	2268
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1309	2528
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	968	1422
Unincorporated – Acton	74	928
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	28	673
Unincorporated – Altadena	748	1715
Unincorporated – Anaverde	18	1194
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	95	1190
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1575	3711
Unincorporated – Athens Village	247	5044
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	305	4502
Unincorporated – Azusa	532	3341
Unincorporated – Bassett	675	4556
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	9	839
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	151	1954
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2101	7727
Unincorporated – Cerritos	22	3748
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	24	3419
Unincorporated – Covina	464	2759
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	321	2442
Unincorporated – Del Aire	77	1753
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	104	1965
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	6515	5201
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	83	1296
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	693	4527
Unincorporated – East Whittier	96	1809
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	149	1695
Unincorporated – El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	7	421
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	3546	5480
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	13	1970
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1082	1935
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	61	2426
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	8	729
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	40	2833
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	213	1076
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	6	888
Unincorporated – La Rambla	81	3904
Unincorporated – La Verne*	35	1716
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	100	1414
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	4	599
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	243	1870
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	24	1461
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	714	3167
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	22	1256
Unincorporated – Littlerock	86	2139
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	14	1079
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	98	2746
Unincorporated – Llano	3	342
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	76	808
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	83	2139
Unincorporated – Newhall	14	6364
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	19	1586
Unincorporated – North Whittier	217	2596
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	355	1477
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	21	2494
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	24	1227
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	33	5331
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	16	826
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	186	1441
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	74	2781
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	12	1289
Unincorporated – Rosewood	32	2488
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	33	2766
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	110	3273
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	710	1392
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	766	3788
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	10	491
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	27	10112
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	125	671
Unincorporated – Saugus	28	18065
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	6	1685
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	6	1319
Unincorporated – South El Monte	97	5404
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	181	2046
Unincorporated – South Whittier	1881	3176
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	14	1793
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	178	849
Unincorporated – Sun Village	168	2783
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	54	4167
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	13	784
Unincorporated – Val Verde	87	2629
Unincorporated – Valencia	48	1562
Unincorporated – Valinda	782	3346
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	150	1289
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	731	4528
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	5	331
Unincorporated – West Carson	454	2056
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	45	4727
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	403	4098
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	22	1619
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	1007	3740
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	8	615
Unincorporated – Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	47	1276
Unincorporated – Whittier	71	1876
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1499	4294
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	130	2157
– Under Investigation	4286

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 56 cases and two deaths 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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