October 21, 2020 COVID Report: 33 New Deaths and 510 New Positive Cases in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) reports since mid-September, the daily number of cases increased to an average of about 1,000 new cases per day. From the beginning of August through the beginning of September, the number of new cases were under 800 new cases per day. With more interactions between people as businesses re-open, there is an increased risk of transmission that can result in people becoming seriously ill and tragically passing away.

We continue to closely monitor the County’s data to understand how the actions we take to slow the spread, as well as how reopening sectors, affects our L.A. County communities.

Today, Public Health has confirmed 33 new deaths and 510 new cases of COVID-19. The number of new cases reported today is an undercount and reflects technical issues with data reporting systems. To date, Public Health has identified 290,486 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 6,944 deaths.

Given the technical issues with data reporting systems over the last two days, the department reminds anyone with a positive lab result that has not yet connected with a Public Health specialist, to call 1-833-540-0473 to connect with a Public Health specialist who can provide information about services and support. Residents who do not have COVID-19 should continue to call 211 for resources or more information.

The County’s daily case numbers continue to keep us in the State’s most restrictive purple tier (Tier 1) in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Currently, L.A. County’s adjusted case rate is 7.6 new cases per 100,000 people. In order to move to the next less restrictive Tier, the County must reduce its daily number of new cases to 7 or less new cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks.

The County’s overall test positivity rate is 3.4% which meets the threshold for Tier 3 and the test positivity rate in our lowest-resourced areas is 5.9% which meets the threshold for Tier 2.

African American/Black and Latino/Latinx residents and those who live in high poverty areas have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The County continues to see decreases in deaths across all race and ethnicity groups and has made progress in closing the gaps.

During the July peak, the mortality rate among Latino/Latinx residents was 6 deaths per 100,000 people, four times that of White residents who had a mortality rate of 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people. As of October 11, the mortality rate among Latino/Latinx residents decreased to 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people, twice that of White residents and Asian residents who have a mortality rate of a little less than 1 death per 100,000 people.

During the July peak, the mortality rate among African American/Black residents was 4 deaths per 100,000 people, almost three times that of White residents. In October, the mortality rate among African American/Black residents has decreased to less than 1 death per 100,000 people. African American/Black residents currently have the lowest mortality rate in L.A. County.

The gap between people living in areas with the highest levels of poverty and people living in high-resource communities has narrowed. During the peak, the mortality rate among people living in areas with the fewest resources was 6.5 deaths per 100,000 people, over three times that of people living in high-resource areas. On October 11, the mortality rate among people living in areas with the fewest resources was 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people, less than twice that of people living in high-resource communities. Because this gap has been slow to decrease over the past months, we are watching closely to see if this trend continues.

There are 758 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 28% of these people are in the ICU. The number of daily hospitalizations has been below 1,000 COVID-19 patients for most of September and has remained under 800 daily hospitalizations since mid-September.

“Every day, we are thinking of the many people across our county who are grieving a family member or friend who has passed away from COVID-19. We wish you peace during this difficult time,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “I want to acknowledge what we, as a community, continue to accomplish together. We have been living the realities of this pandemic for 8 months, and these times have been full of loss and difficulties. Yet we have made progress together. We have slowed the spread of the virus and we have avoided overwhelming our healthcare system as experienced by other communities across the country. We did this, in large part, because so many people took thoughtful actions in their day-to-day lives. As we head into a season with many holidays and as we celebrate our accomplished sport teams, it can be very tempting to relax our diligence. Unfortunately, this would result in more cases making it difficult to move forward in our recovery and leading to unnecessary illness and death. If congregating with others not in your household, please do so only outdoors in places where you can keep six-feet of distance from others and always wearing your face covering.”

As of October 19, a total of 986 schools are open for in-person learning for high-need students; 69% are public schools, 18% are charter schools, and 13% are private schools. Almost 35,000 students and 20,000 staff have returned for this onsite learning.

To date, Public Health has received 110 waiver applications from schools to open for grades TK-2 in-person learning. A total of 87 applications submitted are from private schools, 18 applications are from charter schools, and five applications are from public schools. Waiver approvals have been issued to four schools to date and can be viewed on Public Health’s school waiver page. Once a complete application is submitted, the review process takes about 2 to 3 weeks.

Of the 33 new deaths reported today, 12 people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old, 18 people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, and three people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old. Thirty people who died had underlying health conditions including 11 people over the age of 80, 16 people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old and three people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old.

