Public Health Reports 6 New Deaths and 2,795 New Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Public Health Officials Urge Immediate Action as COVID-19 Cases Surge in L.A. County and Hospitalization Continue to Increase

As COVID-19 cases surge and hospitalizations continue to rise here and across California, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) urges everyone to take immediate action to slow the spread of COVID-19 and to stay home as much as possible for the next two to three weeks except for accessing essential services.

Today, Public Health has confirmed 6 new deaths and 2,795 new cases of COVID-19. Over the weekend, Public Health reported a total of 6,841 new cases; 3,780 new cases for Saturday and 3,061 new cases for Sunday. The County has not experienced daily numbers like this since late July, during the last surge that resulted in many people becoming very seriously ill and losing their lives to COVID-19.

Younger residents are among those driving the surge in increasing cases. In the last month, the case rate for residents age 18 to 29 years old has more than doubled, from 11.5 cases per 100,000 people to 25 cases per 100,000 people. The second highest group, residents ages 30 through 49 years old, has nearly doubled from 9.4 cases to 18 cases per 100,000 people.

There are 1,049 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 28% of these people are in the ICU. This is the highest number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 each day since the beginning of September and is the second day in a row the daily number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 exceeded 1,000.

When compared to other age groups, residents 80 years old and older are bearing the largest burden of serious illness. This is most unfortunate and serves as a stark reminder that young people are spreading the virus with disastrous results for our elderly.

Additionally, Pacific Islanders, Latino/Latinx residents and African American/Black residents consistently have the highest rate of hospitalizations across age groups. While we made progress narrowing the gaps, as cases surge, we are beginning to see higher rates of disproportionality.

It is important for everyone in L.A. County, businesses and residents, to return to the mindset we had earlier in the pandemic where we followed the rules. For residents we ask you to take the following immediate actions:

Re-think your holiday plans and cancel any plans for travel outside the region in the coming weeks.
If you have plans to celebrate thanksgiving with others who are not in your household, please make sure you will celebrate outdoors with only two other households. If you need to be indoors, this can only happen with members of your immediate household. This is particularly important since people will need to take off their face coverings while eating and drinking.
Stay home as much as possible for the next two to three weeks except for accessing essential services. This is especially important for people who are older and people with serious underlying health conditions. When possible, try to use delivery services for groceries and medicines. If this isn’t possible, assign one person from your household to take care of errands and shopping.
If you live with people that are older or have serious health conditions, wear masks and keep your distance both indoors and outdoors as much as possible. Higher risk household members should try when possible to eat by themselves and particularly avoid being in close contacts with other people who have possible exposures at their jobs or in the community.
If you are positive or a close contact of someone who is positive, please follow the Public Health Orders to isolate or quarantine for the full amount of time; 10 days for isolating if you are positive and 14 days if you need to quarantine.
If you have engaged in risky activities where you may have been exposed because you were in a crowd with people who weren’t wearing masks and distancing, please self-quarantine for 14 days.

Businesses can also step up by doing the following:

Follow all safety protocols closely and ensure adherence with masking, infection control and distancing requirements.
Make sure there are no crowded places or spaces at your site, and limit occupancy to make sure that everyone can always distance at least six feet.
Allow as many employees to work from home as much as possible.
Call Public Health immediately if there have been three or more cases within 14 days at your worksite at 888-397-3993.

Testing results are available for nearly 3,410,000 individuals with 9% of all people testing positive. While testing is essential to identifying people who are positive for COVID-19, being tested, even frequently, in no way prevents you from becoming infected, or protects others from you if you are an asymptomatic carrier of the virus. It only provides you information about one moment in time, and does not mean you will not become positive for the virus the next day or week. Wearing face coverings over both your nose and mouth, distancing from other people outside your household, hand washing and avoiding crowds are the most important prevention tools for us to use right now.

To date, Public Health identified 342,343 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 7,275 deaths. Upon further investigation, 12 cases reported earlier were not L.A. County residents.

“Reporting these numbers is devastating because they represent real people who are no longer with us, and we are thinking of every family member and friend who are grieving these people. We are so sorry for your loss,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “Given our recent huge increases in daily cases and now hospitalizations, it is clear that L.A. County is at a very dangerous point in the pandemic. I ask every resident and business across the county to put slowing the spread of COVID-19 at the very top of mind, all day and every day. There is no path forward for our recovery until we get this pandemic back under control. A surge like the one we are experiencing is not inevitable because the weather is colder, or we are fatigued. Every single day, health care workers and essential workers at grocery stores, driving our buses, and working in factories and farms, go to work so we can get through this pandemic with enough to eat, clothes to wear, and care when we fall sick. We need to honor and thank all our essential workers by not getting infected and passing on the virus to others. There is light at the end of the tunnel with positive news about vaccines. We need to hang in together, make sure our actions are informed by the science and take care of each other.”

