3,628 New Coronavirus Cases In LA County; 53 More Deaths
LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles County reported 3,628 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 53 additional deaths Saturday, bringing the county's totals to 172,325 cases and 4,351 fatalities.
Officials said the higher totals — coming after 1,949 new cases were reported Friday and 2,014 on Thursday — were due in part to a resolution in California's electronic lab system and inclusion of backlogged positive results.
Younger adults still make up the majority of new positive cases, with 76% of the cases announced Saturday occurring in people under 50 years old, and 54% of those among people under the age of 30, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
The confirmed number of people hospitalized with the virus was 2,016, with 30% of those in intensive care. But officials said there are a total of 2,598 confirmed and suspect cases currently hospitalized, and 15% of these people are on ventilators.
The hospitalization data is incomplete due to changes in reporting requirements from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Testing results were available for 1,621,670 individuals, with 10% of all people testing positive.
Hospitalizations have been an area of concern in recent weeks, with the number topping 2,200 in Los Angeles County for five consecutive days this week, the highest levels of the pandemic.
Health officials did note that the number of new hospitalizations in L.A. County appeared to be leveling off, and possibly even decreasing, following a precipitous climb in mid-July.
The county's health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis, told reporters Thursday that those figures -- along with the seven-day average daily testing positivity rate settling back to about 8.5% -- were indications the county may be starting to slow the virus.
"I hope this week marks a turning point, and that we'll start to see the results of our collective actions to slow the spread of COVID-19," Davis said.
But despite those positive indicators, Davis and Ferrer stressed that the area is a long way from conquering the virus and being able to lift health restrictions.
Two Los Angeles-area hospitals got some additional staffing help Friday courtesy of the U.S. Air Force, which deployed medical teams across the state, including one at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center and another at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
Dr. Mark Ghaly, California Health and Human Services secretary, said a total of eight teams were deployed across the state.
"We looked across the state," Ghaly said. "L.A. County -- with big hospitals, important centers where we see disease transmission high, concern to make sure the hospitals in that important center are supported -- received two out of eight of the teams. Sort of a proportionate share, if you will, across the state. But remember some of the other teams went to the northern parts, even rural parts of the state, to make sure that the hospitals are supported.
"We'll continue to work with our federal partners to ensure that staff can be moved to strategic places throughout the state when necessary," he said.
Ghaly said the goal is to ensure "patients get the level of care that they need and that staffing doesn't become the issue around delivering high- quality care around the state."
The locations with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases around Los Angeles County, as of Saturday, are:
Los Angeles County: 163,100 (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena)
Long Beach: 7,368
Pasadena: 1,857
Confirmed cases by city:
Agoura Hills: 99
Alhambra: 801
Arcadia: 291
Artesia: 214
Avalon: 5
Azusa: 920
Baldwin Park: 1787
Bell: 1016
Bell Gardens: 1242
Bellflower: 1566
Beverly Hills: 527
Bradbury: 8
Burbank: 905
Calabasas: 190
Carson: 1145
Cerritos: 384
Claremont: 219
Commerce: 372
Compton: 2558
Covina: 858
Cudahy: 751
Culver City: 306
Diamond Bar: 349
Downey: 2807
Duarte: 335
El Monte: 2796
El Segundo: 94
Gardena: 773
Glendale: 2148
Glendora: 842
Hawaiian Gardens: 332
Hawthorne: 1240
Hermosa Beach: 143
Hidden Hills: 5
Huntington Park: 1881
Industry: 20
Inglewood: 1780
Irwindale: 47
La Canada Flintridge: 113
La Habra Heights: 25
La Mirada: 571
La Puente: 956
La Verne: 272
Lakewood: 830
Lancaster: 1862
Lawndale: 424
Lomita: 161
Lynwood: 2197
Malibu: 73
Manhattan Beach: 249
Maywood: 913
Monrovia: 481
Montebello: 1495
Monterey Park: 559
Norwalk: 2141
Palmdale: 2178
Palos Verdes Estates: 68
Paramount: 1576
Pico Rivera: 1627
Pomona: 3085
Rancho Palos Verdes: 210
Redondo Beach: 369
Rolling Hills: 5
Rolling Hills Estates: 30
Rosemead: 501
San Dimas: 330
San Fernando: 539
San Gabriel: 370
San Marino: 45
Santa Clarita: 1948
Santa Fe Springs: 335
Santa Monica: 587
Sierra Madre: 48
Signal Hill: 164
South El Monte: 504
South Gate: 3024
South Pasadena: 208
Temple City: 377
Torrance: 945
Vernon: 8
Walnut: 183
West Covina: 1904
West Hollywood: 407
