Record-Breaking 2,571 New Coronavirus Cases In LA County

LOS ANGELES, CA — Los Angeles County set another record Monday for the daily number of new coronavirus cases as the public health director confirmed the area is seeing a rise in community transmission of the illness.

County public health director Barbara Ferrer announced 2,571 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county, the highest single-day total to date. She noted it was the third time in the past week that the daily number of new cases had surpassed the 2,000 mark, but while those earlier large numbers were attributed in part to a backlog in testing results from specific labs, that wasn't the case on Monday.

"While some of this may be due to lags in reporting, the numbers do tell us that we're seeing an increase in community transmission," Ferrer said.

Health officials have warned that the reopening of businesses and recreational amenities that began about a month ago -- combined with mass protests against police brutality -- would lead to more public interaction that could in turn cause more infections, and the numbers released over the past week have seen that scenario begin to play out.

Ferrer said that while the county's overall rate of positive coronavirus tests is still about 8%, the rate has been increasing over the past week. Ferrer said the average daily rate of tests that come back positive -- which is calculated by averaging results over a seven-day period -- is now 8.4%, up from 5.8% on June 12.

"And that was just 10 days ago," Ferrer said. "Throughout our recovery journey, we have said it's likely that the number of cases will increase as more people are out of their homes and around other people. Now it's going to be very important to watch how this increase in cases translates into our daily hospitalizations over the next few weeks."

As of Monday, there were 1,453 people hospitalized in the county for coronavirus, up slightly from Sunday.

The 2,571 new cases reported by Ferrer lifted the county's total number to 85,942. The city of Long Beach, which has its own health department, reported an additional 60 cases Monday, lifting the overall total to 86,002.

Ferrer also announced another 18 deaths from the virus on Monday, although one of those fatalities was announced Sunday by authorities in Pasadena, which also has its own health agency. The new deaths increased the county's total to 3,137.

Dr. Christina Ghaly, the county's health services director, said the average number of people hospitalized on any given day due to coronavirus has remained fairly constant, and there is no immediate fear of medical centers running short on bed space. However, the increase in community transmission could threaten the availability of intensive-care unit space, she said.

Ghaly also said an analysis of case figures and estimates has found that roughly one in every 400 Los Angeles County residents are currently "infectious," meaning they have the coronavirus but are not showing symptoms and have not been formally diagnosed, and thus are not hospitalized or in isolation. Factoring in a margin of error, that number of infectious people could actually range from one in every 200 residents to one in every 750 residents.

"What this means is that Angelenos over the course of a typical day are likely going to interact with a number of people who are potentially infectious," Ghaly said. "If one in 400 people are infected and don't necessarily know it and are able to transmit COVID-19, it's entirely possible or even likely as the Safer At Home health officer orders are pared back that an average person in the average day may come in the vicinity of others that are infectious."

Ferrer said the county had identified various clusters of illness, but given the large numbers of incoming cases, authorities have not been able to specifically "pinpoint" whether recent mass protests were responsible for some of the new spread of the illness. But she said it is "highly likely" that they did play a role, noting that similar clusters of the illness have resulted from parties or other gatherings.

She said any situations that involve large crowds and people who are not always wearing face coverings or engaging in social distancing are likely going to result in transmission of the virus.

The locations with laboratory-confirmed coronavirus cases around Los Angeles County, as of Monday, are:

• Los Angeles County: 81,798 (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena)
• Long Beach: 2,982
• Pasadena: 1,162

Confirmed cases by city:

• Agoura Hills: 47
• Alhambra: 351
• Arcadia: 134
• Artesia: 84
• Avalon: 0
• Azusa: 343
• Baldwin Park: 656
• Bell: 575
• Bell Gardens: 577
• Bellflower: 674
• Beverly Hills: 201
• Bradbury: 5
• Burbank: 516
• Calabasas: 104
• Carson: 583
• Cerritos: 186
• Claremont: 85
• Commerce: 158
• Compton: 1167
• Covina: 311
• Cudahy: 403
• Culver City: 188
• Diamond Bar: 115
• Downey: 1273
• Duarte: 163
• El Monte: 1204
• El Segundo: 42
• Gardena: 419
• Glendale: 1283
• Glendora: 247
• Hawaiian Gardens: 142
• Hawthorne: 621
• Hermosa Beach: 56
• Hidden Hills: 4
• Huntington Park: 963
• Industry: 13
• Inglewood: 865
• Irwindale: 9
• La Canada Flintridge: 69
• La Habra Heights: 13
• La Mirada: 274
• La Puente: 314
• La Verne: 80
• Lakewood: 335
• Lancaster: 887
• Lawndale: 179
• Lomita: 68
• Lynwood: 1119
• Malibu: 47
• Manhattan Beach: 99
• Maywood: 539
• Monrovia: 226
• Montebello: 723
• Monterey Park: 270
• Norwalk: 876
• Palmdale: 1039
• Palos Verdes Estates: 48
• Paramount: 675
• Pico Rivera: 798
• Pomona: 1103
• Rancho Palos Verdes: 123
• Redondo Beach: 173
• Rolling Hills: 2
• Rolling Hills Estates: 19
• Rosemead: 193
• San Dimas: 118
• San Fernando: 263
• San Gabriel: 201
• San Marino: 26
• Santa Clarita: 968
• Santa Fe Springs: 116
• Santa Monica: 360
• Sierra Madre: 28
• Signal Hill: 60
• South El Monte: 223
• South Gate: 1380
• South Pasadena: 145
• Temple City: 209
• Torrance: 499
• Vernon: 6
• Walnut: 74
• West Covina: 694
• West Hollywood: 225
• Westlake Village: 7
• Whittier: 536
• Los Angeles: 38,580
• Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie: 90
• Los Angeles - Alsace: 129
• Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest: 2
• Los Angeles - Angelino Heights: 22
• Los Angeles - Arleta: 398
• Los Angeles - Atwater Village: 63
• Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills: 236
• Los Angeles - Bel Air: 43
• Los Angeles - Beverly Crest: 50
• Los Angeles - Beverlywood: 53
• Los Angeles - Boyle Heights: 1447
• Los Angeles - Brentwood: 101
• Los Angeles - Brookside: 1
• Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning: 43
• Los Angeles - Canoga Park: 701
• Los Angeles - Carthay: 97
• Los Angeles - Central: 827
• Los Angeles - Century City: 49
• Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove: 495
• Los Angeles - Chatsworth: 258
• Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills: 30
• Los Angeles - Chinatown: 32
• Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran: 116
• Los Angeles - Country Club Park: 138
• Los Angeles - Crenshaw District: 106
• Los Angeles - Crestview: 103
• Los Angeles - Del Rey: 104
• Los Angeles - Downtown: 231
• Los Angeles - Eagle Rock: 275
• Los Angeles - East Hollywood: 290
• Los Angeles - Echo Park: 74
• Los Angeles - El Sereno: 358
• Los Angeles - Elysian Park: 23
• Los Angeles - Elysian Valley: 98
• Los Angeles - Encino: 170
• Los Angeles - Exposition: 19
• Los Angeles - Exposition Park: 407
• Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights: 10
• Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square: 88
• Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone: 764
• Los Angeles - Glassell Park: 265
• Los Angeles - Gramercy Place: 99
• Los Angeles - Granada Hills: 486
• Los Angeles - Green Meadows: 297
• Los Angeles - Hancock Park: 105
• Los Angeles - Harbor City: 166
• Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway: 247
• Los Angeles - Harbor Pines: 9
• Los Angeles - Harvard Heights: 193
• Los Angeles - Harvard Park: 514
• Los Angeles - Highland Park: 391
• Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown: 200
• Los Angeles - Hollywood: 395
• Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills: 101
• Los Angeles - Hyde Park: 224
• Los Angeles - Jefferson Park: 80
• Los Angeles - Koreatown: 425
• Los Angeles - Lafayette Square: 29
• Los Angeles - Lake Balboa: 284
• Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace: 196
• Los Angeles - Leimert Park: 84
• Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights: 425
• Los Angeles - Little Armenia: 237
• Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh: 213
• Los Angeles - Little Tokyo: 34
• Los Angeles - Longwood: 34
• Los Angeles - Los Feliz: 71
• Los Angeles - Manchester Square: 44
• Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon: 3
• Los Angeles - Mar Vista: 106
• Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula: 19
• Los Angeles - Melrose: 769
• Los Angeles - Mid-city: 147
• Los Angeles - Miracle Mile: 56
• Los Angeles - Mission Hills: 230
• Los Angeles - Mt. Washington: 150
• Los Angeles - North Hills: 673
• Los Angeles - North Hollywood: 1040
• Los Angeles - Northridge: 506
• Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades: 63
• Los Angeles - Pacoima: 1146
• Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands: 8
• Los Angeles - Palms: 247
• Los Angeles - Panorama City: 1140
• Los Angeles - Park La Brea: 29
• Los Angeles - Pico-Union: 849
• Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey: 5
• Los Angeles - Playa Vista: 41
• Los Angeles - Porter Ranch: 126
• Los Angeles - Rancho Park: 20
• Los Angeles - Regent Square: 12
• Los Angeles - Reseda: 832
• Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch: 34
• Los Angeles - Reynier Village: 19
• Los Angeles - San Pedro: 1085
• Los Angeles - Shadow Hills: 16
• Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks: 326
• Los Angeles - Silverlake: 252
• Los Angeles - South Carthay: 44
• Los Angeles - South Park: 732
• Los Angeles - St Elmo Village: 53
• Los Angeles - Studio City: 96
• Los Angeles - Sun Valley: 450
• Los Angeles - Sunland: 203
• Los Angeles - Sycamore Square: 1
• Los Angeles - Sylmar: 1133
• Los Angeles - Tarzana: 312
• Los Angeles - Temple-Beaudry: 491
• Los Angeles - Thai Town: 49
• Los Angeles - Toluca Lake: 25
• Los Angeles - Toluca Terrace: 8
• Los Angeles - Toluca Woods: 3
• Los Angeles - Tujunga: 161
• Los Angeles - University Hills: 18
• Los Angeles - University Park: 313
• Los Angeles - Valley Glen: 194
• Los Angeles - Valley Village: 277
• Los Angeles - Van Nuys: 1079
• Los Angeles - Venice: 83
• Los Angeles - Vermont Knolls: 291
• Los Angeles - Vermont Square: 135
• Los Angeles - Vermont Vista: 652
• Los Angeles - Vernon Central: 1130
• Los Angeles - Victoria Park: 80
• Los Angeles - View Heights: 14
• Los Angeles - Watts: 578
• Los Angeles - Wellington Square: 40
• Los Angeles - West Adams: 365
• Los Angeles - West Hills: 195
• Los Angeles - West Los Angeles: 134
• Los Angeles - West Vernon: 796
• Los Angeles - Westchester: 138
• Los Angeles - Westlake: 1207
• Los Angeles - Westwood: 107
• Los Angeles - Wholesale District: 1031
• Los Angeles - Wilmington: 476
• Los Angeles - Wilshire Center: 391
• Los Angeles - Winnetka: 411
• Los Angeles - Woodland Hills: 241
• Unincorporated - Acton: 19
• Unincorporated - Agua Dulce: 10
• Unincorporated - Altadena: 208
• Unincorporated - Anaverde: 4
• Unincorporated - Angeles National Forest: 2
• Unincorporated - Arcadia: 17
• Unincorporated - Athens-Westmont: 379
