September 5, 2020 Report: 24 new deaths and 1,196 new cases in Los Angeles County

Public Health Warns About the Risk of Gathering with Others Over Labor Day Weekend as Tragic Milestone (6,000 deaths) is Reached

As temperatures in Los Angeles County warm up over Labor Day weekend and many people will be out of their home in public places, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is warning of great risk of community spread of COVID-19 when gathering with others who are not part of your household.

Public health urges residents to celebrate the Labor Day weekend as safely as possible. There are several things we can all do this holiday weekend to celebrate responsibly and keep safe. First, it is best to only gather with members of your household this holiday weekend – there’s so much to do together in our magnificent county – explore a trail, or have a picnic at one of our many parks, or head to a beautiful beach early in the day. Always use your own utensils, cups, food, drinks – do not share with others. Avoid crowds and be flexible and willing to change plans or move locations if you find yourself in a crowded area. Avoid confined spaces, especially pace where physical distancing or staying more than 3 steps away from others isn’t possible, and people aren’t wearing face coverings.

If you are planning to visit the beach, please know that they are likely to be crowded this weekend and any crowded space—even if it’s outdoors—can pose health and safety risks. Your best bet is to avoid crowds. Visit the beach at off hours, in the mornings or early evenings. Always stay physically distanced from anyone outside your party. Wear a face covering when out of the water. If the beaches get too crowded, it may be necessary to close them.

“Each day, we join with those mourning the distressing loss of life to COVID-19 and we keep all who are grieving in our thoughts and prayers,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Unfortunately, today marks another devastating low point for LA County as we acknowledge that 6,000 residents have lost their lives to COVID-19. While the progress we’ve made over the past several weeks to get back to slowing the spread is very positive, it has come at a cost to so many of our families and neighbors. We have the tools right now to prevent a lot of virus transmission if each of us takes seriously our obligation to make decisions that save lives. When we don’t wear face coverings, keep our distance from others, and implement safeguards at workplaces, our actions result in serious illness and death for others and sometimes for ourselves. We do not need to wait for a vaccine to slow the spread; we just need for every single person to do the right thing. It is nonsense to believe that parties and gatherings are essential for our well-being; parties and gatherings lead to unnecessary exposures and make it that much harder to lower the rate of community transmission so that our children can get back to school and employees back to work. While holidays are typically a time to come together with extended family and friends to celebrate, we ask you to alter your plans this year and take responsibility by not engaging in any risky activities that can spread the virus.”

Today, Public Health has confirmed 24 new deaths and 1,196 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. This brings the cumulative number of positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County to 247,542, and a total of 6,000 deaths. There are currently 984 people hospitalized, of which 32% are confirmed cases in the ICU. Upon further investigation, 61 cases and one death reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

Of the 20 new deaths reported today (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena), 10 people that passed away were over the age of 80, four people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old and six people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old. Seventeen people had underlying health conditions including nine people that passed away were over the age of 80, three people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old and five people who died were between the ages of 50 and 64 years old.

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 5,642 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 51% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 24% 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.

Testing results are available for 2,360,795 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive.

The best protection against COVID-19 continues to be to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing, and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household. It’s important if someone thinks they could be positive for COVID-19 and are awaiting testing results, to stay at home and act as if they are positive. This means self-isolating for 10 days and 72 hours after symptoms and fever subside, or until they receive a negative result. If a person tests positive for COVID-19, they should plan on receiving a call from a contact tracer to discuss how to protect themselves and others, to find out where they may have been, and who they were in close contact with while infectious.

As the County experiences record breaking heat for the next three days, Public Health urges all residents to take precautions to avoid exposure to the heat and to seek out a cooling center if you have limited ability to remain cool and safe from the high temperatures. Cooling centers adhere to all public health COVID-19 directives and offer a protected place for people to go. Information about cooling centers and tips for avoiding heat related illness can be found at https://ready.lacounty.gov/heat/

