Sept. 28, 2020 COVID Report: One New Death, 663 New Cases in L.A. County

L.A. County Sees Lowest Number of New COVID-19 Deaths Since March Likely Due to Weekend Reporting Lag

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed one new death and 663 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. This is the lowest number of new deaths reported since March. However, Public Health cautions the decrease of new deaths and new cases reported today reflects, in part, a reporting lag from over the weekend.

To date, Public Health has identified 268,455 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County, and a total of 6,515 deaths. Upon further investigation, nine cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

People of all ages are at risk of being infected with COVID-19 and therefore at risk of becoming seriously ill.

There are 689 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 and 34% of these people are in the ICU. People under the age of 65 continue to make up an increasing proportion of people hospitalized with COVID-19 with nearly 70% of patients recently hospitalized. People between the ages of 18 and 29 years old represent the most significant increase in hospitalizations and now comprise over 10% of people who are hospitalized.

Ninety-two percent of the people who died from COVID-19 had underlying health conditions. Hypertension and diabetes are the most common underlying health conditions among people who died from COVID-19. Neurologic conditions, cardiovascular disease and chronic renal disease are also common. Of the deaths reported by Public Health, 3,705 people had hypertension, 2,727 people had diabetes, 1,498 people had cardiovascular disease, 1,097 had chronic renal disease, and 1,025 people had neurologic conditions. Please note, each person may have multiple conditions. Public Health estimates as many as 20% to 30% of L.A. County residents, across all age groups, have an underlying health condition that puts them at higher risk for serious disease from COVID-19.

Public Health highlights smoking as a risk factor for serious illness from COVID-19 because smoking harms every system in the body and causes both cardiovascular disease and pulmonary disease. People who smoke are two to four times more likely to become seriously ill from COVID-19 (i.e. requiring hospitalization, being admitted to the ICU, needing mechanical ventilation, and dying) when compared to those who did not smoke. For those who are smoking or vaping, there are services available to help you quit. If you need help with quitting, you can reach out to the California Smokers’ Helpline at 1-800-NO-BUTTS or visit LAQuits.com.

“To the many people across our communities who are grieving a loved one or friend who has passed away from COVID-19, we are so sorry for your loss,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “I’m sure we all know people with underlying health conditions, and we ourselves may have these fairly common health issues. These are people throughout our communities whose health conditions place them at greater risk for serious illness if they become infected with COVID-19, making it so important that we take collective responsibility to do our best to not transmit the virus. We are not helpless as we get ready for fall and winter. We have tools and strategies that we have been using to protect each other, and, when we use them, they work.”

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and flu season approaches, Public Health encourages everyone to protect themselves from the flu by getting the flu immunization. Everyone 6 months and older should be immunized against the flu. It is highly likely that both flu and COVID-19 will be present in L.A. County this year. It’s important to note that in the past, when we have experienced a severe flu season, L.A. County health care providers have sometimes reached capacity and needed to implement contingency plans to accommodate more patients, particularly at urgent care centers and emergency rooms. Getting immunized is important because it is safe and provides protection against the harmful effects of influenza; flu immunizations help keep people out of the hospital which will conserve hospital resources that could become strained with both influenza and COVID-19 circulating at the same time. You can get the flu immunization from your regular health care provider or local pharmacy. Flu immunizations are also provided at no-cost or low-cost at various locations throughout the County. For more information on where you can get immunized for the flu, visit: www.publichealth.lacounty.gov.

Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 6,131 people (99 percent of the cases reported by Public Health); 51% of deaths occurred among Latino/Latinx residents, 23% 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.

Today’s reported COVID-19 death occurred in a person between the ages of 65 and 79 years old who did not have underlying health conditions.

Testing results are available for nearly 2,646,000 individuals with 9% of all people testing positive.

The Reopening Protocols, COVID-19 Data Dashboard, Recovery Metrics, 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.

