news release DPH

For Immediate Release:

January 27, 2023

Los Angeles County Remains in Low Community Level;?Updated Boosters, Treatment Widely Available to Maintain Reduced Risk

1,123 New Positive Cases and 19 New Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County is in the Low Community Level for the second consecutive week, a positive sign that preventative measures, such as the updated bivalent booster and therapeutics, are helping to protect residents from severe illness and hospitalization. Remaining in the Low Community Level, as determined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is dependent on keeping case and hospitalization rates low.

Today, Los Angeles County has a 7-day case rate of 65 new cases per 100,000 people, down slightly from the 71 new cases per 100,000 people a week prior. ?The 7-day total for new COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people is currently at 7.2, down from 9.5 last week. And the 7-day average of the proportion of staffed inpatient beds occupied by COVID-19 patients is now 4.6 percent, down from 5.8 percent the week prior.

In an effort to keep COVID-19 transmission low, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues to work to ensure that vaccinations and boosters, testing and treatment are readily accessible to everyone across the county, whether or not they have a health care provider or insurance, and regardless of their immigration status.

While vaccines are not a guarantee against severe illness and death, data from Los Angeles County illustrates the very real protection offered by the bivalent booster against currently circulating COVID-19 strains. Across recent 30-day periods, hospitalization rates were over six times higher for people who were unvaccinated compared to people who were vaccinated with the updated booster, while the death rate was more than seven times greater. In Los Angeles County, 22% of eligible residents have received the bivalent booster.

Even with the vaccination and updated bivalent booster, there remains a possibility for COVID-19 infection. However, there are effective treatments that can prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death, if taken in the first five days of symptom onset.

Seeking treatment quickly is especially important for people with underlying risk factors that make them more susceptible to severe illness and death from COVID-19. Included in the risk factors are many common health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung disease, asthma, stroke, kidney disease, liver disease, dementia, a history of cancer or immunosuppression. It is always good practice to speak with a provider, who can provide appropriate treatment or advice, after testing positive for COVID-19.

There are more than 100 ?test to treat? sites throughout Los Angeles County. Public Health also manages a call center that offers free telehealth services for COVID-19 in addition to answering questions about, and scheduling appointments for, vaccinations and testing.

Free telehealth services, which include speaking with a provider and being prescribed medication if appropriate, are available to all residents in LA County. If prescribed, COVID treatment will be shipped overnight at no cost. Assistance is available multiple languages seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., by calling 1-833-540-0473.

More than 6,300 people accessed telehealth services in Los Angeles County between April and December 2022, with more than 5,300 people receiving a prescription for therapeutics.

Overall, more than 58% of the people who called the telehealth line for therapeutics were living in communities where residents were at higher risk for poor COVID outcomes, either due to socioeconomic and environmental conditions, or low vaccination rates.

For more information about vaccinations and boosters, testing and treatment, visit VaccinateLACounty.com or VacunateLosAngeles.com (en espa?ol).

?Though I am much relieved that the county has made good strides to reduce COVID cases and hospitalizations, I recognize that many are experiencing the loss of loved ones from COVD-19. I extend my heartfelt condolences to those who are grieving and offer my wishes for healing and peace,? said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. ?The use of therapeutics, reasonable precautions including masking and testing, and access to the bivalent booster have all helped to put LA County in a good place right now. The county is blessed to have the health tools that make a difference and I applaud everyone for using these tools to dampen spread and reduce risk, especially for those most vulnerable.? For those at elevated risk who have not been boosted since August, please don?t delay adding in the additional protection offered by the new bivalent booster.?

Los Angeles County is currently reporting lower COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, yet deaths remain consistently high since late December.

Today, Public Health reported 19 additional deaths and 1,123 new positive cases. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 35,230. There are 722 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized.