Westlake Village: 21
Whittier: 1450
Los Angeles: 70,218
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie: 150
Los Angeles - Alsace: 248
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest: 2
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights: 42
Los Angeles - Arleta: 848
Los Angeles - Atwater Village: 146
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: 404
Los Angeles - Bel Air: 57
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest: 75
Los Angeles - Beverlywood: 102
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights: 2916
Los Angeles - Brentwood: 198
Los Angeles - Brookside: 1
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning: 91
Los Angeles - Canoga Park: 1184
Los Angeles - Carthay: 167
Los Angeles - Central: 1496
Los Angeles - Century City: 89
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove: 1020
Los Angeles - Chatsworth: 447
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills: 46
Los Angeles - Chinatown: 72
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran: 210
Los Angeles - Country Club Park: 208
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District: 201
Los Angeles - Crestview: 141
Los Angeles - Del Rey: 232
Los Angeles - Downtown: 514
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock: 444
Los Angeles - East Hollywood: 448
Los Angeles - Echo Park: 147
Los Angeles - El Sereno: 752
Los Angeles - Elysian Park: 64
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley: 164
Los Angeles - Encino: 359
Los Angeles - Exposition: 52
Los Angeles - Exposition Park: 856
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights: 26
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square: 200
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone: 1565
Los Angeles - Glassell Park: 447
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place: 158
Los Angeles - Granada Hills: 773
Los Angeles - Green Meadows: 615
Los Angeles - Hancock Park: 165
Los Angeles - Harbor City: 339
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway: 579
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines: 12
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights: 379
Los Angeles - Harvard Park: 1040
Los Angeles - Highland Park: 719
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown: 293
Los Angeles - Hollywood: 793
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills: 206
Los Angeles - Hyde Park: 527
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park: 177
Los Angeles - Koreatown: 755
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square: 53
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa: 581
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace: 386
Los Angeles - Leimert Park: 210
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights: 762
Los Angeles - Little Armenia: 293
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh: 342
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo: 48
Los Angeles - Longwood: 78
Los Angeles - Los Feliz: 127
Los Angeles - Manchester Square: 102
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon: 13
Los Angeles - Mar Vista: 222
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula: 25
Los Angeles - Melrose: 1309
Los Angeles - Mid-city: 217
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile: 114
Los Angeles - Mission Hills: 469
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington: 335
Los Angeles - North Hills: 1140
Los Angeles - North Hollywood: 2089
Los Angeles - Northridge: 900
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades: 95
Los Angeles - Pacoima: 2043
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands: 18
Los Angeles - Palms: 395
Los Angeles - Panorama City: 1746
Los Angeles - Park La Brea: 70
Los Angeles - Pico-Union: 1320
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey: 17
Los Angeles - Playa Vista: 92
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch: 217
Los Angeles - Rancho Park: 57
Los Angeles - Regent Square: 21
Los Angeles - Reseda: 1441
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch: 65
Los Angeles - Reynier Village: 27
Los Angeles - San Pedro: 1477
Los Angeles - Shadow Hills: 31
Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks: 639
Los Angeles - Silverlake: 438
Los Angeles - South Carthay: 77
Los Angeles - South Park: 1370
Los Angeles - St Elmo Village: 98
Los Angeles - Studio City: 178
Los Angeles - Sun Valley: 876
Los Angeles - Sunland: 312
Los Angeles - Sycamore Square: 4
Los Angeles - Sylmar: 2034
Los Angeles - Tarzana: 469
Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry: 844
Los Angeles - Thai Town: 98
Los Angeles - Toluca Lake: 71
Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace: 17
Los Angeles - Toluca Woods: 11
Los Angeles - Tujunga: 252
Los Angeles - University Hills: 42
Los Angeles - University Park: 529
Los Angeles - Valley Glen: 343
Los Angeles - Valley Village: 379
Los Angeles - Van Nuys: 1745
Los Angeles - Venice: 183
Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls: 506