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	247542	1196
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	234266	1146
— Long Beach	10852	37
— Pasadena	2424	13
Deaths	6000	24
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	5656	20
— Long Beach	227	4
— Pasadena	117	0
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	3827
– 5 to 11	8352
– 12 to 17	10360
– 18 to 29	58072
– 30 to 49	80509
– 50 to 64	45265
– 65 to 79	17973
– over 80	8491
– Under Investigation	1417
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	117861
– Male	113518
– Other	112
– Under Investigation	2775
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	210
– Asian	7360
– Black	6969
– Hispanic/Latino	86886
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	694
– White	18379
– Other	26494
– Under Investigation	87274
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	17267
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	10
– Asian	835
– Black	553
– Hispanic/Latino	2867
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	15
– White	1334
– Other	28
– Under Investigation	14
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	153	733
City of Alhambra	1172	1351
City of Arcadia	454	786
City of Artesia	306	1822
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1440	2878
City of Baldwin Park	2723	3547
City of Bell	1472	4052
City of Bell Gardens	1792	4161
City of Bellflower	2239	2880
City of Beverly Hills	624	1808
City of Bradbury	14	1310
City of Burbank	1366	1274
City of Calabasas	240	987
City of Carson	1726	1839
City of Cerritos	530	1059
City of Claremont	350	959
City of Commerce*	540	4132
City of Compton	3771	3775
City of Covina	1287	2625
City of Cudahy	1037	4259
City of Culver City	374	938
City of Diamond Bar	507	882
City of Downey	3793	3320
City of Duarte	513	2330
City of El Monte	4105	3500
City of El Segundo	123	733
City of Gardena	1169	1907
City of Glendale	3230	1564
City of Glendora	1177	2231
City of Hawaiian Gardens	498	3393
City of Hawthorne	1849	2083
City of Hermosa Beach	195	991
City of Hidden Hills	6	317
City of Huntington Park	2696	4532
City of Industry	36	8238
City of Inglewood	2696	2374
City of Irwindale	67	4592
City of La Canada Flintridge	169	817
City of La Habra Heights	39	715
City of La Mirada	794	1601
City of La Puente	1414	3474
City of La Verne	425	1277
City of Lakewood	1179	1467
City of Lancaster*	3012	1864
City of Lawndale	590	1755
City of Lomita	231	1114
City of Lynwood*	3040	4219
City of Malibu	99	764
City of Manhattan Beach	326	906
City of Maywood	1356	4834
City of Monrovia	704	1814
City of Montebello	2132	3312
City of Monterey Park	909	1460
City of Norwalk	3045	2829
City of Palmdale	3728	2345
City of Palos Verdes Estates	89	658
City of Paramount	2244	4005
City of Pico Rivera	2260	3516
City of Pomona	5108	3276
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	272	636
City of Redondo Beach	521	758
City of Rolling Hills	9	464
City of Rolling Hills Estates	40	493
City of Rosemead	779	1407
City of San Dimas*	484	1402
City of San Fernando	839	3409
City of San Gabriel	589	1438
City of San Marino	82	618
City of Santa Clarita	3070	1393
City of Santa Fe Springs	516	2810
City of Santa Monica	814	881
City of Sierra Madre	68	619
City of Signal Hill	256	2170
City of South El Monte	752	3601
City of South Gate	4153	4231
City of South Pasadena	254	975
City of Temple City	493	1352
City of Torrance	1329	890
City of Vernon	10	4785
City of Walnut	248	812
City of West Covina	2669	2466
City of West Hollywood	509	1377
City of Westlake Village	29	347
City of Whittier	2084	2384
Los Angeles	100538	2486
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	257	3133
Los Angeles – Alsace	347	2788
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	68	2718
Los Angeles – Arleta	1339	3896
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	221	1507
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	589	1892
Los Angeles – Bel Air	77	914
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	109	870
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	145	1101
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	4058	4671
Los Angeles – Brentwood	270	872
Los Angeles – Brookside	3	516
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	118	1657
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	1736	2659
Los Angeles – Carthay	199	1386
Los Angeles – Central	2045	5245
Los Angeles – Century City	111	868
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1425	4220
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	618	1668
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	63	687
Los Angeles – Chinatown	110	1371
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	283	1945
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	281	1854
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	285	2061
Los Angeles – Crestview	180	1583
Los Angeles – Del Rey	329	1099
Los Angeles – Downtown*	739	2687
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	618	1561
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	571	1950
Los Angeles – Echo Park	219	1536
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1149	2748
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	91	1593
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	244	2399
Los Angeles – Encino	516	1142
Los Angeles – Exposition	75	2255
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1245	2772
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	30	833
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	305	3497
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2155	4542
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	642	2031
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	226	2100
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1087	1868
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	896	4166
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	206	1209
Los Angeles – Harbor City	462	1589
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	927	2126
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	18	747
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	534	2961
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1526	4023
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1028	2124
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	406	2927
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1098	1609
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	264	897
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	751	2631
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	241	2985
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1094	2116
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	79	1733
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	925	2192
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	510	3883
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	282	1851
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1007	3089
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	380	4735
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	465	1641
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	70	2234
Los Angeles – Longwood	108	2509
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	189	875
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	189	2214
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	22	704
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	298	702
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	30	688
Los Angeles – Melrose	1784	2296
Los Angeles – Mid-city	269	1790
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	158	879
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	704	2918
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	517	2141
Los Angeles – North Hills	1686	2738
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	3443	2274
Los Angeles – Northridge	1290	1848
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	117	550
Los Angeles – Pacoima	3167	4114
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	23	598
Los Angeles – Palms	510	1162
Los Angeles – Panorama City	2676	3556
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	94	692
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	1696	4053
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	27	845
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	129	1178
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	336	944
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	83	1265
Los Angeles – Regent Square	27	971
Los Angeles – Reseda	2013	2627
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	107	2308
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	39	922
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	1869	2395
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	57	1283