A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at?http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov?including:

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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

Spanish?https://espanol.cdc.gov/enes/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

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For more information:

Cases through 12:00pm 1/26/2023

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Total Cases

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Laboratory Confirmed Cases

3,673,339

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-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)

3,473,427

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-- Long Beach

160,772

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-- Pasadena

39,140

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Deaths

35,230

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-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas)

33,415

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-- Long Beach

1,373

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-- Pasadena

442

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Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

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- 0 to 4

109,510

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- 5 to 11

280,482

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- 12 to 17

275,249

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- 18 to 29

748,330

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- 30 to 49

1,115,696

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- 50 to 64

600,517

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- 65 to 79

253,690

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-? over 80

87,503

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-? Under Investigation

2,450

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Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

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-? Female

1,789,982

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-? Male

1,593,427

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-? Other

1,738

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-? Under Investigation

88,280

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Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

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-? American Indian/Alaska Native

6,592

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-? Asian

257,307

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-? Black

181,394

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-? Hispanic/Latino

1,490,212

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-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

17,479

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-? White

479,494

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-? Other

397,231

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-? Under Investigation

643,718

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Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

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-? Hospitalized (Ever)

169,988

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Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)

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-? American Indian/Alaska Native

78

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-? Asian

4,322

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-? Black

3,135

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-? Hispanic/Latino

16,543

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-? Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

