April 20, 2020 COVID-19 REPORT: 293 (-274 compared to 4/17) New Cases in Los Angeles County, 17 Additional Deaths

Artesia – 10 (+5)

Bellflower – 74 (+13)

Cerritos – 40 (+5)

Commerce – 7 (+2)

Downey 137

Hawaiian Gardens – 6

Lakewood – 56 (+10)

La Mirada -37 (+11)

Montebello 80 (+11)

Norwalk – 114 (+21)

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 17 new deaths and 1,491 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). One thousand one hundred and ninety-one of these cases are from a backlog of tests received from one lab, and 293 are daily reported cases. Thirteen people who died were over the age of 65; two people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65 years old; one death occurred to a person between the ages of 18 to 40 years old. Twelve people had underlying health conditions including eleven people over the age of 65 and one person between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. One death was reported by the City of Long Beach.

To date, Public Health has identified 13,816 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 617 deaths. Eighty-nine percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 544 people (94 percent of the cases); 36% of deaths occurred among Latinx residents, 28% among White residents, 17% among Asian residents, 16% among African American residents, and 3% among residents identifying with other races. Upon further investigation, 16 cases reported earlier were not LA County residents. As of today, 3,465 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (25% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 80,500 individuals and 13% of people testing positive.

Today’s dramatic increase in case counts should not cause undue alarm. As part of efforts to increase testing capacity in the county, many new labs responded to the emergency and are working with Public Health to ensure that they have the proper reporting systems in place. Until this reporting issue is resolved, there may be periodic increases in positive cases and total cases due to unevenness in daily reporting.

“My deepest condolences go out to the loved ones grieving today’s reported COVID-19 deaths. You are not alone,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Today we released preliminary results from a collaborative study with University of Southern California that suggests infection from COVID-19 are more widespread than previously thought. As we plan for our recovery, we are mindful that COVID-19 is a highly infectious virus and we all must continue to do our part to slow the spread. This means keeping our distance at all times, isolating when ill and quarantining if we have been in contact with someone positive for COVID-19.”

Preliminary findings from the community prevalence study done in partnership with the University of Southern California and the LRW Group suggests infections from the COVID-19 are far more widespread – and the fatality rate much lower – in L.A. County than previously thought. Eight hundred and sixty-three LA County adults were tested between April 10th and April 14th using serology testing. Based on results of the first round of testing, the research team estimates that approximately 4.1% of the county’s adult population has antibody to the virus. Adjusting this estimate for statistical margin of error implies about 2.8% to 5.6% of the county’s adult population has antibody to the virus- which translates to approximately 221,000 to 442,000 adults in the county who have had the infection. That estimate is 28 to 55 times higher than the 7,994 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the county by the time of the study in early April. The number of COVID-related deaths in the county has now surpassed 600. This information helps us better understand how COVID-19 is showing up in our communities.

Public Health reminds everyone that if you are ill, even with mild symptoms, please self- isolate at home for 7 days and until you are fever and symptom free for 72 hours. If you have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 or is presumed to be infected with COVID-19, you must quarantine for 14 days from your last contact with that individual. Individuals who are elderly, have underlying health conditions or are pregnant may be at higher risk of serious illness and should contact their doctor as soon as they are sick.

The best protection against COVID-19 is to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing (especially by staying at home) and wear a clean face covering when out in the public procuring or providing essential services. N95 and surgical masks should only be used by healthcare workers, first responders and essential workers providing care for people who are ill. The current Health Officer Order extends the previous Health Officer Order through May 15 and requires essential businesses to provide a cloth face covering for all employees to wear while performing duties that involve contact with other employees and or the public and to post physical distancing plans. The public is required to wear a face covering to enter essential businesses as well.

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 the locations where cases have occurred:

