3,780 New Cases: LA County Records Highest Number Since Summer Surge

Public Health Confirms 20 New Deaths and 3,780 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 20 new deaths and 3,780 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. This marks the highest amount of positive cases in one day, not associated with a backlog of cases, since mid-July. The elevated number of cases today reflects increased testing across the county; yesterday over 56,000 tests were processed, and the positivity rate remains high at almost 6%.

To date, Public Health has identified 336,549 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 7,266 deaths. There are 966 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 28% of these people are in the ICU. Today’s current hospitalizations is the highest it has been in nearly two months.

Younger people continue to drive the increase in community transmission in the county. Over 74% of the new cases today are from people under the age of 50 years old; conversely, 90% of today’s reported deaths are people who are over 50 years old. The rise in cases complicates planning for increasing the numbers of students returning to schools, further re-opening additional sectors and permitting additional activities.

Residents between the ages of 30 and 49 years old have the highest percent of new cases (34%), followed by residents between the ages of 18 and 29 years old, comprising 27% of all new cases.

“To the many people across our communities who are facing a holiday season without their loved ones who passed away from COVID-19 this year, we are keeping you in our hearts and thoughts,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Many younger people are out socializing with non-household members, raising concerns that asymptomatic young people are helping to spread the virus to more vulnerable people at a time when cases are surging dangerously in the county. While the effect of the coronavirus on younger people may not be significantly associated with deaths, younger people definitely act as a transmission connector to individuals at a higher risk. Spread among family members and at worksites will also increase considerably as we see more and more cases among our younger residents. During this time of surging cases, in order to protect those most vulnerable, we ask that everyone, whether you are indoors and outdoors, keep face coverings on and stay 6 feet away from those who are older and those who have underlying health conditions. We do not want to bear witness to increased deaths among more of our beloved residents.”

As the holiday season approaches and COVID-19 spread is increasing, it is critically important that everyone follow the simple public health safety measures that provide protection from COVID-19 and minimizes spreading it to friends and family. There is a high level of risk associated with gatherings of any kind, especially when people are inside, and not keeping physical distance of at least 6 feet and wearing face coverings. Because COVID-19 spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets, face coverings combined with other preventive measures, such as frequent hand-washing and physical distancing, provides the best protection. If you are planning to get together with others, it is important that your plan follows the Public Health safety guidance on small private gatherings; this includes gathering outdoors only, with up to two other households, for less than two hours.