116

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-? White

8,749

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-? Other

384

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-? Under Investigation

88

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CITY / COMMUNITY**

Cases

Case Rate

City of Agoura Hills

6252

29938

City of Alhambra

24869

28676

City of Arcadia

13210

22873

City of Artesia

5868

34939

City of Avalon

288

7444

City of Azusa

17255

34482

City of Baldwin Park

29135

37952

City of Bell

16766

46147

City of Bell Gardens

16907

39254

City of Bellflower

30198

38847

City of Beverly Hills

11305

32749

City of Bradbury

69

6455

City of Burbank

32118

29966

City of Calabasas

5711

23480

City of Carson

34238

36483

City of Cerritos

12983

25931

City of Claremont

10000

27409

City of Commerce*

5759

44066

City of Compton

39599

39637

City of Covina

19828

40439

City of Cudahy

12070

49575

City of Culver City

11520

28898

City of Diamond Bar

13288

23104

City of Downey

45846

40123

City of Duarte

7320

33249

City of El Monte

42015

35828

City of El Segundo

3979

23704

City of Gardena

21440

34970

City of Glendale

59073

28608

City of Glendora

14728

27913

City of Hawaiian Gardens

4925

33558

City of Hawthorne

28992

32653

City of Hermosa Beach

4625

23513

City of Hidden Hills

378

20000

City of Huntington Park

26005

43718

City of Industry

986

225629

City of Inglewood

37939

33402

City of Irwindale

870

59630

City of La Canada Flintridge

4448

21495

City of La Habra Heights

209

3831

City of La Mirada

13882

27988

City of La Puente

15769

38747

City of La Verne

9095

27327

City of Lakewood

26388

32836

City of Lancaster*

63109

39060

City of Lawndale

10400

30939

City of Lomita

5932

28617

City of Lynwood*

30704

42617

City of Malibu

2819

21750

City of Manhattan Beach

7268

20189

City of Maywood

12656

45121

City of Monrovia

11633

29982

City of Montebello

24987

38815

City of Monterey Park

17116

27490

City of Norwalk

42092

39111

City of Palmdale

65968

41498

City of Palos Verdes Estates

2206

16314

City of Paramount

22358

39909

City of Pico Rivera

27529

42824

City of Pomona

64330

41255

City of Rancho Palos Verdes

7510

17568

City of Redondo Beach

15195

22119

City of Rolling Hills

283

14588

City of Rolling Hills Estates

1490

18366

City of Rosemead

14977

27059

City of San Dimas*

10921

31640

City of San Fernando

12612

51243

City of San Gabriel

11188

27318

City of San Marino

2353

17722

City of Santa Clarita

72086

32703

City of Santa Fe Springs

7737

42131

City of Santa Monica

25837

27948

City of Sierra Madre

2339

21285

City of Signal Hill

4000

33907

City of South El Monte

8295

39718

City of South Gate

46561

47436

City of South Pasadena

6146

23590

City of Temple City

10490

28775

City of Torrance

33451

22410

City of Vernon

356

170335

City of Walnut

7395

24220

City of West Covina

38778

35828

City of West Hollywood

11064

29942

City of Westlake Village

440

5263

City of Whittier

30704

35118

Los Angeles

1501656

37127

Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie

3162

38552

Los Angeles - Alsace

4436

35645

Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest

0

0

Los Angeles - Angelino Heights

830

33173

Los Angeles - Arleta

16699

48586

Los Angeles - Atwater Village

4984

33983

Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills

10014

32173

Los Angeles - Bel Air

2397

28438

Los Angeles - Beverly Crest

3274

26140

Los Angeles - Beverlywood

4145

31466

Los Angeles - Boyle Heights*

39942

45972

Los Angeles - Brentwood

8225

26571

Los Angeles - Brookside

149

25645

Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning

2270

31878

Los Angeles - Canoga Park

24928

38181

Los Angeles - Carthay

4266

29701

Los Angeles - Central

16882

43296

Los Angeles - Century City

3668

28674

Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove

16090

47651

Los Angeles - Chatsworth

12701

34271

Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills

2502

27282

Los Angeles - Chinatown

2844

35457

Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran

5226

35910

Los Angeles - Country Club Park

4842

31954

Los Angeles - Crenshaw District

5240

37891

Los Angeles - Crestview

3878

34113

Los Angeles - Del Rey

8254

27572

Los Angeles - Downtown*

15885

57749

Los Angeles - Eagle Rock

13485

34062

Los Angeles - East Hollywood

9395

32079

Los Angeles - Echo Park

4430

31075

Los Angeles - El Sereno

16706

39959

Los Angeles - Elysian Park

1812

31723

Los Angeles - Elysian Valley

3521

34618

Los Angeles - Encino

14957

33111

Los Angeles - Exposition

1245

37432

Los Angeles - Exposition Park

18001

40076

Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights

1244

34556

Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square

3740

42885

Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone

22617

47670

Los Angeles - Glassell Park

10839

34296

Los Angeles - Gramercy Place

4072

37830

Los Angeles - Granada Hills

21183

36403

Los Angeles - Green Meadows

9948

