Nov. 20, 2020 COVID Report: 35 New Deaths and 4,272 New Cases in Los Angeles County

Brian Hews

4 years ago

COVID-19 Transmission is Alarmingly High in L.A. County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 35 new deaths and 4,272 new cases of COVID-19. COVID-19 transmission is alarmingly high in L.A. County. Over the last three days, there have been a total of 13,247 new cases reported; a 3-day average of 4,415 daily new cases.

The County’s daily test positivity rate has also increased significantly and now is 7.3%. The test positivity rate was 3.9% on November 1.

There are 1,298 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 27% of these people are in the ICU. This is a 78% increase from a month ago when daily hospitalizations were 730. The last time the County saw numbers this high at our hospitals was in August.

Starting tonight, the following safeguards and restrictions will go into effect across L.A. County:

For non-essential businesses permitted to operate indoors—including retail stores, offices, personal care services—occupancy will be limited to 25% of the maximum occupancy allowed.

The number of patrons at outdoor restaurants, breweries and wineries will be limited to 50% of maximum outdoor capacity.

The number customers at cardrooms, outdoor mini-golf, go-karts and batting cages will be limited to 50% of maximum outdoor capacity.

Services at personal care establishments may only be provided by appointment to customers wearing face coverings by staff wearing face coverings.

Starting tonight, restaurants, breweries, wineries, bars, and all other non-essential retail establishments must close for in customer service between 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. – all these sites can be open for take-out, delivery, and pick up.

Gatherings may only happen outdoors and include 15 people who are members of no more than 3 households.

Yesterday, the State issued a Health Officer Order with additional restrictions effective tomorrow, November 21 until December 21 that also apply to all county residents. This includes closing not just restaurants, breweries, wineries, and non-essential retail at 10:00 pm, but closing all non-essential businesses between 10:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. for in-person customer service. This includes card rooms, entertainment venues and activities, and sporting events. Delivery, take-out, and pick-up is still allowed.

Everyone in California must adhere to the State’s new Health Officer Order. Counties may be more restrictive than State mandates, but not less restrictive.

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order will be modified to align the closing Orders with the State’s Health Officer Order; this includes adopting the same hours of 10:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m. for restricted operations.

As a reminder, the County has established thresholds for additional actions if cases and/or hospitalizations continue to increase.

If the five-day average of cases is 4,000 or more or hospitalizations are more than 1,750 per day, dining at restaurants, breweries, wineries and bars will be prohibited and these businesses will only be able to offer pick-up and delivery.

If the five-day average of cases is 4,500 or more or hospitalizations are more than 2,000 per day, a Safer at Home Order will be mandated for three weeks. The Order would offer additional restrictions while allowing essential and emergency workers and those securing essential services to leave their homes.

To date, Public Health identified 357,451 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 7,396 deaths.

“Our hearts go out to all of those grieving the loss of someone they love to COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “The increases we are seeing now are a result of the actions we took two weeks ago. The time to act is now so in two to three weeks, we will not continue to experience even higher case counts, more people dying from COVID-19, and our health care system seriously stressed. Please stay home as much as possible with those in your household. Please cancel non-essential travel out of the state or out of country. Modify your Thanksgiving plans. The safest way to celebrate is with your immediate household. If your household will be joined by two other households, hold your gathering outdoors with physical distance and face coverings. And please continue to wear your face covering properly over your nose and mouth whenever you are around others.”

Every sector that is open across the county has experienced cases and outbreaks among those working or receiving services. This happens because wherever individuals are in contact with others, there can be transmission of the virus, even by asymptomatic people. Full adherence to the Public Health directives allows for significant containment of transmission at each site. Schools are no different from other sectors that have re-opened; people providing or receiving services at the school may test positive for the virus. Public Health specialists work closely with every school that has a positive case to implement an established outbreak management plan that reduces spread of the virus across the school community; to date, these efforts have been fairly effective.

As of Thursday, November 19, there are over 1,750 schools open throughout L.A. County serving students with high need and 168 schools with waiver approvals serving students in grades TK-2. There are nearly 96,000 students receiving services provided by about 36,000 staff on site at schools. To date, 116 students and 299 staff have tested positive for COVID-19 across 286 school sites; 0.1% of students and 1% of staff receiving or providing services at schools have tested positive. The majority of school sites had only 1 or 2 cases, with little or no transmission at the school. There are 16 schools that experienced small outbreaks where 3 or 4 people tested positive. One additional school has an outbreak with 12 people testing positive; all cases are among individuals who traveled together to play in a baseball competition in Arizona. Public Health will continue to partner with L.A. County Office of Education to provide support for schools that are re-opening.

Of the 35 new deaths reported today, 15 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. Twenty-four people who died had underlying health conditions including 10 people over the age of 80 years old, 10 people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, three people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, and one person between the ages of 30 and 49 years old. One death was reported by the City of Long Beach and one death was reported by the City of Pasadena.