Of the 20 new deaths reported today, nine people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old, six people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, three people who died was between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, and two people who died was between the ages of 30 and 49 years old. Fifteen of the 20 deaths reported today were people with underlying health conditions, including seven people who were over the age of 80 years old, four people who were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old, two people between the ages of 50 and 64 years old, and two people between the ages of 30 and 49 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 6,856 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, 96 cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Testing results are available for more than 3,365,000 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	NEW
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	336549	3780
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	319398	3668
— Long Beach	14097	85
— Pasadena	3054	27
Deaths	7266	20
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6872	20
— Long Beach	265	0
— Pasadena	129	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	5763
– 5 to 11	12361
– 12 to 17	15227
– 18 to 29	79685
– 30 to 49	109069
– 50 to 64	60895
– 65 to 79	23920
– over 80	10457
– Under Investigation	2021
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	161401
– Male	154242
– Other	172
– Under Investigation	3583
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	310
– Asian	10182
– Black	9850
– Hispanic/Latino	126204
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	932
– White	28186
– Other	31998
– Under Investigation	111736
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	26378
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	16
– Asian	970
– Black	651
– Hispanic/Latino	3550
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	20
– White	1606
– Other	43
– Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	245	1173
City of Alhambra	1568	1808
City of Arcadia	651	1127
City of Artesia	453	2697
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1916	3829
City of Baldwin Park	3679	4792
City of Bell	1919	5282
City of Bell Gardens	2431	5644
City of Bellflower	2902	3733
City of Beverly Hills	834	2416
City of Bradbury	21	1964
City of Burbank	2194	2047
City of Calabasas	352	1447
City of Carson	2248	2395
City of Cerritos	714	1426
City of Claremont	536	1469
City of Commerce*	723	5532
City of Compton	4845	4850
City of Covina	1724	3516
City of Cudahy	1322	5430
City of Culver City	489	1227
City of Diamond Bar	752	1307
City of Downey	5082	4448
City of Duarte	682	3098
City of El Monte	5322	4538
City of El Segundo	164	977
City of Gardena	1453	2370
City of Glendale	5192	2514
City of Glendora	1465	2777
City of Hawaiian Gardens	613	4177
City of Hawthorne	2375	2675
City of Hermosa Beach	295	1500
City of Hidden Hills	22	1164
City of Huntington Park	3472	5837
City of Industry	60	13730
City of Inglewood	3512	3092
City of Irwindale	82	5620
City of La Canada Flintridge	219	1058
City of La Habra Heights	65	1192
City of La Mirada	1054	2125
City of La Puente	1882	4624
City of La Verne	645	1938
City of Lakewood	1595	1985
City of Lancaster*	5128	3174
City of Lawndale	820	2439
City of Lomita	297	1433
City of Lynwood*	3953	5487
City of Malibu	132	1018
City of Manhattan Beach	455	1264
City of Maywood	1688	6018
City of Monrovia	945	2436
City of Montebello	2884	4480
City of Monterey Park	1144	1837
City of Norwalk	4186	3890
City of Palmdale	6068	3817
City of Palos Verdes Estates	121	895
City of Paramount	2887	5153
City of Pico Rivera	3031	4715
City of Pomona	6963	4465
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	373	873
City of Redondo Beach	739	1076
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	57	703
City of Rosemead	1081	1953
City of San Dimas*	701	2031
City of San Fernando	1305	5302
City of San Gabriel	815	1990
City of San Marino	101	761
City of Santa Clarita	5073	2301
City of Santa Fe Springs	687	3741
City of Santa Monica	1218	1318
City of Sierra Madre	103	937
City of Signal Hill	346	2933
City of South El Monte	1002	4798
City of South Gate	5385	5486
City of South Pasadena	352	1351
City of Temple City	617	1692
City of Torrance	1731	1160
City of Vernon	18	8612
City of Walnut	383	1254
City of West Covina	3578	3306
City of West Hollywood	788	2133
City of Westlake Village	45	538
City of Whittier	2933	3355
Los Angeles	138227	3418
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	339	4133
Los Angeles – Alsace	465	3736
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	83	3317
Los Angeles – Arleta	1977	5752
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	331	2257
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	759	2439
Los Angeles – Bel Air	114	1352
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	173	1381
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	209	1587
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	5211	5998
Los Angeles – Brentwood	408	1318
Los Angeles – Brookside	6	1033
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	163	2289
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	2559	3919
Los Angeles – Carthay	281	1956
Los Angeles – Central	2508	6432
Los Angeles – Century City	166	1298
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1749	5180
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	885	2388
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	109	1189
Los Angeles – Chinatown	168	2095
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	385	2646
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	432	2851
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	384	2777
Los Angeles – Crestview	232	2041
Los Angeles – Del Rey	466	1557
Los Angeles – Downtown*	1018	3701
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	857	2165
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	791	2701
Los Angeles – Echo Park	350	2455
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1603	3834
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	125	2188
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	340	3343
Los Angeles – Encino	928	2054
Los Angeles – Exposition	86	2586
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1646	3665
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	47	1306
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	393	4506
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2754	5805
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	883	2794
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	307	2852
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1645	2827
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	1111	5166
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	304	1784
Los Angeles – Harbor City	590	2030
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	1195	2741
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	38	1577
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	649	3599
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1943	5122
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1424	2943
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	528	3807
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1600	2344
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	462	1570
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	970	3399
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	314	3890
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1419	2745
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	110	2413
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1374	3255
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	705	5368
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	396	2599
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1325	4065
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	433	5396
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	655	2311
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	128	4086
Los Angeles – Longwood	141	3276
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	294	1361
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	249	2917
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	34	1088
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	436	1027
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	50	1147
Los Angeles – Melrose	2397	3085
Los Angeles – Mid-city	324	2156
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	249	1384
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	1172	4858
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	681	2820
Los Angeles – North Hills	2449	3977
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	5310	3507
Los Angeles – Northridge	1904	2728