46259

Los Angeles - Hancock Park

4658

27337

Los Angeles - Harbor City

9247

31809

Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway

15460

35459

Los Angeles - Harbor Pines

635

26359

Los Angeles - Harvard Heights

6101

33829

Los Angeles - Harvard Park

17782

46875

Los Angeles - Highland Park

16924

34973

Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown

5437

39200

Los Angeles - Hollywood

21294

31198

Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills

7509

25511

Los Angeles - Hyde Park

11731

41102

Los Angeles - Jefferson Park

3104

38449

Los Angeles - Koreatown

16019

30989

Los Angeles - Lafayette Square

1568

34394

Los Angeles - Lake Balboa

16017

37950

Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace

6073

46242

Los Angeles - Leimert Park

5659

37145

Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights

12624

38727

Los Angeles - Little Armenia

3004

37433

Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh

8573

30247

Los Angeles - Little Tokyo

1440

45962

Los Angeles - Longwood

1754

40753

Los Angeles - Los Feliz

6261

28975

Los Angeles - Manchester Square

3163

37055

Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon

882

28233

Los Angeles - Mar Vista

10716

25231

Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula

947

21720

Los Angeles - Melrose

25873

33300

Los Angeles - Mid-city

4416

29381

Los Angeles - Miracle Mile

4824

26822

Los Angeles - Mission Hills

11747

48694

Los Angeles - Mt. Washington

8103

33560

Los Angeles - North Hills

24947

40515

Los Angeles - North Hollywood

58328

38520

Los Angeles - Northridge

25175

36069

Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades

4930

23155

Los Angeles - Pacoima

38441

49937

Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands

912

23713

Los Angeles - Palms

11776

26839

Los Angeles - Panorama City

33141

44041

Los Angeles - Park La Brea

3189

23483

Los Angeles - Pico-Union

16110

38502

Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey

587

18367

Los Angeles - Playa Vista

3359

30684

Los Angeles - Porter Ranch

10368

29133

Los Angeles - Rancho Park

2204

33598

Los Angeles - Regent Square

866

31151

Los Angeles - Reseda

31556

41187

Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch

1773

38244

Los Angeles - Reynier Village

1158

27389

Los Angeles - San Pedro*

25750

32997

Los Angeles - Shadow Hills

1289

29018

Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks

27185

31156

Los Angeles - Silverlake

13033

29565

Los Angeles - South Carthay

3205

30250

Los Angeles - South Park

16747

44116

Los Angeles - St Elmo Village

1852

40401

Los Angeles - Studio City

6905

30771

Los Angeles - Sun Valley

22949

43727

Los Angeles - Sunland

6782

33232

Los Angeles - Sycamore Square

209

32303

Los Angeles - Sylmar*

41628

50521

Los Angeles - Tarzana

10390

33651

Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry

13379

33886

Los Angeles - Thai Town

2770

28239

Los Angeles - Toluca Lake

2507

28803

Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace

521

39893

Los Angeles - Toluca Woods

466

25081

Los Angeles - Tujunga

8876

31917

Los Angeles - University Hills

915

26684

Los Angeles - University Park

11488

41841

Los Angeles - Valley Glen

11068

36874

Los Angeles - Valley Village

8421

34066

Los Angeles - Van Nuys*

37218

39936

Los Angeles - Venice

9037

26670

Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls

7408

43070

Los Angeles - Vermont Square

3720

48583

Los Angeles - Vermont Vista

18468

44840

Los Angeles - Vernon Central

24528

47171

Los Angeles - Victoria Park

2792

33242

Los Angeles - View Heights

1096

29670

Los Angeles - Watts

19410

45484

Los Angeles - Wellington Square

1810

36826

Los Angeles - West Adams

10771

38983

Los Angeles - West Hills

12734

31407

Los Angeles - West Los Angeles

11357

30176

Los Angeles - West Vernon

24473

45621

Los Angeles - Westchester

13596

26347

Los Angeles - Westlake

20566

34649

Los Angeles - Westwood

16219

29975

Los Angeles - Wholesale District*

21417

59279

Los Angeles - Wilmington

23365

41363

Los Angeles - Wilshire Center

16938

33761

Los Angeles - Winnetka

19663

37970

Los Angeles - Woodland Hills

20206

29691

Unincorporated - Acton

1995

25028

Unincorporated - Agua Dulce

977

23497

Unincorporated - Altadena

11410

26158

Unincorporated - Anaverde

419

27785

Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest

91

7309

Unincorporated - Arcadia

2193

27478

Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont

17300

40762

Unincorporated - Athens Village

2788

56933

Unincorporated - Avocado Heights

2700

39852

Unincorporated - Azusa

6291

39509

Unincorporated - Bassett

6118

41290

Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon

203

18919

Unincorporated - Bradbury

130

120370

Unincorporated - Canyon Country

3691

47761

Unincorporated - Castaic*

9485

34883

Unincorporated - Cerritos

184

31346

Unincorporated - Charter Oak

10

50000

Unincorporated - Claremont

157

22365

Unincorporated - Covina

6167

36667

Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak)