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 6,989 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. Upon further investigation, 53 cases and two deaths reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Testing results are available for more than 3,500,000 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	357451
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	339357
— Long Beach	14839
— Pasadena	3255
Deaths	7396
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6996
— Long Beach	269
— Pasadena	131
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	6173
– 5 to 11	13372
– 12 to 17	16398
– 18 to 29	84796
– 30 to 49	115838
– 50 to 64	64513
– 65 to 79	25223
– over 80	10861
– Under Investigation	2183
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	171599
– Male	163666
– Other	182
– Under Investigation	3910
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	326
– Asian	10993
– Black	10495
– Hispanic/Latino	135769
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	1011
– White	30332
– Other	33829
– Under Investigation	116602
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	26932
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	17
– Asian	987
– Black	661
– Hispanic/Latino	3618
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	20
– White	1633
– Other	44
– Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	262	1255
City of Alhambra	1656	1910
City of Arcadia	676	1170
City of Artesia	485	2888
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	2011	4019
City of Baldwin Park	3919	5105
City of Bell	1988	5472
City of Bell Gardens	2524	5860
City of Bellflower	3024	3890
City of Beverly Hills	870	2520
City of Bradbury	21	1964
City of Burbank	2339	2182
City of Calabasas	370	1521
City of Carson	2338	2491
City of Cerritos	743	1484
City of Claremont	572	1568
City of Commerce*	761	5823
City of Compton	5058	5063
City of Covina	1800	3671
City of Cudahy	1399	5746
City of Culver City	527	1322
City of Diamond Bar	799	1389
City of Downey	5401	4727
City of Duarte	722	3279
City of El Monte	5599	4774
City of El Segundo	174	1037
City of Gardena	1526	2489
City of Glendale	5472	2650
City of Glendora	1545	2928
City of Hawaiian Gardens	643	4381
City of Hawthorne	2502	2818
City of Hermosa Beach	314	1596
City of Hidden Hills	23	1217
City of Huntington Park	3601	6054
City of Industry	57	13043
City of Inglewood	3692	3251
City of Irwindale	86	5894
City of La Canada Flintridge	229	1107
City of La Habra Heights	68	1247
City of La Mirada	1110	2238
City of La Puente	1963	4823
City of La Verne	698	2097
City of Lakewood	1665	2072
City of Lancaster*	5448	3372
City of Lawndale	869	2585
City of Lomita	302	1457
City of Lynwood*	4119	5717
City of Malibu	140	1080
City of Manhattan Beach	473	1314
City of Maywood	1721	6136
City of Monrovia	986	2541
City of Montebello	3014	4682
City of Monterey Park	1209	1942
City of Norwalk	4388	4077
City of Palmdale	6534	4110
City of Palos Verdes Estates	125	924
City of Paramount	3029	5407
City of Pico Rivera	3208	4990
City of Pomona	7360	4720
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	385	901
City of Redondo Beach	789	1149
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	61	752
City of Rosemead	1165	2105
City of San Dimas*	760	2202
City of San Fernando	1404	5705
City of San Gabriel	867	2117
City of San Marino	107	806
City of Santa Clarita	5423	2460
City of Santa Fe Springs	721	3926
City of Santa Monica	1313	1420
City of Sierra Madre	113	1028
City of Signal Hill	364	3086
City of South El Monte	1056	5056
City of South Gate	5622	5728
City of South Pasadena	367	1409
City of Temple City	647	1775
City of Torrance	1820	1219
City of Vernon	17	8134
City of Walnut	413	1353
City of West Covina	3765	3479
City of West Hollywood	847	2292
City of Westlake Village	48	574
City of Whittier	3083	3526
Los Angeles	145231	3591
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	353	4304
Los Angeles – Alsace	488	3921
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	83	3317
Los Angeles – Arleta	2100	6110
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	353	2407
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	799	2567
Los Angeles – Bel Air	116	1376
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	180	1437
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	220	1670
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	5424	6243
Los Angeles – Brentwood	437	1412
Los Angeles – Brookside	6	1033
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	174	2443
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	2689	4119
Los Angeles – Carthay	294	2047
Los Angeles – Central	2617	6712
Los Angeles – Century City	175	1368
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1849	5476
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	959	2588
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	119	1298
Los Angeles – Chinatown	192	2394
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	400	2749
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	460	3036
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	406	2936
Los Angeles – Crestview	245	2155
Los Angeles – Del Rey	504	1684
Los Angeles – Downtown*	1074	3904
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	907	2291
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	844	2882
Los Angeles – Echo Park	370	2595
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1708	4085
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	131	2293
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	357	3510
Los Angeles – Encino	994	2200
Los Angeles – Exposition	87	2616
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1731	3854
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	51	1417
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	406	4655
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2884	6079
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	940	2974
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	321	2982
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1773	3047
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	1168	5431
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	314	1843
Los Angeles – Harbor City	635	2184
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	1244	2853
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	38	1577
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	677	3754
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	2002	5277
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1538	3178
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	556	4009
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1683	2466
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	504	1712
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	986	3455
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	335	4150
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1471	2846
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	123	2698
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1468	3478
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	743	5658
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	412	2704
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1393	4273
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	442	5508
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	688	2427
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	130	4149
Los Angeles – Longwood	144	3346
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	323	1495
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	263	3081
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	36	1152
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	468	1102
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	53	1216
Los Angeles – Melrose	2533	3260
Los Angeles – Mid-city	347	2309
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	266	1479
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	1225	5078
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	726	3007
Los Angeles – North Hills	2564	4164
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	5613	3707
Los Angeles – Northridge	2008	2877
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	194	911
Los Angeles – Pacoima	4992	6485
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	43	1118
Los Angeles – Palms	682	1554
Los Angeles – Panorama City	4034	5361
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	172	1267
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	2144	5124