Today, the state released the weekly update to each county’s current status in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy tier framework, and it is clear that statewide and in L.A. County, the numbers are alarming. Many California counties have moved back to Tier 1, the most restrictive tier. L.A. County’s adjusted case rate has nearly doubled, from 7.6 per 100,000 people last week to 13.7 per 100,000 people this week. The County’s overall test positivity rate increased from 3.8% to 5.3%.

Ninety-three percent of the people who died from COVID-19 had underlying health conditions. Hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes are the most common underlying health conditions among people hospitalized with COVID-19. Many people have multiple underlying health conditions.

Of the six new deaths reported today, three people that passed away were over the age of 80 years old and three people who died were between the ages of 65 and 79 years old. Five people who died had underlying health conditions including two people over the age of 80 and three people between the ages of 65 and 79 years old.

Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 6,864 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, 10% among African American/Black residents, less than 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races.

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	342343
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)*	325060
— Long Beach	14200
— Pasadena	3083
Deaths	7275
— Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)	6880
— Long Beach	266
— Pasadena	129
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– 0 to 4	5894
– 5 to 11	12672
– 12 to 17	15585
– 18 to 29	81109
– 30 to 49	110952
– 50 to 64	61914
– 65 to 79	24291
– over 80	10565
– Under Investigation	2078
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Female	164228
– Male	156981
– Other	172
– Under Investigation	3679
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	314
– Asian	10363
– Black	10004
– Hispanic/Latino	128713
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	962
– White	28722
– Other	32692
– Under Investigation	113290
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– Hospitalized (Ever)	26402
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
– American Indian/Alaska Native	16
– Asian	970
– Black	653
– Hispanic/Latino	3551
– Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	20
– White	1611
– Other	43
– Under Investigation	16
CITY / COMMUNITY**	Cases	Case Rate
City of Agoura Hills	246	1178
City of Alhambra	1597	1841
City of Arcadia	656	1136
City of Artesia	461	2745
City of Avalon	5	129
City of Azusa	1953	3903
City of Baldwin Park	3749	4883
City of Bell	1948	5362
City of Bell Gardens	2462	5716
City of Bellflower	2949	3794
City of Beverly Hills	845	2448
City of Bradbury	21	1964
City of Burbank	2250	2099
City of Calabasas	357	1468
City of Carson	2277	2426
City of Cerritos	726	1450
City of Claremont	543	1488
City of Commerce*	740	5662
City of Compton	4912	4917
City of Covina	1753	3575
City of Cudahy	1352	5553
City of Culver City	500	1254
City of Diamond Bar	768	1335
City of Downey	5222	4570
City of Duarte	691	3139
City of El Monte	5420	4622
City of El Segundo	167	995
City of Gardena	1485	2422
City of Glendale	5274	2554
City of Glendora	1493	2830
City of Hawaiian Gardens	623	4245
City of Hawthorne	2417	2722
City of Hermosa Beach	302	1535
City of Hidden Hills	22	1164
City of Huntington Park	3524	5924
City of Industry	63	14416
City of Inglewood	3564	3138
City of Irwindale	82	5620
City of La Canada Flintridge	224	1082
City of La Habra Heights	66	1210
City of La Mirada	1063	2143
City of La Puente	1914	4703
City of La Verne	666	2001
City of Lakewood	1615	2010