4989

37956

Unincorporated - Del Aire

1206

27453

Unincorporated - Del Rey

144

45283

Unincorporated - Del Sur

692

28654

Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands

946

37946

Unincorporated - Duarte

1979

44693

Unincorporated - East Covina

88

26748

Unincorporated - East La Mirada

1622

30650

Unincorporated - East Lancaster

43

37719

Unincorporated - East Los Angeles

57910

46229

Unincorporated - East Pasadena

427

6669

Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez

6245

40796

Unincorporated - East Whittier

1407

26517

Unincorporated - El Camino Village

2686

30554

Unincorporated - El Monte

0

0

Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake

285

17158

Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone

30087

46499

Unincorporated - Franklin Canyon

1

8333

Unincorporated - Glendora

195

29545

Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights

16323

29187

Unincorporated - Harbor Gateway

4

400000

Unincorporated - Hawthorne

749

29793

Unincorporated - Hi Vista

169

15392

Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons

316

22380

Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose

4377

22105

Unincorporated - La Habra Heights

20

2959

Unincorporated - La Rambla

889

42843

Unincorporated - La Verne*

651

31912

Unincorporated - Ladera Heights

2017

28525

Unincorporated - Lake Hughes

200

29940

Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles

4032

31030

Unincorporated - Lake Manor

455

27693

Unincorporated - Lakewood

26

22807

Unincorporated - Lennox

7561

33542

Unincorporated - Leona Valley

306

17476

Unincorporated - Littlerock

1402

34867

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills

357

27525

Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom

1321

37013

Unincorporated - Llano

106

12087

Unincorporated - Marina del Rey

2661

28275

Unincorporated - Miracle Mile

0

0

Unincorporated - Monrovia

1114

28704

Unincorporated - Newhall

105

47727

Unincorporated - North Lancaster

507

42321

Unincorporated - North Whittier

3111

37213

Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel

5221

21722

Unincorporated - Padua Hills

37

17209

Unincorporated - Palmdale

266

31591

Unincorporated - Palos Verdes Peninsula

122

19646

Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano

431

22035

Unincorporated - Pellissier Village

368

59451

Unincorporated - Placerita Canyon

24

5217

Unincorporated - Pomona

120

6192

Unincorporated - Quartz Hill

3880

30064

Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez

1190

44720

Unincorporated - Roosevelt

279

29968

Unincorporated - Rosewood

507

39425

Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena

530

44426

Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez

1323

39363

Unincorporated - Rowland Heights

12227

23964

Unincorporated - San Clemente Island

0

0

Unincorporated - San Francisquito Canyon/Bouquet Canyon

44

5128

Unincorporated - San Jose Hills

7850

38821

Unincorporated - San Pasqual

89

4373

Unincorporated - Sand Canyon

60

19481

Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island

581

217603

Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains*

3857

20713

Unincorporated - Saugus

338

218065

Unincorporated - Saugus/Canyon Country

130

36517

Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley

119

26154

Unincorporated - South El Monte

755

42061

Unincorporated - South San Gabriel

3126

35330

Unincorporated - South Whittier

21349

36049

Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley

247

31626

Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch

5871

28002

Unincorporated - Sun Village

2124

35189

Unincorporated - Sunrise Village

578

44599

Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain

428

25814

Unincorporated - Val Verde

1201

36295

Unincorporated - Valencia

926

30143

Unincorporated - Valinda

9534

40794

Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills

3533

30365

Unincorporated - Walnut Park

7353

45549

Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley

185

12244

Unincorporated - West Carson

8094

36648

Unincorporated - West Chatsworth

5

41667

Unincorporated - West LA

844

88655

Unincorporated - West Puente Valley

4198

42684

Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez

491

36130

Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos

10627

39469

Unincorporated - Westfield/Academy Hills

248

19077

Unincorporated - Westhills

196

23361

Unincorporated - White Fence Farms

916

24871

Unincorporated - Whittier

967

25555

Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows

76

633333

Unincorporated - Willowbrook

16516

47306

Unincorporated - Wiseburn

1867

30977

?- Under Investigation

69656

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*? --Case and death numbers include cases identified among persons detained at correctional facilities located in the city/community

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** --These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation.

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