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 6,538 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, 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, 33 cases and one death reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Testing results are available for more than 2,913,000 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	290486
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	275040
— Long Beach	12754
— Pasadena	2692
Deaths	6944
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6560
— Long Beach	255
— Pasadena	129
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	4701
– 5 to 11	10176
– 12 to 17	12590
– 18 to 29	68277
– 30 to 49	94087
– 50 to 64	52991
– 65 to 79	20950
– over 80	9580
– Under Investigation	1688
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	138774
– Male	133084
– Other	147
– Under Investigation	3035
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	264
– Asian	8691
– Black	8364
– Hispanic/Latino	105192
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	791
– White	22840
– Other	28130
– Under Investigation	100768
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	23168
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	13
– Asian	943
– Black	631
– Hispanic/Latino	3368
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	21
– White	1526
– Other	36
– Under Investigation	22
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	204	977
City of Alhambra	1382	1594
City of Arcadia	565	978
City of Artesia	393	2340
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1664	3325
City of Baldwin Park	3248	4231
City of Bell	1706	4696
City of Bell Gardens	2155	5003
City of Bellflower	2560	3293
City of Beverly Hills	730	2115
City of Bradbury	17	1590
City of Burbank	1808	1687
City of Calabasas	298	1225
City of Carson	1973	2102
City of Cerritos	622	1242
City of Claremont	431	1181
City of Commerce*	611	4675
City of Compton	4316	4320
City of Covina	1512	3084
City of Cudahy	1160	4764
City of Culver City	408	1023
City of Diamond Bar	596	1036
City of Downey	4437	3883
City of Duarte	610	2771
City of El Monte	4688	3998
City of El Segundo	139	828
City of Gardena	1316	2146
City of Glendale	4245	2056
City of Glendora	1297	2458
City of Hawaiian Gardens	556	3788
City of Hawthorne	2058	2318
City of Hermosa Beach	240	1220
City of Hidden Hills	14	741
City of Huntington Park	3126	5255
City of Industry	36	8238
City of Inglewood	3111	2739
City of Irwindale	74	5072
City of La Canada Flintridge	188	909
City of La Habra Heights	55	1008
City of La Mirada	904	1823
City of La Puente	1671	4106
City of La Verne	532	1598
City of Lakewood	1411	1756
City of Lancaster*	3930	2432
City of Lawndale	687	2044
City of Lomita	254	1225
City of Lynwood*	3539	4912
City of Malibu	107	826
City of Manhattan Beach	389	1081
City of Maywood	1539	5487
City of Monrovia	821	2116
City of Montebello	2483	3857
City of Monterey Park	1015	1630
City of Norwalk	3569	3316
City of Palmdale	4703	2958
City of Palos Verdes Estates	106	784
City of Paramount	2562	4573
City of Pico Rivera	2639	4105
City of Pomona	5916	3794
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	329	770
City of Redondo Beach	616	897
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	45	555
City of Rosemead	891	1610
City of San Dimas*	577	1672
City of San Fernando	1081	4392
City of San Gabriel	673	1643
City of San Marino	96	723
City of Santa Clarita	3971	1802
City of Santa Fe Springs	620	3376
City of Santa Monica	967	1046
City of Sierra Madre	83	755
City of Signal Hill	298	2526
City of South El Monte	868	4156
City of South Gate	4797	4887
City of South Pasadena	309	1186
City of Temple City	554	1520
City of Torrance	1533	1027
City of Vernon	13	6220
City of Walnut	309	1012
City of West Covina	3125	2887
City of West Hollywood	621	1681
City of Westlake Village	40	478
City of Whittier	2472	2827
Los Angeles	118567	2931
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	293	3572
Los Angeles – Alsace	394	3166
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	78	3118
Los Angeles – Arleta	1626	4731
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	260	1773
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	653	2098
Los Angeles – Bel Air	104	1234
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	141	1126
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	181	1374
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	4574	5264
Los Angeles – Brentwood	318	1027
Los Angeles – Brookside	5	861
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	139	1952
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	2138	3275
Los Angeles – Carthay	236	1643
Los Angeles – Central	2285	5860
Los Angeles – Century City	132	1032
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1579	4676
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	742	2002
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	89	970
Los Angeles – Chinatown	135	1683
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	335	2302
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	392	2587
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	330	2386
Los Angeles – Crestview	203	1786
Los Angeles – Del Rey	385	1286
Los Angeles – Downtown*	883	3210
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	707	1786
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	675	2305
Los Angeles – Echo Park	279	1957
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1375	3289
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	110	1926
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	293	2881
Los Angeles – Encino	733	1623
Los Angeles – Exposition	79	2375
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1449	3226
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	40	1111
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	334	3830
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2472	5210
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	758	2398
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	263	2443
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1352	2323
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	986	4585
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	257	1508
Los Angeles – Harbor City	530	1823
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	1077	2470
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	29	1204
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	588	3260
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1742	4592
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1208	2496
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	467	3367
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1333	1953
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	329	1118
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	850	2978
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	276	3419
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1255	2428
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	93	2040
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1166	2763
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	592	4508
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	337	2212
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1161	3562
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	403	5022
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	559	1972
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	105	3351
Los Angeles – Longwood	121	2811
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	233	1078
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	206	2413
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	29	928
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	354	834
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	39	894
Los Angeles – Melrose	2065	2658
Los Angeles – Mid-city	291	1936
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	206	1145
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	912	3780
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	603	2497
Los Angeles – North Hills	2028	3294
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	4382	2894
Los Angeles – Northridge	1601	2294
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	140	658
Los Angeles – Pacoima	3834	4981
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	32	832
Los Angeles – Palms	583	1329
Los Angeles – Panorama City	3295	4379