City of Lancaster*	5254	3252
City of Lawndale	840	2499
City of Lomita	299	1442
City of Lynwood*	4002	5555
City of Malibu	133	1026
City of Manhattan Beach	462	1283
City of Maywood	1696	6047
City of Monrovia	962	2479
City of Montebello	2924	4542
City of Monterey Park	1172	1882
City of Norwalk	4254	3953
City of Palmdale	6221	3913
City of Palos Verdes Estates	124	917
City of Paramount	2945	5257
City of Pico Rivera	3098	4819
City of Pomona	7050	4521
City of Rancho Palos Verdes	374	875
City of Redondo Beach	756	1100
City of Rolling Hills	12	619
City of Rolling Hills Estates	58	715
City of Rosemead	1104	1995
City of San Dimas*	722	2092
City of San Fernando	1349	5481
City of San Gabriel	832	2032
City of San Marino	104	783
City of Santa Clarita	5194	2356
City of Santa Fe Springs	691	3763
City of Santa Monica	1250	1352
City of Sierra Madre	104	946
City of Signal Hill	357	3026
City of South El Monte	1019	4879
City of South Gate	5466	5569
City of South Pasadena	357	1370
City of Temple City	627	1720
City of Torrance	1756	1176
City of Vernon	18	8612
City of Walnut	394	1290
City of West Covina	3635	3358
City of West Hollywood	805	2179
City of Westlake Village	46	550
City of Whittier	2985	3414
Los Angeles	140586	3476
Los Angeles – Adams-Normandie	343	4182
Los Angeles – Alsace	472	3793
Los Angeles – Angeles National Forest	2	5000
Los Angeles – Angelino Heights	83	3317
Los Angeles – Arleta	2020	5877
Los Angeles – Atwater Village	342	2332
Los Angeles – Baldwin Hills	770	2474
Los Angeles – Bel Air	115	1364
Los Angeles – Beverly Crest	178	1421
Los Angeles – Beverlywood	211	1602
Los Angeles – Boyle Heights*	5294	6093
Los Angeles – Brentwood	419	1354
Los Angeles – Brookside	6	1033
Los Angeles – Cadillac-Corning	166	2331
Los Angeles – Canoga Park	2607	3993
Los Angeles – Carthay	283	1970
Los Angeles – Central	2543	6522
Los Angeles – Century City	172	1345
Los Angeles – Century Palms/Cove	1772	5248
Los Angeles – Chatsworth	910	2455
Los Angeles – Cheviot Hills	113	1232
Los Angeles – Chinatown	173	2157
Los Angeles – Cloverdale/Cochran	390	2680
Los Angeles – Country Club Park	437	2884
Los Angeles – Crenshaw District	393	2842
Los Angeles – Crestview	237	2085
Los Angeles – Del Rey	480	1603
Los Angeles – Downtown*	1037	3770
Los Angeles – Eagle Rock	875	2210
Los Angeles – East Hollywood	815	2783
Los Angeles – Echo Park	357	2504
Los Angeles – El Sereno	1647	3939
Los Angeles – Elysian Park	127	2223
Los Angeles – Elysian Valley	347	3412
Los Angeles – Encino	948	2099
Los Angeles – Exposition	86	2586
Los Angeles – Exposition Park	1677	3734
Los Angeles – Faircrest Heights	48	1333
Los Angeles – Figueroa Park Square	397	4552
Los Angeles – Florence-Firestone	2808	5918
Los Angeles – Glassell Park	906	2867
Los Angeles – Gramercy Place	313	2908
Los Angeles – Granada Hills	1676	2880
Los Angeles – Green Meadows	1127	5241
Los Angeles – Hancock Park	308	1808
Los Angeles – Harbor City	602	2071
Los Angeles – Harbor Gateway	1209	2773
Los Angeles – Harbor Pines	38	1577
Los Angeles – Harvard Heights	657	3643
Los Angeles – Harvard Park	1956	5156
Los Angeles – Highland Park	1460	3017
Los Angeles – Historic Filipinotown	543	3915
Los Angeles – Hollywood	1630	2388
Los Angeles – Hollywood Hills	475	1614
Los Angeles – Hyde Park	975	3416
Los Angeles – Jefferson Park	320	3964
Los Angeles – Koreatown	1443	2791
Los Angeles – Lafayette Square	114	2501
Los Angeles – Lake Balboa	1408	3336
Los Angeles – Lakeview Terrace	717	5460
Los Angeles – Leimert Park	398	2612
Los Angeles – Lincoln Heights	1346	4129
Los Angeles – Little Armenia	438	5458
Los Angeles – Little Bangladesh	664	2343
Los Angeles – Little Tokyo	128	4086
Los Angeles – Longwood	143	3322
Los Angeles – Los Feliz	306	1416
Los Angeles – Manchester Square	254	2976