	Total Cases*
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	13816
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	13144
— Long Beach	457
— Pasadena	215
Deaths	617
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	575
— Long Beach	22
— Pasadena	20
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 17	194
– 18 to 40	4113
– 41 to 65	5761
– over 65	3045
– Under Investigation	31
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	6431
– Male	6561
– Other	3
– Under Investigation	149
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Asian	953
– Black	720
– Hispanic/Latino	3597
– White	2071
– Other	899
– Under Investigation	4904
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	3465
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Asian	94
– Black	87
– Hispanic/Latino	194
– White	155
– Other	14
– Under Investigation	31
CITY / COMMUNITY**		Rate***
City of Agoura Hills	26	124.5
City of Alhambra	47	54.19
City of Arcadia	30	51.94
City of Artesia	10	59.54
City of Avalon	0	0
City of Azusa	23	45.96
City of Baldwin Park	44	57.31
City of Bell	93	255.97
City of Bell Gardens	58	134.66
City of Bellflower	74	95.2
City of Beverly Hills	94	272.31
City of Bradbury	—	—
City of Burbank	141	131.55
City of Calabasas	29	119.23
City of Carson	163	173.69
City of Cerritos	40	79.89
City of Claremont	16	43.85
City of Commerce	7	53.56
City of Compton	115	115.11
City of Covina	63	128.49
City of Cudahy	30	123.22
City of Culver City	40	100.34
City of Diamond Bar	24	41.73
City of Downey	137	119.9
City of Duarte	32	145.35
City of El Monte	61	52.02
City of El Segundo	20	119.15
City of Gardena	107	174.52
City of Glendale	339	164.17
City of Glendora	33	62.54
City of Hawaiian Gardens	6	40.88
City of Hawthorne	106	119.39
City of Hermosa Beach	21	106.76
City of Hidden Hills	0	0
City of Huntington Park	78	131.13
City of Industry	—	—
City of Inglewood	177	155.83
City of Irwindale	—	—
City of La Canada Flintridge	30	144.98
City of La Habra Heights	—	—
City of La Mirada	37	74.6
City of La Puente	22	54.06
City of La Verne	12	36.06
City of Lakewood	56	69.68
City of Lancaster	132	81.7
City of Lawndale	36	107.1
City of Lomita	27	130.25
City of Lynwood	103	142.96
City of Malibu	23	177.46
City of Manhattan Beach	59	163.89
City of Maywood	42	149.74
City of Monrovia	20	51.55
City of Montebello	80	124.27
City of Monterey Park	43	69.06
City of Norwalk	114	105.93
City of Palmdale	192	120.78
City of Palos Verdes Estates	36	266.23
City of Paramount	80	142.8
City of Pico Rivera	94	146.23
City of Pomona	82	52.59
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	49	114.63
City of Redondo Beach	91	132.47
City of Rolling Hills	—	—
City of Rolling Hills Estates	13	160.24
City of Rosemead	17	30.71
City of San Dimas	23	66.64
City of San Fernando	39	158.46
City of San Gabriel	19	46.39
City of San Marino	8	60.25
City of Santa Clarita	221	100.26
City of Santa Fe Springs	14	76.24
City of Santa Monica	124	134.13
City of Sierra Madre	—	—
City of Signal Hill	5	42.38
City of South El Monte	5	23.94
City of South Gate	154	156.89
City of South Pasadena	30	115.15
City of Temple City	24	65.83
City of Torrance	204	136.67
City of Vernon	0	0
City of Walnut	16	52.4
City of West Covina	62	57.28
City of West Hollywood	114	308.52
City of Westlake Village	6	71.77
City of Whittier	71	81.21
Los Angeles	6224	153.88
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	16	195.07
Los Angeles – Alsace	12	96.42
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	0	0
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	—	—
Los Angeles – Arleta	51	148.39
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	16	109.1
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	41	131.73
Los Angeles – Bel Air	25	296.6
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	31	247.5
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	28	212.56
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights	97	111.64
Los Angeles – Brentwood	59	190.6
Los Angeles – Brookside	0	0
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	9	126.39
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	123	188.39
Los Angeles – Carthay	52	362.04
Los Angeles – Central	63	161.57
Los Angeles – Century City	28	218.89
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	46	136.23
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	48	129.52
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	13	141.75
Los Angeles – Chinatown	—	—
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	17	116.81
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	33	217.78
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	35	253.09
Los Angeles – Crestview	51	448.63
Los Angeles – Del Rey	40	133.62
Los Angeles – Downtown	34	123.6
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	58	146.51
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	72	245.84
Los Angeles – Echo Park	13	91.19
Los Angeles – El Sereno	56	133.95
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	7	122.55
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	12	117.98
Los Angeles – Encino	63	139.47
Los Angeles – Exposition	—	—
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	73	162.52
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	—	—
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	15	172
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	63	132.79
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	80	253.13
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	16	148.64
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	69	118.58
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	30	139.5
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	58	340.4
Los Angeles – Harbor City	31	106.64
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	43	98.62
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	0	0
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	31	171.89
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	50	131.8
Los Angeles – Highland Park	51	105.39
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	31	223.5
Los Angeles – Hollywood	146	213.91
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	52	176.67
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	33	115.62
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	6	74.32
Los Angeles – Koreatown	78	150.89
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	9	197.41
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	50	118.47
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	29	220.82
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	25	164.1
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	30	92.03
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	65	809.97
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	46	162.3
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	—	—
Los Angeles – Longwood	7	162.64
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	25	115.7
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	5	58.58
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	—	—
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	45	105.95
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	8	183.49
Los Angeles – Melrose	249	320.48
Los Angeles – Mid-city	30	199.6
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	29	161.25
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	42	174.1
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	22	91.12
Los Angeles – North Hills	75	121.8
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	184	121.52
Los Angeles – Northridge	87	124.65
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	33	155
Los Angeles – Pacoima	100	129.91
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	—	—
Los Angeles – Palms	80	182.33
Los Angeles – Panorama City	109	144.85
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	11	81
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	113	270.06
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	—	—
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	15	137.02
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	39	109.59