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	41	1283
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	176	1608
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	573	1610
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	115	1753
Los Angeles – Regent Square	39	1403
Los Angeles – Reseda	3232	4218
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	182	3926
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	55	1301
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	2333	2990
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	105	2364
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1593	1826
Los Angeles – Silverlake	869	1971
Los Angeles – South Carthay	162	1529
Los Angeles – South Park	2459	6478
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	178	3883
Los Angeles – Studio City	349	1555
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	2475	4716
Los Angeles – Sunland	626	3067
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	8	1236
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	4687	5688
Los Angeles – Tarzana	1007	3261
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1537	3893
Los Angeles – Thai Town	269	2742
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	143	1643
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	30	2297
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	33	1776
Los Angeles – Tujunga	784	2819
Los Angeles – University Hills	74	2158
Los Angeles – University Park	1404	5114
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	980	3265
Los Angeles – Valley Village	664	2686
Los Angeles – Van Nuys*	4287	4600
Los Angeles – Venice	463	1366
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	850	4942
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	422	5511
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	2335	5669
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	3631	6983
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	266	3167
Los Angeles – View Heights	64	1733
Los Angeles – Watts	2371	5556
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	165	3357
Los Angeles – West Adams	1145	4144
Los Angeles – West Hills	777	1916
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	657	1746
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2888	5384
Los Angeles – Westchester	596	1155
Los Angeles – Westlake	2851	4803
Los Angeles – Westwood	666	1231
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2826	7822
Los Angeles – Wilmington	2223	3935
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1450	2890
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1860	3592
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	1395	2050
Unincorporated – Acton	98	1229
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	54	1299
Unincorporated – Altadena	895	2052
Unincorporated – Anaverde	28	1857
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	132	1654
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1894	4463
Unincorporated – Athens Village	309	6310
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	353	5210
Unincorporated – Azusa	659	4139
Unincorporated – Bassett	815	5500
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	16	1491
Unincorporated – Bradbury	7	6481
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	198	2562
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2298	8451
Unincorporated – Cerritos	25	4259
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	27	3846
Unincorporated – Covina	608	3615
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	425	3233
Unincorporated – Del Aire	92	2094
Unincorporated – Del Rey	4	1258
Unincorporated – Del Sur	34	1408
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	77	3089
Unincorporated – Duarte	196	4426
Unincorporated – East Covina	8	2432
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	147	2778
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	2	1754
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	8015	6398
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	104	1624
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	806	5265
Unincorporated – East Whittier	122	2299
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	200	2275
Unincorporated – El Monte	7	4828
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	10	602
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	4295	6638
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	16	2424
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1424	2546
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	77	3063
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	9	820
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	51	3612
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	303	1530
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	9	1331
Unincorporated – La Rambla	83	4000
Unincorporated – La Verne*	46	2255
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	132	1867
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	10	1497
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	401	3086
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	30	1826
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	906	4019
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	26	1485
Unincorporated – Littlerock	107	2661
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	26	2005
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	129	3614
Unincorporated – Llano	5	570
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	105	1116
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	91	2345
Unincorporated – Newhall	31	14091
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	37	3088
Unincorporated – North Whittier	292	3493
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	478	1989
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	29	3444
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	6	966
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	28	1431
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	43	6947
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	19	980
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	285	2208
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	100	3758
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	30	3222
Unincorporated – Rosewood	43	3344
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	41	3437
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	133	3957
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	919	1801
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	3	350
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	1046	5173
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	13	639
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	31	11610
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	159	854
Unincorporated – Saugus	46	29677
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	12	3371
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	7	1538
Unincorporated – South El Monte	114	6351
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	239	2701
Unincorporated – South Whittier	2398	4049
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	19	2433
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	256	1221
Unincorporated – Sun Village	235	3893
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	68	5247
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	19	1146
Unincorporated – Val Verde	113	3415
Unincorporated – Valencia	59	1921
Unincorporated – Valinda	1084	4638
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	198	1702
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	878	5439
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	8	529
Unincorporated – West Carson	547	2477
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	45	4727
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	495	5033
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	26	1913
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	1316	4888
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	13	1000
Unincorporated – Westhills	13	1549
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	87	2362
Unincorporated – Whittier	86	2273
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1784	5110
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	155	2572
– Under Investigation	4139

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 53 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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