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	Total Cases
Laboratory Confirmed Cases	268455
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	254093
— Long Beach	11798
— Pasadena	2564
Deaths	6515
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6148
— Long Beach	245
— Pasadena	122
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	4246
– 5 to 11	9205
– 12 to 17	11381
– 18 to 29	63163
– 30 to 49	87001
– 50 to 64	49055
– 65 to 79	19458
– over 80	9056
– Under Investigation	1528
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	128062
– Male	123018
– Other	136
– Under Investigation	2877
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	243
– Asian	8037
– Black	7745
– Hispanic/Latino	96481
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	749
– White	20636
– Other	26912
– Under Investigation	93290
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	21007
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	12
– Asian	897
– Black	601
– Hispanic/Latino	3141
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	21
– White	1427
– Other	32
– Under Investigation	17
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	161	771
City of Alhambra	1265	1459
City of Arcadia	504	873
City of Artesia	379	2257
City of Avalon	6	155
City of Azusa	1543	3084
City of Baldwin Park	3008	3918
City of Bell	1612	4437
City of Bell Gardens	1961	4553
City of Bellflower	2389	3073
City of Beverly Hills	691	2002
City of Bradbury	14	1310
City of Burbank	1565	1460
City of Calabasas	269	1106
City of Carson	1846	1967
City of Cerritos	569	1136
City of Claremont	384	1053
City of Commerce*	589	4507
City of Compton	4065	4069
City of Covina	1418	2892
City of Cudahy	1103	4530
City of Culver City	385	966
City of Diamond Bar	553	961
City of Downey	4134	3618
City of Duarte	571	2594
City of El Monte	4349	3709
City of El Segundo	131	780
City of Gardena	1249	2037
City of Glendale	3749	1816
City of Glendora	1258	2384
City of Hawaiian Gardens	536	3652
City of Hawthorne	1942	2187
City of Hermosa Beach	211	1073
City of Hidden Hills	7	370
City of Huntington Park	2952	4963
City of Industry	37	8467
City of Inglewood	2877	2533
City of Irwindale	68	4661
City of La Canada Flintridge	183	884
City of La Habra Heights	44	807
City of La Mirada	847	1708
City of La Puente	1505	3698
City of La Verne	467	1403
City of Lakewood	1289	1604
City of Lancaster*	3422	2118
City of Lawndale	634	1886
City of Lomita	240	1158
City of Lynwood*	3319	4607
City of Malibu	103	795
City of Manhattan Beach	362	1006
City of Maywood	1442	5141
City of Monrovia	750	1933
City of Montebello	2319	3602
City of Monterey Park	970	1558
City of Norwalk	3290	3057
City of Palmdale	4123	2594
City of Palos Verdes Estates	99	732
City of Paramount	2407	4296
City of Pico Rivera	2433	3785
City of Pomona	5521	3541
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	303	709
City of Redondo Beach	558	812
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	43	530
City of Rosemead	829	1498
City of San Dimas*	535	1550
City of San Fernando	937	3807
City of San Gabriel	639	1560
City of San Marino	90	678
City of Santa Clarita	3469	1574
City of Santa Fe Springs	567	3088
City of Santa Monica	876	948
City of Sierra Madre	76	692
City of Signal Hill	275	2331
City of South El Monte	797	3816
City of South Gate	4469	4553
City of South Pasadena	281	1079
City of Temple City	526	1443
City of Torrance	1434	961
City of Vernon	12	5742
City of Walnut	277	907
City of West Covina	2888	2668
City of West Hollywood	564	1526
City of Westlake Village	33	395
City of Whittier	2253	2577
Los Angeles	109066	2697
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	268	3267
Los Angeles – Alsace	370	2973
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	74	2958
Los Angeles – Arleta	1461	4251
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	240	1636
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	618	1986
Los Angeles – Bel Air	92	1091
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	124	990
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	165	1253
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	4268	4912
Los Angeles – Brentwood	295	953
Los Angeles – Brookside	3	516
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	131	1840
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	1905	2918
Los Angeles – Carthay	216	1504
Los Angeles – Central	2176	5581
Los Angeles – Century City	117	915
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1492	4419
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	675	1821
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	81	883
Los Angeles – Chinatown	117	1459
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	299	2055
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	360	2376
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	301	2177
Los Angeles – Crestview	192	1689
Los Angeles – Del Rey	353	1179
Los Angeles – Downtown*	820	2981
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	659	1665
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	632	2158
Los Angeles – Echo Park	252	1768
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1238	2961
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	97	1698
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	263	2586
Los Angeles – Encino	609	1348
Los Angeles – Exposition	82	2465
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1335	2972
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	34	944
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	314	3601
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2308	4865
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	707	2237
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	250	2323
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1205	2071
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	946	4399
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	233	1367
Los Angeles – Harbor City	497	1710
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	988	2266
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	22	913
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	559	3100
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1629	4294
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1098	2269
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	439	3165
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1212	1776
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	294	999
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	809	2835
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	256	3171
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1171	2265
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	83	1821
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1038	2459
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	554	4218
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	317	2081
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1075	3298
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	397	4947
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	494	1743
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	92	2936
Los Angeles – Longwood	115	2672
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	213	986
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	193	2261
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	26	832
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	321	756
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	37	849
Los Angeles – Melrose	1931	2485
Los Angeles – Mid-city	282	1876
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	181	1006
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	808	3349
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	554	2294
Los Angeles – North Hills	1828	2969
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	3916	2586
Los Angeles – Northridge	1424	2040
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	129	606
Los Angeles – Pacoima	3490	4534
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	29	754
Los Angeles – Palms	550	1254
Los Angeles – Panorama City	2943	3911
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	106	781
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	1801	4304
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	28	876