• Unincorporated - Athens Village: 53
• Unincorporated - Avocado Heights: 59
• Unincorporated - Azusa: 122
• Unincorporated - Bassett: 198
• Unincorporated - Bouquet Canyon: 1
• Unincorporated - Bradbury: 1
• Unincorporated - Canyon Country: 39
• Unincorporated - Castaic: 1731
• Unincorporated - Covina: 97
• Unincorporated - Covina (Charter Oak): 76
• Unincorporated - Del Aire: 21
• Unincorporated - Del Rey: 1
• Unincorporated - Del Sur: 2
• Unincorporated - Desert View Highlands: 7
• Unincorporated - Duarte: 29
• Unincorporated - East La Mirada: 27
• Unincorporated - East Los Angeles: 2069
• Unincorporated - East Pasadena: 4
• Unincorporated - East Rancho Dominguez: 144
• Unincorporated - East Whittier: 21
• Unincorporated - El Camino Village: 68
• Unincorporated - El Monte: 1
• Unincorporated - Elizabeth Lake: 4
• Unincorporated - Florence-Firestone: 1106
• Unincorporated - Glendora: 2
• Unincorporated - Hacienda Heights: 268
• Unincorporated - Hawthorne: 11
• Unincorporated - Hi Vista: 1
• Unincorporated - Kagel/Lopez Canyons: 8
• Unincorporated - La Crescenta-Montrose: 41
• Unincorporated - La Rambla: 48
• Unincorporated - La Verne: 7
• Unincorporated - Ladera Heights: 25
• Unincorporated - Lake Hughes: 1
• Unincorporated - Lake Los Angeles: 41
• Unincorporated - Lake Manor: 5
• Unincorporated - Lennox: 171
• Unincorporated - Leona Valley: 4
• Unincorporated - Littlerock: 21
• Unincorporated - Littlerock/Juniper Hills: 2
• Unincorporated - Littlerock/Pearblossom: 28
• Unincorporated - Llano: 1
• Unincorporated - Marina del Rey: 19
• Unincorporated - Monrovia: 28
• Unincorporated - Newhall: 2
• Unincorporated - North Lancaster: 7
• Unincorporated - North Whittier: 38
• Unincorporated - Northeast San Gabriel: 87
• Unincorporated - Palmdale: 6
• Unincorporated - Pearblossom/Llano: 5
• Unincorporated - Pellissier Village: 3
• Unincorporated - Pomona: 4
• Unincorporated - Quartz Hill: 52
• Unincorporated - Rancho Dominguez: 25
• Unincorporated - Roosevelt: 1
• Unincorporated - Rosewood: 8
• Unincorporated - Rosewood/East Gardena: 2
• Unincorporated - Rosewood/West Rancho Dominguez: 34
• Unincorporated - Rowland Heights: 221
• Unincorporated - San Jose Hills: 161
• Unincorporated - San Pasqual: 2
• Unincorporated - Sand Canyon: 0
• Unincorporated - Santa Catalina Island: 3
• Unincorporated - Santa Monica Mountains: 35
• Unincorporated - Saugus: 5
• Unincorporated - South Antelope Valley: 1
• Unincorporated - South El Monte: 11
• Unincorporated - South San Gabriel: 77
• Unincorporated - South Whittier: 341
• Unincorporated - Southeast Antelope Valley: 1
• Unincorporated - Stevenson Ranch: 49
• Unincorporated - Sun Village: 30
• Unincorporated - Sunrise Village: 10
• Unincorporated - Twin Lakes/Oat Mountain: 7
• Unincorporated - Val Verde: 23
• Unincorporated - Valencia: 12
• Unincorporated - Valinda: 195
• Unincorporated - View Park/Windsor Hills: 52
• Unincorporated - Walnut Park: 233
• Unincorporated - West Antelope Valley: 3
• Unincorporated - West Carson: 139
• Unincorporated - West LA: 24
• Unincorporated - West Puente Valley: 84
• Unincorporated - West Rancho Dominguez: 10
• Unincorporated - West Whittier/Los Nietos: 290
• Unincorporated - Westhills: 1
• Unincorporated - White Fence Farms: 17
• Unincorporated - Whittier: 17
• Unincorporated - Whittier Narrows: 0
• Unincorporated - Willowbrook: 446
• Unincorporated - Wiseburn: 30
• Under Investigation: 2,071

City News Service contributed to this report.

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