Los Angeles – Mandeville Canyon	36	1152
Los Angeles – Mar Vista	450	1060
Los Angeles – Marina Peninsula	51	1170
Los Angeles – Melrose	2435	3134
Los Angeles – Mid-city	333	2216
Los Angeles – Miracle Mile	252	1401
Los Angeles – Mission Hills	1194	4949
Los Angeles – Mt. Washington	702	2907
Los Angeles – North Hills	2488	4041
Los Angeles – North Hollywood	5414	3575
Los Angeles – Northridge	1936	2774
Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades	186	874
Los Angeles – Pacoima	4833	6278
Los Angeles – Palisades Highlands	41	1066
Los Angeles – Palms	662	1509
Los Angeles – Panorama City	3938	5233
Los Angeles – Park La Brea	163	1200
Los Angeles – Pico-Union	2098	5014
Los Angeles – Playa Del Rey	41	1283
Los Angeles – Playa Vista	174	1589
Los Angeles – Porter Ranch	548	1540
Los Angeles – Rancho Park	110	1677
Los Angeles – Regent Square	36	1295
Los Angeles – Reseda	3112	4062
Los Angeles – Reseda Ranch	169	3645
Los Angeles – Reynier Village	52	1230
Los Angeles – San Pedro*	2282	2924
Los Angeles – Shadow Hills	99	2229
Los Angeles – Sherman Oaks	1536	1760
Los Angeles – Silverlake	825	1871
Los Angeles – South Carthay	155	1463
Los Angeles – South Park	2401	6325
Los Angeles – St Elmo Village	172	3752
Los Angeles – Studio City	337	1502
Los Angeles – Sun Valley	2400	4573
Los Angeles – Sunland	612	2999
Los Angeles – Sycamore Square	7	1082
Los Angeles – Sylmar*	4511	5475
Los Angeles – Tarzana	977	3164
Los Angeles – Temple-Beaudry	1480	3749
Los Angeles – Thai Town	263	2681
Los Angeles – Toluca Lake	141	1620
Los Angeles – Toluca Terrace	29	2221
Los Angeles – Toluca Woods	33	1776
Los Angeles – Tujunga	746	2682
Los Angeles – University Hills	73	2129
Los Angeles – University Park	1364	4968
Los Angeles – Valley Glen	945	3148
Los Angeles – Valley Village	644	2605
Los Angeles – Van Nuys*	4132	4434
Los Angeles – Venice	440	1299
Los Angeles – Vermont Knolls	822	4779
Los Angeles – Vermont Square	406	5302
Los Angeles – Vermont Vista	2250	5463
Los Angeles – Vernon Central	3555	6837
Los Angeles – Victoria Park	257	3060
Los Angeles – View Heights	61	1651
Los Angeles – Watts	2307	5406
Los Angeles – Wellington Square	157	3194
Los Angeles – West Adams	1113	4028
Los Angeles – West Hills	746	1840
Los Angeles – West Los Angeles	638	1695
Los Angeles – West Vernon	2828	5272
Los Angeles – Westchester	574	1112
Los Angeles – Westlake	2786	4694
Los Angeles – Westwood	620	1146
Los Angeles – Wholesale District*	2763	7648
Los Angeles – Wilmington	2147	3801
Los Angeles – Wilshire Center	1415	2820
Los Angeles – Winnetka	1792	3460
Los Angeles – Woodland Hills	1356	1993
Unincorporated – Acton	99	1242
Unincorporated – Agua Dulce	54	1299
Unincorporated – Altadena	868	1990
Unincorporated – Anaverde	25	1658
Unincorporated – Angeles National Forest	6	482
Unincorporated – Arcadia	122	1529
Unincorporated – Athens-Westmont	1842	4340
Unincorporated – Athens Village	295	6024
Unincorporated – Avocado Heights	343	5063
Unincorporated – Azusa	634	3982
Unincorporated – Bassett	789	5325
Unincorporated – Bouquet Canyon	12	1118
Unincorporated – Bradbury	4	3704
Unincorporated – Canyon Country	192	2484
Unincorporated – Castaic*	2269	8345
Unincorporated – Cerritos	25	4259
Unincorporated – Charter Oak	0	0
Unincorporated – Claremont	27	3846
Unincorporated – Covina	585	3478
Unincorporated – Covina (Charter Oak)	413	3142
Unincorporated – Del Aire	86	1958
Unincorporated – Del Rey	3	943
Unincorporated – Del Sur	33	1366
Unincorporated – Desert View Highlands	77	3089
Unincorporated – Duarte	191	4313
Unincorporated – East Covina	8	2432
Unincorporated – East La Mirada	141	2664
Unincorporated – East Lancaster	2	1754
Unincorporated – East Los Angeles	7816	6239
Unincorporated – East Pasadena	103	1609
Unincorporated – East Rancho Dominguez	791	5167