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	8	121.95
Los Angeles – Regent Square	—	—
Los Angeles – Reseda	111	144.88
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	10	215.7
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	6	141.91
Los Angeles – San Pedro	82	105.08
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	8	180.1
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	93	106.59
Los Angeles – Silverlake	92	208.7
Los Angeles – South Carthay	21	198.21
Los Angeles – South Park	63	165.96
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	5	109.08
Los Angeles – Studio City	25	111.41
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	61	116.23
Los Angeles – Sunland	43	210.7
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	0	0
Los Angeles – Sylmar	171	207.53
Los Angeles – Tarzana	56	181.37
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	89	225.42
Los Angeles – Thai Town	11	112.14
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	8	91.91
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	0	0
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	—	—
Los Angeles – Tujunga	30	107.87
Los Angeles – University Hills	—	—
Los Angeles – University Park	38	138.4
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	48	159.91
Los Angeles – Valley Village	52	210.36
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	142	152.37
Los Angeles – Venice	40	118.05
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	26	151.16
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	25	326.5
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	45	109.26
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	72	138.47
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	24	285.75
Los Angeles – View Heights	6	162.43
Los Angeles – Watts	50	117.17
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	6	122.08
Los Angeles – West Adams	69	249.73
Los Angeles – West Hills	30	73.99
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	43	114.25
Los Angeles – West Vernon	111	206.92
Los Angeles – Westchester	46	89.14
Los Angeles – Westlake	127	213.97
Los Angeles – Westwood	41	75.77
Los Angeles – Wholesale District	39	107.95
Los Angeles – Wilmington	55	97.37
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	65	129.56
Los Angeles – Winnetka	73	140.96
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	90	132.25
Unincorporated – Acton	6	75.27
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	—	—
Unincorporated – Altadena	46	105.46
Unincorporated – Anaverde	—	—
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	—	—
Unincorporated – Arcadia	—	—
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	56	131.94
Unincorporated – Athens Village	12	245.05
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	5	73.8
Unincorporated – Azusa	7	43.96
Unincorporated – Bandini Islands	0	0
Unincorporated – Bassett	16	107.98
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Bradbury	0	0
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	16	207.04
Unincorporated – Castaic	11	40.45
Unincorporated – Cerritos	0	0
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	0	0
Unincorporated – Covina	15	89.18
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	9	68.47
Unincorporated – Del Aire	6	136.58
Unincorporated – Del Rey	0	0
Unincorporated – Del Sur	—	—
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	—	—
Unincorporated – Duarte	—	—
Unincorporated – East Covina	0	0
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	7	132.28
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	166	132.51
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	0	0
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	13	84.92
Unincorporated – East Whittier	—	—
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	—	—
Unincorporated – El Monte	0	0
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	0	0
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	97	149.91
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	0	0
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	38	67.95
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	—	—
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	0	0
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	—	—
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	13	65.65
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	0	0
Unincorporated – La Rambla	5	240.96
Unincorporated – La Verne	—	—
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	15	212.13
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	0	0
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	9	69.26
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	—	—
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	24	106.47
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	—	—
Unincorporated – Littlerock	—	—
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	—	—
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	—	—
Unincorporated – Llano	—	—
Unincorporated – Lynwood	0	0
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	8	85.01
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	5	128.83
Unincorporated – Newhall	0	0
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – North Whittier	—	—
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	7	29.12
Unincorporated – Palmdale	—	—
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	0	0
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	—	—
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	0	0
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	0	0
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	17	131.72
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	10	375.8
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	0	0
Unincorporated – Rosewood	—	—
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	0	0
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	—	—
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	31	60.76
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	9	44.51
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	0	0
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	—	—
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains	7	37.59
Unincorporated – Saugus	—	—
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	0	0
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	0	0
Unincorporated – South Edwards	0	0
Unincorporated – South El Monte	—	—
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	7	79.11
Unincorporated – South Whittier	39	65.85
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	0	0
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	14	66.77
Unincorporated – Sun Village	—	—
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	—	—
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	—	—
Unincorporated – Universal City	0	0
Unincorporated – Val Verde	—	—
Unincorporated – Valencia	—	—
Unincorporated – Valinda	16	68.46
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	19	163.3
Unincorporated – Walnut	0	0
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	34	210.62
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	—	—
Unincorporated – West Carson	35	158.47
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	—	—
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	6	61.01
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	—	—
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	21	77.99
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	0	0
Unincorporated – Westhills	0	0
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	—	—
Unincorporated – Whittier	—	—
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	0	0
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	27	77.34
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	—	—
– Under Investigation	1083

*These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Sixteen previously reported cases were not in Public Health’s jurisdiction.

**– means that case numbers are suppressed (between 1 and 4 cases in communities <25,000 people).

***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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