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	141	1288
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	376	1057
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	89	1357
Los Angeles – Regent Square	30	1079
Los Angeles – Reseda	2173	2836
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	112	2416
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	39	922
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	1941	2487
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	64	1441
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1068	1224
Los Angeles – Silverlake	624	1416
Los Angeles – South Carthay	122	1151
Los Angeles – South Park	2036	5363
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	153	3338
Los Angeles – Studio City	244	1087
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	1674	3190
Los Angeles – Sunland	456	2234
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	7	1082
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	3272	3971
Los Angeles – Tarzana	671	2173
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1244	3151
Los Angeles – Thai Town	159	1621
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	107	1229
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	23	1761
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	19	1023
Los Angeles – Tujunga	519	1866
Los Angeles – University Hills	53	1546
Los Angeles – University Park	1164	4240
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	658	2192
Los Angeles – Valley Village	523	2116
Los Angeles – Van Nuys	3014	3234
Los Angeles – Venice	291	859
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	718	4174
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	341	4453
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	1917	4654
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	2996	5762
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	211	2512
Los Angeles – View Heights	45	1218
Los Angeles – Watts	1937	4539
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	123	2503
Los Angeles – West Adams	896	3243
Los Angeles – West Hills	540	1332
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	501	1331
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2351	4383
Los Angeles – Westchester	420	814
Los Angeles – Westlake	2405	4052
Los Angeles – Westwood	381	704
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2401	6646
Los Angeles – Wilmington	1785	3160
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1112	2216
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1259	2431
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	919	1350
Unincorporated – Acton	70	878
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	27	649
Unincorporated – Altadena	708	1623
Unincorporated – Anaverde	16	1061
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	92	1153
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1544	3638
Unincorporated – Athens Village	245	5003
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	300	4428
Unincorporated – Azusa	510	3203
Unincorporated – Bassett	656	4427
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	8	746
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	135	1747
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2060	7576
Unincorporated – Cerritos	17	2896
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	23	3276
Unincorporated – Covina	448	2664
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	315	2397
Unincorporated – Del Aire	76	1730
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	16	663
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	49	1966
Unincorporated – Duarte	149	3365
Unincorporated – East Covina	4	1216
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	100	1890
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	0	0
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	6330	5053
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	81	1265
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	683	4462
Unincorporated – East Whittier	90	1696
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	147	1672
Unincorporated – El Monte	6	4138
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	7	421
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	3443	5321
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	13	1970
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1038	1856
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	59	2347
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	8	729
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	39	2762
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	203	1025
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	0	0
Unincorporated – La Rambla	78	3759
Unincorporated – La Verne*	34	1667
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	97	1372
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	4	599
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	234	1801
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	24	1461
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	700	3105
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	18	1028
Unincorporated – Littlerock	85	2114
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	9	694
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	93	2606
Unincorporated – Llano	3	342
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	71	754
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	81	2087
Unincorporated – Newhall	9	4091
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	18	1503
Unincorporated – North Whittier	211	2524
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	340	1415
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	21	2494
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	3	483
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	24	1227
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	28	4523
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	16	826
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	179	1387
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	72	2706
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	8	859
Unincorporated – Rosewood	31	2411
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	30	2515
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	109	3243
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	667	1307
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	733	3625
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	10	491
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	25	9363
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	115	618
Unincorporated – Saugus	27	17419
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	2	562
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	6	1319
Unincorporated – South El Monte	89	4958
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	175	1978
Unincorporated – South Whittier	1806	3050
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	13	1665
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	164	782
Unincorporated – Sun Village	165	2734
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	53	4090
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	12	724
Unincorporated – Val Verde	78	2357
Unincorporated – Valencia	47	1530
Unincorporated – Valinda	755	3230
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	143	1229
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	709	4392
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	5	331
Unincorporated – West Carson	443	2006
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	43	4517
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	387	3935
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	22	1619
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	983	3651
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	8	615
Unincorporated – Westhills	9	1073
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	44	1195
Unincorporated – Whittier	68	1797
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1451	4156
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	127	2107
– Under Investigation	4844

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 9 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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