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	963	1104
Los Angeles – Silverlake	591	1341
Los Angeles – South Carthay	107	1010
Los Angeles – South Park	1932	5089
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	132	2880
Los Angeles – Studio City	230	1025
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	1458	2778
Los Angeles – Sunland	416	2038
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	5	773
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	3015	3659
Los Angeles – Tarzana	575	1862
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1179	2986
Los Angeles – Thai Town	149	1519
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	91	1045
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	21	1608
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	18	969
Los Angeles – Tujunga	452	1625
Los Angeles – University Hills	50	1458
Los Angeles – University Park	956	3482
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	561	1869
Los Angeles – Valley Village	471	1905
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	2721	2920
Los Angeles – Venice	266	785
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	686	3988
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	317	4140
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	1798	4366
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	2826	5435
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	205	2441
Los Angeles – View Heights	43	1164
Los Angeles – Watts	1832	4293
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	116	2360
Los Angeles – West Adams	833	3015
Los Angeles – West Hills	486	1199
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	474	1259
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2167	4040
Los Angeles – Westchester	395	765
Los Angeles – Westlake	2286	3851
Los Angeles – Westwood	331	612
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2265	6269
Los Angeles – Wilmington	1663	2944
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1053	2099
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1140	2201
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	820	1205
Unincorporated – Acton	64	803
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	25	601
Unincorporated – Altadena	647	1483
Unincorporated – Anaverde	13	862
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	5	402
Unincorporated – Arcadia	84	1052
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1448	3412
Unincorporated – Athens Village	215	4390
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	267	3941
Unincorporated – Azusa	459	2883
Unincorporated – Bassett	599	4043
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	6	559
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	118	1527
Unincorporated – Castaic*	1911	7028
Unincorporated – Cerritos	16	2726
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	22	3134
Unincorporated – Covina	399	2372
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	286	2176
Unincorporated – Del Aire	71	1616
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	11	455
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	44	1765
Unincorporated – Duarte	131	2958
Unincorporated – East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	97	1833
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	5858	4676
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	76	1187
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	626	4089
Unincorporated – East Whittier	78	1470
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	143	1627
Unincorporated – El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	6	361
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	3219	4975
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	12	1818
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	956	1709
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	58	2307
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	7	638
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	32	2266
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	174	879
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	0	0
Unincorporated – La Rambla	77	3711
Unincorporated – La Verne*	33	1618
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	89	1259
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	2	299
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	198	1524
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	24	1461
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	662	2937
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	17	971
Unincorporated – Littlerock	79	1965
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	8	617
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	80	2242
Unincorporated – Llano	3	342
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	67	712
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	77	1984
Unincorporated – Newhall	6	2727
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	18	1503
Unincorporated – North Whittier	190	2273
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	319	1327
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	21	2494
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	21	1074
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	25	4039
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	15	774
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	154	1193
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	70	2631
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	8	859
Unincorporated – Rosewood	25	1944
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	14	1174
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	89	2648
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	620	1215
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	653	3229
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	10	491
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	6	1948
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	26	9738
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	105	564
Unincorporated – Saugus	27	17419
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	1	281
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	2	440
Unincorporated – South El Monte	78	4345
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	168	1899
Unincorporated – South Whittier	1623	2741
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	13	1665
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	155	739
Unincorporated – Sun Village	156	2584
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	52	4012
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	11	663
Unincorporated – Val Verde	64	1934
Unincorporated – Valencia	41	1335
Unincorporated – Valinda	712	3047
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	136	1169
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	664	4113
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	5	331
Unincorporated – West Carson	405	1834
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	43	4517
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	353	3589
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	21	1545
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	910	3380
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	7	538
Unincorporated – Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	42	1140
Unincorporated – Whittier	60	1586
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	0	0
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1376	3941
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	115	1908
– Under Investigation	4862

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Sixty-one cases and one death reported earlier 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
LA County residents can also call 2-1-1

Facial Paper Masks Frisbees says:

September 5, 2020 at 3:03 pm

Please don’t throw your paper facial mask in the street-gutters, noticed walking around El Rancho verde’s Park and Cerritos Regional Park, hundreds of filthy dirty masks just thrown on the grass, sidewalks streets and gutters. if your facial mask is dirty find a trash can and dispose of it sensibly. La Palma and Cerritos Residents have to live by these parks, and these lightweight Masks blow all over, and we’re tired of picking up facial mask full of snot and boogers because Walkers are too lazy to dispose of them properly.

Noticed a huge increase in electrical cycling, please cycle safely keeps the electronic cycling done around midnight, wakes up all the people plus the dogs in the neighborhood. lot of people are out there walking about 4:30 or 5 am.,which is okay but many people are still sleeping so keep it quiet.

Summary, use common sense over this 3 day weekend.

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