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	184	864
Los Angeles – Pacoima	4725	6138
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	39	1014
Los Angeles – Palms	654	1491
Los Angeles – Panorama City	3878	5153
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	158	1163
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	2071	4950
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	38	1189
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	170	1553
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	538	1512
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	109	1662
Los Angeles – Regent Square	35	1259
Los Angeles – Reseda	3050	3981
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	167	3602
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	50	1183
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	2262	2899
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	97	2184
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1514	1735
Los Angeles – Silverlake	812	1842
Los Angeles – South Carthay	153	1444
Los Angeles – South Park	2374	6254
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	164	3578
Los Angeles – Studio City	331	1475
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	2370	4516
Los Angeles – Sunland	604	2960
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	7	1082
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	4421	5365
Los Angeles – Tarzana	962	3116
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1455	3685
Los Angeles – Thai Town	256	2610
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	140	1608
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	29	2221
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	32	1722
Los Angeles – Tujunga	736	2647
Los Angeles – University Hills	73	2129
Los Angeles – University Park	1348	4910
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	925	3082
Los Angeles – Valley Village	630	2549
Los Angeles – Van Nuys*	4055	4351
Los Angeles – Venice	427	1260
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	812	4721
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	399	5211
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	2230	5414
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	3508	6746
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	248	2953
Los Angeles – View Heights	61	1651
Los Angeles – Watts	2277	5336
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	156	3174
Los Angeles – West Adams	1089	3941
Los Angeles – West Hills	736	1815
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	627	1666
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2800	5220
Los Angeles – Westchester	564	1093
Los Angeles – Westlake	2753	4638
Los Angeles – Westwood	596	1101
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2743	7592
Los Angeles – Wilmington	2120	3753
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1393	2777
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1761	3401
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	1333	1959
Unincorporated – Acton	97	1217
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	53	1275
Unincorporated – Altadena	850	1949
Unincorporated – Anaverde	23	1525
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	118	1479
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1825	4300
Unincorporated – Athens Village	291	5942
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	339	5004
Unincorporated – Azusa	629	3950
Unincorporated – Bassett	777	5244
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	12	1118
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	187	2420
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2249	8271
Unincorporated – Cerritos	25	4259
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	27	3846
Unincorporated – Covina	576	3425
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	411	3127
Unincorporated – Del Aire	84	1912
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	31	1284
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	76	3049
Unincorporated – Duarte	189	4268
Unincorporated – East Covina	8	2432
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	141	2664
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	2	1754
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	7700	6147
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	102	1593
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	777	5076
Unincorporated – East Whittier	114	2149
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	191	2173
Unincorporated – El Monte	7	4828
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	10	602
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	4127	6378
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	15	2273
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1338	2392
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	72	2864
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	10	911
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	51	3612
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	282	1424
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	9	1331
Unincorporated – La Rambla	82	3952
Unincorporated – La Verne*	45	2206
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	121	1711
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	8	1198
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	379	2917
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	30	1826
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	837	3713
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	24	1371
Unincorporated – Littlerock	105	2611
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	23	1773
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	119	3334
Unincorporated – Llano	3	342
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	98	1041
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	91	2345
Unincorporated – Newhall	30	13636
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	32	2671
Unincorporated – North Whittier	271	3242
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	455	1893
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	27	3207
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	5	805
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	28	1431
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	41	6624
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	19	980
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	269	2084
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	96	3608
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	30	3222
Unincorporated – Rosewood	42	3266
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	39	3269
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	132	3927
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	876	1717
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	3	350
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	988	4886
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	12	590
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	29	10861
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	158	849
Unincorporated – Saugus	43	27742
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	12	3371
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	6	1319
Unincorporated – South El Monte	109	6072
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	227	2566
Unincorporated – South Whittier	2306	3894
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	17	2177
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	235	1121
Unincorporated – Sun Village	215	3562
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	63	4861
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	19	1146
Unincorporated – Val Verde	110	3324
Unincorporated – Valencia	55	1790
Unincorporated – Valinda	1020	4364
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	186	1599
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	851	5272
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	8	529
Unincorporated – West Carson	510	2309
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	45	4727
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	475	4830
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	25	1840
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	1241	4609
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	13	1000
Unincorporated – Westhills	14	1669
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	82	2226
Unincorporated – Whittier	79	2088
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1698	4864
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	150	2489
– Under Investigation	4318

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 96 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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