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	123	906
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	1883	4500
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	29	907
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	145	1325
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	429	1205
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	92	1402
Los Angeles – Regent Square	33	1187
Los Angeles – Reseda	2495	3256
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	129	2783
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	45	1064
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	2062	2642
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	71	1598
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1222	1401
Los Angeles – Silverlake	671	1522
Los Angeles – South Carthay	132	1246
Los Angeles – South Park	2152	5669
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	153	3338
Los Angeles – Studio City	272	1212
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	1866	3555
Los Angeles – Sunland	511	2504
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	7	1082
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	3675	4460
Los Angeles – Tarzana	774	2507
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1304	3303
Los Angeles – Thai Town	191	1947
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	114	1310
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	24	1838
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	25	1346
Los Angeles – Tujunga	592	2129
Los Angeles – University Hills	61	1779
Los Angeles – University Park	1215	4425
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	758	2525
Los Angeles – Valley Village	566	2290
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	3425	3675
Los Angeles – Venice	316	933
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	747	4343
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	359	4689
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	2030	4929
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	3215	6183
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	223	2655
Los Angeles – View Heights	48	1299
Los Angeles – Watts	2078	4869
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	133	2706
Los Angeles – West Adams	939	3398
Los Angeles – West Hills	617	1522
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	522	1387
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2496	4653
Los Angeles – Westchester	459	889
Los Angeles – Westlake	2485	4187
Los Angeles – Westwood	434	802
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2518	6969
Los Angeles – Wilmington	1893	3351
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1194	2380
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1433	2767
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	1071	1574
Unincorporated – Acton	77	966
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	30	722
Unincorporated – Altadena	762	1747
Unincorporated – Anaverde	19	1260
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	94	1178
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1631	3843
Unincorporated – Athens Village	250	5105
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	313	4620
Unincorporated – Azusa	553	3473
Unincorporated – Bassett	695	4691
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	10	932
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	163	2109
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2153	7918
Unincorporated – Cerritos	25	4259
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	24	3419
Unincorporated – Covina	480	2854
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	337	2564
Unincorporated – Del Aire	78	1776
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	19	787
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	53	2126
Unincorporated – Duarte	167	3771
Unincorporated – East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	109	2060
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	6800	5428
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	87	1359
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	707	4619
Unincorporated – East Whittier	99	1866
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	163	1854
Unincorporated – El Monte	7	4828
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	7	421
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	3697	5714
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	13	1970
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1127	2015
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	62	2466
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	8	729
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	42	2975
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	228	1151
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	7	1036
Unincorporated – La Rambla	79	3807
Unincorporated – La Verne*	35	1716
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	106	1499
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	5	749
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	279	2147
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	25	1522
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	740	3283
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	23	1314
Unincorporated – Littlerock	87	2164
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	19	1465
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	103	2886
Unincorporated – Llano	3	342
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	79	839
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	87	2242
Unincorporated – Newhall	15	6818
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	21	1753
Unincorporated – North Whittier	231	2763
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	388	1614
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	20	2375
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	24	1227
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	36	5816
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	16	826
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	199	1542
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	75	2818
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	14	1504
Unincorporated – Rosewood	36	2799
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	34	2850
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	113	3362
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	770	1509
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	819	4050
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	11	541
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	28	10487
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	133	714
Unincorporated – Saugus	28	18065
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	11	3090
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	6	1319
Unincorporated – South El Monte	98	5460
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	197	2226
Unincorporated – South Whittier	2007	3389
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	14	1793
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	189	901
Unincorporated – Sun Village	180	2982
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	56	4321
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	13	784
Unincorporated – Val Verde	91	2750
Unincorporated – Valencia	52	1693
Unincorporated – Valinda	835	3573
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	156	1341
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	757	4689
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	5	331
Unincorporated – West Carson	463	2096
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	44	4622
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	419	4260
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	22	1619
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	1061	3941
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	8	615
Unincorporated – Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	54	1466
Unincorporated – Whittier	73	1929
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1546	4428
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	136	2257
– Under Investigation	4193

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 33 cases and one death 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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