Unincorporated – East Whittier	117	2205
Unincorporated – El Camino Village	194	2207
Unincorporated – El Monte	7	4828
Unincorporated – Elizabeth Lake	10	602
Unincorporated – Florence-Firestone	4186	6469
Unincorporated – Franklin Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Glendora	15	2273
Unincorporated – Hacienda Heights	1372	2453
Unincorporated – Harbor Gateway	0	0
Unincorporated – Hawthorne	72	2864
Unincorporated – Hi Vista	9	820
Unincorporated – Kagel/Lopez Canyons	51	3612
Unincorporated – La Crescenta-Montrose	291	1470
Unincorporated – La Habra Heights	9	1331
Unincorporated – La Rambla	82	3952
Unincorporated – La Verne*	45	2206
Unincorporated – Ladera Heights	122	1725
Unincorporated – Lake Hughes	9	1347
Unincorporated – Lake Los Angeles	384	2955
Unincorporated – Lake Manor	30	1826
Unincorporated – Lakewood	0	0
Unincorporated – Lennox	863	3828
Unincorporated – Leona Valley	25	1428
Unincorporated – Littlerock	106	2636
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Juniper Hills	24	1850
Unincorporated – Littlerock/Pearblossom	123	3446
Unincorporated – Llano	5	570
Unincorporated – Marina del Rey	101	1073
Unincorporated – Miracle Mile	0	0
Unincorporated – Monrovia	91	2345
Unincorporated – Newhall	30	13636
Unincorporated – North Lancaster	36	3005
Unincorporated – North Whittier	279	3337
Unincorporated – Northeast San Gabriel	463	1926
Unincorporated – Padua Hills	3	1395
Unincorporated – Palmdale	27	3207
Unincorporated – Palos Verdes Peninsula	5	805
Unincorporated – Pearblossom/Llano	28	1431
Unincorporated – Pellissier Village	42	6785
Unincorporated – Placerita Canyon	0	0
Unincorporated – Pomona	19	980
Unincorporated – Quartz Hill	274	2123
Unincorporated – Rancho Dominguez	98	3683
Unincorporated – Roosevelt	30	3222
Unincorporated – Rosewood	42	3266
Unincorporated – Rosewood/East Gardena	41	3437
Unincorporated – Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez	132	3927
Unincorporated – Rowland Heights	889	1742
Unincorporated – San Clemente Island	0	0
Unincorporated – San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon	3	350
Unincorporated – San Jose Hills	1006	4975
Unincorporated – San Pasqual	13	639
Unincorporated – Sand Canyon	7	2273
Unincorporated – Santa Catalina Island	29	10861
Unincorporated – Santa Monica Mountains*	161	865
Unincorporated – Saugus	44	28387
Unincorporated – Saugus/Canyon Country	12	3371
Unincorporated – South Antelope Valley	6	1319
Unincorporated – South El Monte	111	6184
Unincorporated – South San Gabriel	232	2622
Unincorporated – South Whittier	2334	3941
Unincorporated – Southeast Antelope Valley	19	2433
Unincorporated – Stevenson Ranch	247	1178
Unincorporated – Sun Village	222	3678
Unincorporated – Sunrise Village	67	5170
Unincorporated – Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain	19	1146
Unincorporated – Val Verde	112	3385
Unincorporated – Valencia	57	1855
Unincorporated – Valinda	1049	4488
Unincorporated – View Park/Windsor Hills	190	1633
Unincorporated – Walnut Park	859	5321
Unincorporated – West Antelope Valley	8	529
Unincorporated – West Carson	515	2332
Unincorporated – West Chatsworth	0	0
Unincorporated – West LA	45	4727
Unincorporated – West Puente Valley	480	4881
Unincorporated – West Rancho Dominguez	25	1840
Unincorporated – West Whittier/Los Nietos	1274	4732
Unincorporated – Westfield/Academy Hills	13	1000
Unincorporated – Westhills	14	1669
Unincorporated – White Fence Farms	85	2308
Unincorporated – Whittier	81	2141
Unincorporated – Whittier Narrows	3	25000
Unincorporated – Willowbrook	1726	4944
Unincorporated – Wiseburn	152	2522
– Under Investigation	4481

These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. 12 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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