Los Angeles - Vermont Square: 231
Los Angeles - Vermont Vista: 1255
Los Angeles - Vernon Central: 2032
Los Angeles - Victoria Park: 130
Los Angeles - View Heights: 25
Los Angeles - Watts: 1192
Los Angeles - Wellington Square: 81
Los Angeles - West Adams: 608
Los Angeles - West Hills: 346
Los Angeles - West Los Angeles: 346
Los Angeles - West Vernon: 1507
Los Angeles - Westchester: 268
Los Angeles - Westlake: 1801
Los Angeles - Westwood: 225
Los Angeles - Wholesale District: 1834
Los Angeles - Wilmington: 1061
Los Angeles - Wilshire Center: 730
Los Angeles - Winnetka: 790
Los Angeles - Woodland Hills: 586
Unincorporated - Acton: 40
Unincorporated - Agua Dulce: 17
Unincorporated - Altadena: 410
Unincorporated - Anaverde: 5
Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest: 3
Unincorporated - Arcadia: 63
Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont: 980
Unincorporated - Athens Village: 133
Unincorporated - Avocado Heights: 173
Unincorporated - Azusa: 322
Unincorporated - Bassett: 447
Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon: 1
Unincorporated - Bradbury: 4
Unincorporated - Canyon Country: 75
Unincorporated - Castaic: 1848
Unincorporated - Cerritos: 9
Unincorporated - Claremont: 3
Unincorporated - Covina: 276
Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak): 213
Unincorporated - Del Aire: 45
Unincorporated - Del Rey: 1
Unincorporated - Del Sur: 6
Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands: 21
Unincorporated - Duarte: 78
Unincorporated - East Covina: 4
Unincorporated - East La Mirada: 73
Unincorporated - East Los Angeles: 4113
Unincorporated - East Pasadena: 42
Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez: 425
Unincorporated - East Whittier: 51
Unincorporated - El Camino Village: 100
Unincorporated - El Monte: 5
Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake: 5
Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone: 2226
Unincorporated - Glendora: 4
Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights: 661
Unincorporated - Hawthorne: 37
Unincorporated - Hi Vista: 1
Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons: 15
Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose: 104
Unincorporated - La Rambla: 70
Unincorporated - La Verne: 19
Unincorporated - Ladera Heights: 54
Unincorporated - Lake Hughes: 1
Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles: 116
Unincorporated - Lake Manor: 13
Unincorporated - Lennox: 415
Unincorporated - Leona Valley: 15
Unincorporated - Littlerock: 43
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills: 4
Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom: 53
Unincorporated - Llano: 2
Unincorporated - Marina del Rey: 49
Unincorporated - Monrovia: 56
Unincorporated - Newhall: 4
Unincorporated - North Lancaster: 14
Unincorporated - North Whittier: 136
Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel: 220
Unincorporated - Padua Hills: 1
Unincorporated - Palmdale: 15
Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula: 2
Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano: 14
Unincorporated - Pellissier Village: 17
Unincorporated - Pomona: 9
Unincorporated - Quartz Hill: 110
Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez: 55
Unincorporated - Roosevelt: 4
Unincorporated - Rosewood: 16
Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena: 14
Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez: 59
Unincorporated - Rowland Heights: 430
Unincorporated - San Jose Hills: 441
Unincorporated - San Pasqual: 7
Unincorporated - Sand Canyon: 3
Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island: 6
Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains: 76
Unincorporated - Saugus: 12
Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country: 1
Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley: 1
Unincorporated - South El Monte: 51
Unincorporated - South San Gabriel: 123
Unincorporated - South Whittier: 1077
Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley: 9
Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch: 100
Unincorporated - Sun Village: 85
Unincorporated - Sunrise Village: 27
Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain: 9
Unincorporated - Val Verde: 39
Unincorporated - Valencia: 32
Unincorporated - Valinda: 502
Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills: 99
Unincorporated - Walnut Park: 485
Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley: 3
Unincorporated - West Carson: 252
Unincorporated - West LA: 34
Unincorporated - West Puente Valley: 257
Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez: 18
Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos: 622
Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills: 4
Unincorporated - Westhills: 7
Unincorporated - White Fence Farms: 33
Unincorporated - Whittier: 51
Unincorporated - Willowbrook: 967
Unincorporated - Wiseburn: 87
Under Investigation: 4,516
City News Service contributed to this report.
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